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Saving lives,
one village at a time.

Free, compassionate healthcare for rural northern Sierra Leone.

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2,776patients cared for
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84villages
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95%first-time medical visits

Upcoming medical mission • December 2026

Help bring healing and hope to Sierra Leone.

For a parent caring for a sick child, an older adult living with untreated hypertension, or a family unable to afford medication, access to healthcare can change everything.

MaCHO is preparing for our December 2026 medical mission to Sierra Leone, and we need your support.

Led by Dr. Kadija Conteh-Barrat, our mission will build on MaCHO’s ongoing work to bring compassionate care to underserved communities. With your help, we aim to provide medical consultations, essential medications, health screenings, and practical health education for people who face significant barriers to care.

A MaCHO clinician examining a young child seated on a caregiver’s lap during community outreach

Your generosity helps make care possible

  • Patient care: Medical consultations and screening for common illnesses and chronic conditions.
  • Medications and supplies: Essential medicines, wound-care materials, and clinical supplies.
  • Community outreach: Transportation and logistics to bring care closer to families.
  • Health education: Information that helps patients understand their conditions and care for themselves.
  • Continuity of care: Support for MaCHO’s ongoing community clinic services beyond the mission.

Be part of the mission

Give a financial donation. Help fund the care, supplies, and outreach needed to serve more families.

Donate medical supplies. Contact MaCHO before collecting or shipping items so we can coordinate current needs, acceptance requirements, and delivery.

Become a sponsor or partner. We welcome individuals, businesses, community groups, and healthcare organizations who want to help.

Spread the word. Share this appeal with someone who believes that access to healthcare should not depend on where a person lives or what they can afford.

Every contribution helps us prepare. Every shared appeal brings another person into this work.

Together, we can bring care closer to the people who need it.

Advancing health equity. Serving communities. Bringing hope through care.

Our mission

Healthcare should not depend on where a person was born.

MaCHO brings free, high-quality primary healthcare to underserved communities in rural northern Sierra Leone. We walk alongside our neighbors, listening, treating and building a healthier future together.

A MaCHO clinician examines a young child with a family member
The completed MaCHO clinic building in Yurika Village

Yurika clinic expansion

A building ready for its next chapter.

The clinic structure is complete. Help equip it with the beds, medical supplies and reliable power needed to care for families.

Our approach

Care that reaches people, and care that stays.

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Mobile Clinics

Bringing essential healthcare to remote villages.

Families waiting along a clinic veranda
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Health Programs

Preventing illness and supporting families to thrive.

Community health screening in rural Sierra Leone
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Community Partners

Training local leaders and building stronger communities.

A MaCHO team member counseling a patient

Working together for community health

Our Partners in Health

  • Barrat Healthcare, Freetown
  • Hatsie Charbonneau
  • Kingsway Charities
  • AmeriCares
  • Catholic Medical Mission Board
  • Steve Klass
  • The Vo family