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Holidays CleanBirth.org Style

holiday_gift_tags_w_boxes_horizPlease give CleanBirth.org cards this Holiday Season.

Thanks to the wonderful photography of our BofD Shannon Lawton O’Boyle, you have some images of how lovely our small cards look as gift tags. These cards are $3 each and make any gift more meaningful.  When you buy 5 for $15 you make bilargecard1rth safer for 3 moms and 3 babies.

Our $10 large cards make great stand-alone holiday gifts for teachers, nurses, midwives or any mom.  When you give our beautiful cards, 2 mothers in Laos gets birthing supplies and education.largecard2

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First CleanBirth Village Volunteers Trained!

IMG_7526We just received the most exciting email. What was an idea in July has become a reality in October.  Our partner in Laos, Our Village Association, with a local clinic in Ta-oiy Province have executed the first CleanBirth Volunteers Training!

IMG_7538The training “Making Birth Safe” was led by a local nurse, Ms. Chanpheng at Pachoudone Clinic, Ta-oiy District, SaravanProvince.  The workshop was under the chairmanship of Mr. Boundala, the head of Pachoudone Clinic.

There were 8 participants from 4 villages, unfortunately 7 others from three additional villages were kept away by heavy rains.  The participants were:

  1. Ms. Tha, woman’s union volunteer from SanaengVillage
  2. Ms. Vae, traditional midwife from SanaengVillage
  3. Ms. Koab, woman’s union volunteer from PhorbeiyVillage
  4. Ms. Koun, traditional midwife from PhorbeiyVillage
  5. Ms. Loiy, woman’s union volunteer from PachouchernVillage
  6. Ms Ms. Orn, midwife from Pachouchern Village
  7.  Ms. Lang, woman’s union volunteer from ChotaiVillage. Orn, traditional midwife from PachouchernVillage
  8. Ms. Kamouan, traditional midwife from ChotaiVillage

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The contents in the workshop included:

1. How to use the AYZH Clean Birth Kits

2. How to encourage breastfeeding

3. Warning signs in pregnancy and labor

Noi, the OVA employee tasked with coordinating CleanBirth.org’s activities on the ground, gave these details about the training:

The training room was cramped and we could not hold the training outside due to the heavy rain but the participants were interested in the topics.

The trainer used dialect language (Ta-oiy language) on the training made them clearly understand the lessons.

IMG_7554We could not be more thrilled that this training went so well, that it was led exclusively by local staff and monitored by Noi.  Locals helping each other make birth safe!

This is a great start to our CleanBirth.org Village Volunteer Training!

Global Handwashing Day!

Clean Hands Save LivesOne of CleanBirth.org’s main objectives is to prevent infection. Our AYZH Clean Birth Kits give moms everything they need for a hygienic birth.

While handwashing before delivery may seem so obvious, it is has not been the historical practice.

We have Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis, a Hungarian doctor, to thank for changing that. In 1847, Semmelweis proved statistically that the incidence of puerperal fever, aka childbed fever, could be drastically reduced by enforcing hand washing standards for OB doctors and nurses.

Thanks Dr. Semmelweis!  No go wash your hands!

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