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Welcome to the next issue of MMN News.

BigGive - Maternal Care

28th November - 5th December On Giving Tuesday (28th November), the BigGive fundraising event will begin, where supporters can have their donation DOUBLED during that period. We will be raising support for Berakhah Medical Centre in Uganda, to allow them to expand their maternity unit to offer more support to pregnant women, allow for more women to stay at the hospital after giving birth and receive a caesarean section if necessary. Find out more here. If you would be interested in supporting this project, and would like to have your donation doubled, then please click the link below and give during the period of 28th November - 5th December. We are so grateful for your support as we try to see more women gaining access to good quality maternal care.

B I G . G I V E

As part of this campaign Grev is taking on another challenge - this time walking the Thames Path which is 185 miles in length. You can follow his progress on social media and if you want to encourage and support the link is here.

G R E V ' S . C H A L L E N G E

Nepal

Thank you for praying for the trip to Nepal. It went very well; everyone was kept safe as we travelled around the country and, most importantly, the young medics (8 of them plus 2 leaders) really engaged with the different medical experiences they had. We visited Tansen Mission Hospital which is a general hospital and then moved on to Green Pastures Hospital on Pokhara which is a leprosy hospital that has developed a more general rehabilitation and palliative care services. In both places they had the opportunity to shadow the local doctors and nurses which was very helpful in understanding the different ways of treating and caring for patients. We really appreciated the time that was given to us by all those we met. In addition, we visited Anandaban Hospital which is involved in leprosy research, met up with doctors involved in fistula care, community health and mental health training for church leaders (a project that MMN supported through PRIME). There was time to go to the oldest church in Nepal, see the sunrise over the Annapurna range of the Himalayas and enjoy the local food, with momos being the favourite.

Electives

Amina and Caroline have now returned from their time serving at Mae Tao Clinic, where they both had a really encouraging experience. Click the link below to read their full reports about what they got up to and how God used their time there. We have already offered bursaries to a number of medical students for 2024 who will be serving in different mission hospitals across the world - please be praying for Katie, Lizzie, Lucy, Lara and Susanna as they begin to make preparations for serving overseas.

R E P O R T S

Project Focus

Our project focus this month is Chavuma Mission Hospital based in Zambia. We will be exploring how Chavuma offers healthcare services in a very rural setting, the challenges it faces and particularly the support it offers through maternal care. You can find out more about the project in our weekly Blog updates.

U P D A T E S

Conferences

It was great to meet with a number of folks at the Counties Weekend in October, and an encouraging time was had by all. We were really encouraged to hear from a number of parents about their child's interest in doing their medical elective overseas, in a mission context. We hope to be able to support a number of these medical students in this way as they explore getting involved in medical mission.

Magazine

Our final magazine of the year will be coming out next month where our focus is on maternal care. We will explore projects involved in supporting mothers across the world, both practically and pastorally. The magazine should be reaching your post boxes mid-December, or you can sign up to receive the magazine online here.

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