We've now cared for more than 2,000 people at Care Circle

In May, 303 community members received free healthcare at Care Circle in Itire-Surulere, Lagos, the fourth month running above 300 and taking the clinic's total since launch to 2,287 patients. Across both Kwanda-funded clinics, we've now passed 10,000 people in total.

More than half of May's visits (52%) came from first-time patients, with 159 people finding the clinic for the first time, a sign that word about Care Circle keeps spreading further across Lagos. We treated patients from four communities, including Itire, Ikorodu and Aguda, and 62% were women, who usually manage healthcare for the whole family. Most were adults between 36 and 50, though we saw the full range of ages from young children to elderly grandparents. The average patient lives on $4.90 (about £4) per person each month while supporting a household of four, well below the global poverty line. Malaria was the most common condition (27%, with another 15% unspecified), followed by hypertension (13%). Nurses Benedeth and Sylvia ran the clinic throughout the month.

We spent $402 (about £320) on medications, supplies and staff salaries, partly supported by our community plastic-waste recycling programme, which turns neighbourhood waste into cash for clinic operations and cuts down nearby mosquito breeding sites in the process.

Mrs Mary brought her children along to the clinic this month and shared what Care Circle means to her family on video, telling us, "They are so good, taking care of me." A mother trusting us enough to bring her own children is exactly the relationship we're building, one family at a time.

With first-time visits still climbing, we expect to keep this momentum going into June.