Relieve the Pain of the Sick, Suffering, and Disabled

MALAWI

For many children and elderly people in Malawi, Africa — as well as those who suffer from serious conditions like cancer, epilepsy, and diabetes — there is no relief for their pain.

Relieve the Pain of the Sick, Suffering, and Disabled

“In 2018 I was overwhelmed with an increased number of patients especially women and children who were in dire need of palliative care treatment. These are the people who cannot buy a single dose of any pain killer, these are the people with no food in their homes to support their body nutritional needs” - Sr Theresa

Malita lies on the floor of her mother’s hut. After suffering multiple strokes, this widow can no longer walk. Her pain is so severe, many days Malita wishes her life would end. At Atupele Community Hospital, the Sisters of the Holy Rosary are committed to caring for the sick and impoverished, those like Malita. The hospital serves more than 40,000 subsistence farmers in the Diocese of Karonga. But like the people they care for, the hospital lacks money, too.

The sisters simply cannot afford the medicine, staff, and equipment needed to ease the suffering of their most critically ill patients. Please answer the Lord’s call to heal the sick. Help Catholic World Mission raise the funds needed to provide palliative care — specialized medical care focused on the relief of pain and illness — for 357 patients at Atupele Community Hospital.

PROJECTS UPDATES

Hospital in Malawi Reopens — Thanks to YOU!

May 2024

Thanks to Catholic World Mission supporters, the hospital reopened this summer under the steadfast leadership of Sister Theresa! Sister Theresa and the staff of Atupele Community Hospital bring healing, hope, and the light of Christ to the people they serve. With your help, the hospital can once again care for children like Lidesa. She was born with a condition that severely deformed the right side of her face. It’s painful for her to eat, talk, and play, and her vision is limited to one eye. The sisters are managing Lidesa’s pain and teaching her family how to care for her. Their kindness — and yours! — is showing Lidesa the tremendous love God has for her.