Take A Breath with FREO2

This year, FREO2 has initiated a three-year Gender Equity Strategy, with the aim to improve health outcomes for women and girls in low-resource settings and make advances towards the UN goal of achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls. In this season of Take a Breath with FREO2, we’ll be speaking with three incredible women from across Africa, who are working in healthcare and advocacy spaces to enhance the lives of girls and women. In today's episode of Take a Breath with FREO2, our host Jennifer Hansen sits down with Mercy Kafotokoza, Executive Director of Wandikweza, a locally-led organisation in Malawi, determined to improve access to health care through training and empowering local community health workers to be on the ground and available to improve the health and wellbeing of vulnerable communities.

This year, FREO2 has initiated a three-year Gender Equity Strategy, with the aim to improve health outcomes for women and girls in low-resource settings and make advances towards the UN goal of achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls. In this season of Take a Breath with FREO2, we’ll be speaking with three incredible women from across Africa, who are working in healthcare and advocacy spaces to enhance the lives of girls and women. In today's episode of Take a Breath with FREO2, our host Jennifer Hansen sits down with Rebeca Gyumi, Tanzanian Advocate, Founder & Executive Director at Msichana Initiative. Msichana Initiative is an NGO which seeks to ensure the right to education is equally guaranteed without discrimination through improving the lives of girls by enhancing access to education opportunities, strengthening child protection systems, facilitating access to menstrual hygiene products and facilities and promoting legal and policy reforms that envision the best interests of girls in Tanzania.

This week our host Helen Palmer talks to Madeline Vaughan, CEO of Adara Foundation. Madeline discusses her passion for neonatal healthcare and the challenges faced when providing our tiniest and most vulnerable humans with oxygen. Thank you to Jennifer Hansen for collaborating with us, Helen Palmer from Selfunlimited for hosting, Hugo Wood-Freeman for editing and Peter Cassimento for imagery

Speaking from her home in New York City, Leith Greenslade is Co-Ordinator of the Every Breath Counts coalition and CEO of JustActions. Leith speaks to guest host Deborah Blashki-Marks of the What I’ve Learnt podcast to talk about the long-neglected issue of pneumonia and the oxygen access crises, spotlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

This week our host Helen Palmer talks to Sheillah Bagayana, Manager of  FREO2 Uganda. Sheillah discusses her passion for working in healthcare innovation. Thank you to Jennifer Hansen for collaborating with us, Helen Palmer from Selfunlimited for hosting, Hugo Wood-Freeman for editing and Peter Cassimento for imagery.

This week our host Helen Palmer talks to Lizzie Webb, Chair of the FREO2 Board. Lizzie talks about pathways to the not-for-profit/ purpose sector and her passion for reducing health inequality. Thank you to Jennifer Hansen for her collaboration, Helen Palmer from SelfunLimited for hosting, Hugo Wood-Freeman for editing and Peter Casamento for imagery.