by Junior Medical Academy | Jul 1, 2021 | Africa News, Featured News
During the time of the pandemic, rural Zambian women have been hit the hardest. Prior to the pandemic, the global poverty rate for women was expected to decrease by 2.7%, but instead, it was risen by over 9.1%. This year, the total number of women and girls living on...
by Junior Medical Academy | Jun 3, 2021 | Africa News, Featured News, Uncategorized
Our Child marriage Prevention Curriculum, created by our design interns Karen Wang and Ania Szulc, in joint partnership with Eagles of Change in Zambia, was able to impact dozens of young girls. Child marriages are seen prolifically in Zambia, with World...
by Junior Medical Academy | May 3, 2021 | Africa News, Featured News, Uncategorized
As the Class of 2025 commits to their college decisions, JMA is proud to announce that JMA ’25 mentees in ZImbabwe have been accepted, with full rides, to numerous prestegious colleges like Harvard, MIT, Vanderbilt, Georgia Tech, and Amhert College in the most...
by Junior Medical Academy | Jan 1, 2021 | Africa News, Featured News
Pictured Below: Eagles of Change volunteers distributing books and educational materials, financed by JMA, to students of Osawala Trust School. We’re extremely proud to work with Eagles of Change, our partners in Zambia, on our joint drug abuse and child...
by Junior Medical Academy | Nov 4, 2020 | Africa News, Featured News, Uncategorized
On October 30th, JMA had its 3rd joint COVID Relief Project with the United States of Young Africans (USOYA), successfully delivering hundreds of COVID relief supplies to teen mothers, cancer survivors, and other patients at Kwesimintsim Hospital. We are incredibly...
by Junior Medical Academy | Oct 26, 2020 | Africa News, Featured News, Uncategorized
JMA’s Social Impact Venture Capital Initiative stems from our ground up research with our Ghanian partners. It is clear that there is a drive for innovation in developing nations like Ghana. People cook and sell food like noodles and fufu, people knit clothing and...