A New Chapter of Growth: Welcoming Mwandamo Community Health Workers!

With Mwandamo’s continued growth, it became clear that our small team of two needed to expand to keep pace with our ambitious goals for 2026. To achieve these key objectives - including holding women’s circles, distributing reusable sanitary pads, providing health education to over 500 women, launching and monitoring our USSD app, and equipping two rural health dispensaries, we put out a call for two Community Health Workers. We were specifically seeking women who could not only support our mission but also enrich the team with their unique ideas, energy, and experiences.

Rather than going with formal interviews, we decided to do things the Mwandamo way. We invited all the applicants to sit in a circle under the trees at Hannah’s beautiful home. We talked, shared stories, connected, and got a chance to see how everyone interacted together. It felt more like a gathering of friends than an interview - and we loved it. We left feeling uplifted and inspired by all the work these women are already doing in their own communities.

After taking some time to reflect, we selected two wonderful women to join us as Community Health Workers and offered an internship to another. We didn’t want to lose the spark of connection with the rest of the group, so we’re already looking at ways to collaborate with them and make promising partnerships in the future.

We’re really excited about this next chapter at Mwandamo. Bringing more women into the team not only helps us to expand our reach, but also shows that the work we’re doing together is making an impact. Mwandamo is growing, rooted in sisterhood, community, and shared purpose!