The aim of the Medic to Medic is to guarantee the tuition fees for healthcare students who have academic potential, but are in financial need. With this consistency of income, students are able to focus on their studies until graduation.

Medic to Medic links student health workers in Malawi and Uganda to international donors. In this way, we function along the lines of “sponsor a child” schemes run by well-known charities. Of note, although we link individual students, we pool our donations so that even if a donor withdraws, no student is disadvantaged. At first, these donors were mostly health professionals (hence “Medic to Medic”), but now include many members of the public as well.

Our students send their linked sponsor regular updates on their progress. This can then develop into a correspondence if the donor so wishes. We hope this will not only provide mentoring advice for students, but will also raise awareness of the conditions facing medical colleagues worldwide.

We cover each students tuition fees and other necessary allowances as well as providing them with medical equipment and textbooks so that they have everything they need to reach their FULL potential and successfully qualify as health workers in their home country.  We currently support over 50 students.

Medic to Medic has expanded from sponsoring only medical students to sponsoring a whole range of trainee health professionals, from one country to three and from one university to seven. This has all been thanks to our donors, fundraisers, supporters, partner institutions and a fantastically enthusiastic team.

Our Aims

Health workers

We aim to support trainee healthcare workers throughout their education, so that they can perform to the best of their ability. We want to add to the absolute numbers of health workers in training, in order that there are more graduates in countries with critical shortages.

Equity and Access

We target those who are under represented in the health professions, such as women or those from rural areas. We want to increase the numbers of health workers working in rural areas, so that everyone has equal access to healthcare.

Awareness

We hope to raise awareness of the different conditions facing health professionals worldwide and an appreciation of the global health community.