AMM is a 501(c)(3) non-profit international relief agency.

AMM was founded in 1981 under the direction of Dr. Chris McConnachie, a member of Hendersonville Orthopedics & Associates of Hendersonville, NC. With his wife Jenny, a registered nurse, and their five children, Chris went to Mthatha, South Africa in 1984. Dr. McConnachie passed away in 2007, and is survived by 7 children and 14 grandchildren. Jenny continues to serve the people of Eastern Cape.

AMM has added a new surgery theater complex and spinal unit to Bedford Orthopedic Hospital; trained hundreds of local healthcare workers, and established relationships with overseas nonprofits and medical schools which supply volunteer medical professionals; constructed a fully equipped radiology department; built and developed an outpatient clinic; created housing for volunteers and staff, and developed an outreach system for bringing care to those in outlying rural areas.

Through its Itipini Community project, led by Jenny McConnachie, AMM now provides medical care to a ‘shantytown’ of 3,000, including primary care, TB and HIV testing, counseling, and treatment, and nutritional aid. In addition to medical services, the project runs a preschool and a youth program, a hospice, and several small economic programs.