The World Shoe Fund, founded by Manny Ohonme, combats soil-borne diseases by manufacturing and distributing footwear in Africa. This sustainable, market-based approach has provided 1.5 million pairs of shoes, reducing disease, improving school attendance, and breaking cycles of poverty across 12 countries.
Over the past decade, Partners In Health (PIH) has transformed health care in West Africa, reducing maternal mortality, combating infectious diseases, and strengthening local health systems through long-term partnerships and community-driven solutions.
Partners In Health is working to reduce maternal mortality — still very high, but improving — in a Sierra Leone hospital through renovations, training programs, and a new Maternal Center of Excellence.
Partners In Health is transforming multidrug-resistant tuberculosis care in Sierra Leone through their support of Lakka Government Hospital, leading to greatly improved treatment outcomes. However, challenges remain in expanding access to diagnosis and care across the country.
In this short film from Sierra Leone, we follow one family’s challenges in getting their young son treated for congenital clubfoot.