In May 2026 we travelled to Beira, Mozambique with Doctors with Africa CUAMM — a joint trip with Children Without Frontiers to work alongside our frontline partners and see the programmes your support makes possible.
A few highlights from the visit — though far from everything. Across the trip we moved between health centres, community associations, and the wards of Beira Central Hospital. Our founder organised the trip and brought over a group of five volunteers from London to Mozambique to work alongside our partners on the ground.
We visited the SAAJ — Mozambique's adolescent-friendly health services — and saw how young people are given confidential, youth-focused care designed to meet them where they are.
We met the Youth Association of Anandjira, where young activists promote health activities at the community level. We joined their group events and took part in their advocacy work. Our support for the association has since funded mental-health outreach that reached more than 6,500 adolescents between July and September 2026 — see the numbers below.
We met and led a discussion with Kuplumussana, a local association of women active in their communities to raise awareness about HIV. They tackle stigma and discrimination head-on, and actively seek out women who have stopped attending the health centre for HIV treatment to bring them back into care. Bringing a group of volunteers from London to work with Kuplumussana was one of the main purposes of the trip.
We made daily visits to Beira Central Hospital, where CUAMM works in the Department of Neonatology and Paediatrics — spending around three hours volunteering on the wards each day.
After the visit, CWF's support enabled Anandjira to run mental-health awareness work across six health centres in Beira City. These are the results from July to September 2026 alone.
Young people reached through mental-health awareness activities across six health centres in Beira City, run by the youth-led association Anandjira with CWF's support.
Adolescents screened for psychosocial distress and, where needed, referred on for further care — young people who would otherwise have gone unseen.
Phone calls made to remind adolescents of their appointments. Keeping young people in mental-health treatment is one of the hardest things to do in the field — this is what made it possible.
Follow-up is where most youth mental-health programmes fall apart. That it held here is the difference between a student who volunteers and a young person who builds something that lasts.
During our visit we worked alongside a local group doing vital work in their own community. We've set up a GoFundMe to support them directly — every contribution, large or small, makes a difference.
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The relationships we built on this trip continue long after we fly home. Your support keeps the programmes — and the partnerships — going.