Executive DirectorWandikweza
The Malawian woman, Mercy Kafotokoza is the founder and Executive Director of Wandikweza. She trained as a midwife and nurse, and completed a master’s in public health. She learned the importance of community-based health care during her time as a Nurse/Midwife at one of the biggest referral hospitals in Malawi. As a nurse she developed standard operating procedures and as a midwife she worked in a very busy hospital assessing and prioritising patients.
Mercy has built Wandikweza on the shoulders of community health workers who work in their own communities providing timely care at thedoorstep. They have an immediate impact in their communities and delivers health services at a low cost per person without access to expensive high technology. Not only do they provide basic health care, but their ongoing presence in the community changes attitudes towards health.