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Crowdfunding is going GREAT: Thanks to Bloggers!

WMB GG MKB graphic 2This first week of crowd funding has been amazing and bloggers have been a big part of the success!

Thirteen of my fellow bloggers have posted about CleanBirth.org.  The Twitter Party we had yesterday, hosted by World Moms Blog, Multicultural Kids Blog and Girls Globe, was a big success.  So many smart, interested  people tweeting in the interest of improving maternal and infant health!

As of this moment we have raised about 1/3 of our goal.  30 donors have generously given $2,625.

This is great news: but we have a long way to go.

If you haven’t already, join in by donating even $5 here: http://startsomegood.com/cleanbirth

 

Meet Yai, a Mom who used our Clean Birth Kits

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Yai, a mom of 4, lost a baby last year.  From infection.  She lives in Tahoy District in Laos, where now she has access to Clean Birth Kits.

“In the past, my newborn and I got an infection.  The baby was not health for two months.  Then she died.  After using a birth kit for this baby, we are safe and did not get an infection. The cord was clean and dried well.  Before I used bamboo to cut the cord and string I found in the house.  That’s why my child got an infection. When I took him to see the doctor, he couldn’t help. It was too late.”

We are giving Yai, the volunteers who help her and the nurse in her area the resources they need to make birth infection-free.

For $5 Yai had a safe birth.  $5 Saves 2 Lives.

 

CleanBirth.org Volunteers: Meet Natalie

Slide1Natalie is making a huge difference to CleanBirth.org and women in Salavan Province, Laos.

 

She is an Australian psychologist who recently completed her first year as a medical student in Sydney Australia.  She has extensive experience volunteering in Peru and Chile.

 

Natalie found CleanBirth.org on the internet and approached me to get involved.  Here’s more about her motivation to get involved in her own words:

 

As part of my medical degree I am required to complete a social justice elective in an area of my choosing. My parents have been living and working in Vientiane for the past year and for this reason Laos has very much been on my radar.  Through my interest in obstetrics in developing countries and being familiar with an Australia NGO Send Hope Not Flowers, CleanBirth.org caught my eye as an earnest and extremely valuable venture where I could potentially lend a hand.

From December 19-23, Natalie will be working closely with Dr. Nong and Noy, OVA staffer/CleanBirth.org’s part-time project manager on the ground.

 

They will distribute kits and review nurses’ data on Dec 20th and train the nurses on our new data tracking tool for Village Volunteers.

 

On Dec 21st they will coordinate the training of another 12 Village Volunteers in a Salavan District clinic.  The nurses will teach the Village Volunteers not only to spread information about safe birth but also how to distribute and track the AYZH Clean Birth Kits.

 

We are so grateful to Natalie who is paying her own way and volunteering her time!

CleanBirth Listed in Numerous Holiday Guides!

largecard1So grateful to Multicultural Kids Blogs, Dancing Through Pregnancy, World Moms Blog and Michaela Evanow for including us on their lists of organizations to support this holiday season.

We are so honored to be included with heavy-hitting maternal health institutions like: Oxfam, Care, Unicef, Jhpiego, World Vision, Shanti Uganda, etc…

It is so wonderful to have more people getting the word out about our cards this season! Especially, when so little can do so much!

Please consider adding a $3 gift tag to your gift or giving a $10 full-sized card to someone who already has everything.  You will be saving lives in Laos.

 

 

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