Charity Focus
Mildmay is an international HIV+AIDS charity, specialising in care, treatment, training and service development.
As a Christian charity, they are dedicated to transforming the hopes and lives of individuals challenged by the illnesses, disability, prejudice and deprivation that HIV AIDS can bring.
Mildmay Mission Hospital was opened in 1892 on its present site in the East End of London as a memorial to a local Anglican Vicar, the Reverend William Pennefather, who with two young deaconesses, braved the 1866 cholera epidemic sweeping the area, visiting the sick and dying with a mission to heal and preach the gospel.
It became part of the NHS in 1948, but after being closed briefly, it reopened in 1985 as an independent Christian charitable hospital.
In 1988, it opened
The statistics for HIV/AIDS are stark
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33.2 million global HIV+AIDS population
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90% are in developing countries
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15-24 year olds account for nearly half of all new infections
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15 million AIDS orphans
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73,000 live with HIV in the
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In order to improve their quality of life, Mildmay has a mission to build in-country capacity to fight HIV+AIDS. They do this through the creation and delivery of:
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model holistic care services for adults and children
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specialist training and technical assistance to health workers and institutions - thus empowering others to improve standards of care in their communities
Here are some Mildmay stories that illustrate their work
If you would like to learn more and how to support them in prayer, with donations or by getting involved, visit the web site of Mildmay >>
The logo/image on this page are reproduced by kind permission of the charity.
- St Mary’s Parish Office
- Osterley Rd
- Isleworth
- Middlesex
- TW7 4PW
020 8569 7312 (Parish Office)