Saving Lives with Safe Motherhood Kits - Give a Gift

Saving Lives with Safe Motherhood Kits
DR Congo, Rwanda & Tanzania

In many African countries, most women give birth at home in unsanitary conditions with little or no help from trained midwives. Because rural women have no access to health care or sterile supplies, they give birth in the same way their ancestors have for generations, without the benefit of a clean birthing environment. Newborns are vulnerable to fatal infections from mothers using a rusty razor blade to cut the umbilical cord. New mothers may have no choice but to use a soiled wrap to stem the bleeding after the birth.

IMA WORLD HEALTH is working to save the lives of mothers and newborns by providing Safe Motherhood Kits. Each kit contains plastic sheeting, bar soap and washcloth, sterile gloves, gauze, umbilical tape and a blade. Also included are a baby blanket, knit cap, and tunic which are essential for babies--even in warm climates. IMA also works with service-related organizations and churches to supply the layette items. In addition, the project trains midwives in basic practices for healthy births. At least 2,400 kits can be delivered annually in these locations.

A healthy baby is a new mothers greatest desire.

$110 - Four kits for mothers
$27 - One Safe Motherhood Kit

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