For people in remote communities, medical care can mean a trek to the nearest town. This gift puts a doctor on the doorstep by funding community clinics, providing medical equipment and training nurses and midwives to work in isolated areas - like the mountainous communities of Ajara in Georgia, where Oxfam Unwrapped has funded ten primary health care centres and provided medicines and medical supplies on a monthly basis.

These ten health centres have provided medical assistance to more than 1000 people, more than half of them women and children. They also provide security for more than 15,000 people in Ajara region who now have better access to health care if they need it.

Neli Abuladze’s story

Neli Abuladze is 62-years-old and comes from Vashlovani. She was taken ill in the middle of the night with sickness, blurred vision, slurred speech, and diarrhoea. The closest hospital was 15 km away, however thanks to the health centre provided by Oxfam Unwrapped there was a local doctor who could be called out in the night. He diagnosed Neli with food poisoning and was able to treat her with intravenous fluids.

Neli says: "I was lucky that the scheme operates in the village. Otherwise I would have had to travel 15 km to the hospital in the middle of the night. I don’t have a car and a taxi would cost me a lot of money and there was a big chance that I would not even find one. So I could save a lot of money and a lot of time, and ultimately my health condition has improved."