Physical Health Afghanistan Project #1073

Save Afghan Women & Children with Health Care

by Afghan Institute of Learning

Project Report | Apr 3, 2017
Matching Funds Available April 3-7

By Elizabeth Appleyard | Program Officer

Dear Friends,

Today the Little by Little Matching Campaign goes live! 50% match available up to $50 per individual donor per project.

This opportunity applies to all Creating Hope International and Afghan Institute of Learning projects on GlobalGiving. You can give to more than one project up to $50 being matched!

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In the first two months of the year, AIL has provided 34,490 patients with health care and given health education to 23,690. This care and education is of top quality and changes lives for the better. The local people travel miles to attend one of AIL’s 4 fixed clinics, Learning Center clinic or Orphanage Clinic. They know they will be well cared for and at each visit learn something about how to protect their health in the future. Fifteen villages in Herat Province have Community Health Worker posts run by a man and woman team. They provide first aid, pregnancy and birth care and vaccinations and other health care matters. These units are particularly valuable to isolated villages giving the people a local, first stop for health needs. In January and February, CHWs made 6,764 visits to families.

Here is a story from Fareshta, an orphan who lives at the Herat orphanage. “One day I was feeling abdominal pains and it made me weak so I went to the doctor for treatment. The doctor started the checkup and he asked me what I ate the previous night and he also asked about the food that I had eaten at school. So I told him that I only ate a sandwich at school. He said I had food poisoning from bacteria. He gave me an injection and it worked and I felt better and the sickness was washed out of my system.The doctor also mentioned some issues and points which I should take care. For example, he said that I should not eat foods which have been cooked on the streets or outside of the home because it also makes us sick. So I promised the doctor that I would not eat those foods anymore as I don’t want to get sick again."

Thank you for your support.

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Feb 13, 2017
Education helps to save Mothers and Babies

By Elizabeth Appleyard | Program Officer

Dear Friends,

AIL’s health workshop program gives in depth information to women in two formats, reproductive health workshops that are five days long and expectant mother workshops which are 3 hours long. In 2016, there have been 11 RH workshops for 330 women and 15 EM workshops for 296 women (149 pregnant and 147 caregivers).

Afghanistan has one of the highest infant mortality rates in the world. This is partly due to a lack of prenatal education, a lack of access to clinics and hospitals and a tradition where home births are the norm. AIL gives workshops to provide women with in depth knowledge about their bodies and reproduction. The EM workshops have been highly success with 6 years of workshop data showing 99.8% of women (who reported a birth) chose a clinic/hospital birth. There have been no maternal deaths or still births in the group who reported in. As with all knowledge in this verbal society, the information learned is passed from those who attend the workshop to their families, thus extending the influence of the workshops far beyond the 980 participants over 6 years.

“Halima, is another pregnant mother who says, "When some of the women told about their pregnancy problems, I felt ashamed to share health issues like this. However, I understand now. From attending in this workshop, I learned that I made mistakes. The problems are natural issues for all women and we should not be ashamed of them. Simagul says, "I lost one of my children from the problems mentioned. My family called the problems my destiny and did not make any effort for treatment for me. Now I figured out my mistake from this interesting workshop and what to do in the future."

Thank you for your continued support. Please read the attached year end newsletter.

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Nov 29, 2016
Helping Pregnant Women-50% Match on Giving Tuesday!

By Elizabeth Appleyard | Program Officer

Dear Friends,

Today is #GivingTuesday! $500,000 in Matching funds are available for donations made to all Creating Hope International and Afghan Institute of Learning projects on GlobalGiving.

50% match up to $1,000 per individual donor per organization while funds last. In addition, new recurring donations up to $100 USD per month per unique donor per organization will have their initial donation matched at 200% on #GivingTuesday. Hurry up and donate!..Read our report below.

AIL has a comprehensive reproductive health program which helps women with all related issues. The workshop program gives in depth information to women in two formats, reproductive health workshops that are five days long and expectant mother workshops which are 3 hours long. So far in 2016, there have been 9 RH workshops for 270 women and 7 EM workshops for 136 women (68 pregnant).

All women who visit a clinic or see a Community Health Worker are asked about reproductive health matters and given health education about this. The goal is to educate women to know about their bodies and what to expect in life especially during pregnancy and childbirth. Afghanistan continues to have a rate of maternal/infant mortality that is too high. Education is key to getting this number down.

Many women rely on the AIL clinics as their only source for quality health care and this is crucial during pregnancy. Here is a story from one clinic:"Ghandigul was referred to our clinic for her labor pains. The mother was so frustrated and was weeping. When we checked her personal case of illness and her vital signs, we figured out that she had lost many children as soon as she gave birth.

The examination showed that she was expected twin babies this time. She was dilating but she wanted to go home to the desert even in this condition. The first baby’s position was vertex and the second one was in breech. We were able to resolve this and persuade the mother to give birth in the clinic. The two children were born and both had 8 Apgar scores after giving them artificial respiration and oxygen. The patient’s helper was very happy and told us that if the patient did not give birth today, she would have taken her to the desert with us. Who knows where and how she would have delivered her children? I am sure she would have lost her son again. The patient said that she could not believe that she was finally a mother. I prescribed the patient medicine and after they got the prescription they went home".

Thank you for your support.

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