Health and education: people who make it happen

Oxfam is campaigning for six million more health workers and teachers. It's an essential part of making health and education for all a reality. If each one of the people featured here can make a big difference, just imagine what six million could do.

Balkissa. Photo: Keiron O'Connor

  I help parents to see that to educate a girl is to educate an entire nation. That's why I fight to get girls into school. I want to see them do something with their minds.


Balkissa, Teacher, Mali

 

Photo: Keiron O'Connor

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At a glance, Oxfam's work on:

Emilien. Photo: Keiron O'Connor

  We've eradicated meningitis and whooping cough in my village, and you can count the number of measles cases on one hand. I know change is possible - that's what motivates me and gives me hope.

Emilien, Doctor, Mali

 

Photo: Keiron O'Connor

Nana. Photo: Keiron O'Connor

  I'm driven by the desire to help and represent poor people. It's essential that the government expands the range of medical services it provides so everyone can access quality health care. Healthy people make a healthy country.


Nana, Health Ombudswoman, Georgia

 

Photo: Keiron O'Connor

Afsana. Photo: Keiron O'Connor

  The girls I teach tell me they're motivated by me. They think if I can leave the village, study at university and become a teacher, then they can too.

Afsana, Teacher, India

 

Photo: Keiron O'Connor

Jujuna. Photo: Keiron O'Connor

  It's tough getting to people when snow blocks the roads. I've skied to patients' houses before now, and used to ski for two hours to collect medicines when we were snowed in.

Jujuna, Nurse, Georgia

 

Photo: Keiron O'Connor

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