PHOTO FROM THE FIELD (11 AUGUST 2016) - In the 1980s, Beatrice Miguoke became a traditional birth attendant in her village in Western Kenya. And for more than ten years, she helped hundreds of women safely birth their babies in her house with her bare hands.
But when HIV swept through Kenya in the 90s killing many in her own village including two of her own children, she decided to give up her paid job as midwife and dedicated herself to fighting HIV as volunteer. Today, as a community health volunteer in Siaya County in Kenya, Beatrice and her colleagues are the first line of defense against HIV, malaria, as well as numerous other diseases affecting people in her community.