Her advice to you? “Find what drives you, and then go help change it for the better or be a part of something that matters to you. There is so much we can do.”
Of her trip, Ubah says, “This experience has taught me it’s not about what you’re giving, it’s about how you give. I learned to count my blessings twice.”
“My hope is to sell more than 1 million umbrellas, but if that doesn’t happen, I hope that people will at least know how lucky they are to have rain, and understand that there are people who don’t; [people] who are praying for it.”
Ubah came back from her trip renewed and even more dedicated to making a difference. Of her goals in starting something that matters with Maji Umbrellas, Ubah told us:
Can you imagine what it would be like to do that and to be barefoot? At PIH, we believe in dignity – it is at the core of how we treat our patients, and our communities. We believe that all humans deserve the right to it, as much as we believe all humans deserve the right to health. When CHEAP TOMS SHOES and Partners In Health (PIH), along with our sister organization Abwenzi Pa Za Umoyo (APZU),Toms outlet began our partnership in Neno, Malawi last year, we were grateful. Almost a quarter of the population has to walk more than five miles to access a health clinic. Walking five miles anywhere is hard for most everyone. Walking five miles when you’re sick is unimaginable. Walking five miles when you’re sick and when you are a kid is terrifying.
When we began to integrate the distribution of CHEAP TOMS Shoes into our program, our APZU team decided to do something that hasn’t been done before: to use the gift of shoes to not just bring dignity (though that’s important on its own), but also as an opportunity to deliver health care to those kids who can’t walk five miles. To the 42,000 kids who have a 12 percent chance of dying before their fifth birthday. And more specifically, to the one in four children in Neno who are underweight. We decided that every time we gave a pair of TOMS Shoes, we would also screen each child for malnutrition.
Of her trip, Ubah says, “This experience has taught me it’s not about what you’re giving, it’s about how you give. I learned to count my blessings twice.”
“My hope is to sell more than 1 million umbrellas, but if that doesn’t happen, I hope that people will at least know how lucky they are to have rain, and understand that there are people who don’t; [people] who are praying for it.”
Ubah came back from her trip renewed and even more dedicated to making a difference. Of her goals in starting something that matters with Maji Umbrellas, Ubah told us:
Can you imagine what it would be like to do that and to be barefoot? At PIH, we believe in dignity – it is at the core of how we treat our patients, and our communities. We believe that all humans deserve the right to it, as much as we believe all humans deserve the right to health. When CHEAP TOMS SHOES and Partners In Health (PIH), along with our sister organization Abwenzi Pa Za Umoyo (APZU),Toms outlet began our partnership in Neno, Malawi last year, we were grateful. Almost a quarter of the population has to walk more than five miles to access a health clinic. Walking five miles anywhere is hard for most everyone. Walking five miles when you’re sick is unimaginable. Walking five miles when you’re sick and when you are a kid is terrifying.
When we began to integrate the distribution of CHEAP TOMS Shoes into our program, our APZU team decided to do something that hasn’t been done before: to use the gift of shoes to not just bring dignity (though that’s important on its own), but also as an opportunity to deliver health care to those kids who can’t walk five miles. To the 42,000 kids who have a 12 percent chance of dying before their fifth birthday. And more specifically, to the one in four children in Neno who are underweight. We decided that every time we gave a pair of TOMS Shoes, we would also screen each child for malnutrition.