By Lan Hudec | Personal Assistant to Patricia Parker MBE
“I will never forget the fear on the faces of young girls when I first went to Darfur and they told me how babies are born with no medical help in their villages – rope delivery is unimaginable” - Patricia Parker MBE
This is midwife Sumya. She began her midwife training in December 2014 and finally graduated on 15th April 2016. She has now received her midwife kit, mobile phone and cross bred donkey.
She said “I have now finished my training and send my thanks to Kids for Kids, for helping to fund for this training. Thank you to the village leader who also nominated me for this training”.
She can now put her training into practice in her village. She is able to make 8 visits a month, where she is helping to raise awareness for the families, with regards to using folic acid in pregnancy and giving advice on feeding their children and providing baby care once the baby is born. FGM (female genital mutilation) is extensive in the region which leads to suffering and can cause problems during child birth. She does a lot of her work at the village health unit, which unfortunately is not fully equipped. She urgently requires the village health centre to supply more equipment and medicines for pregnant women (such as folic acid, anaesthetic).
There is no healthcare in Darfur, but Sumya is only one of many midwives that have successfully graduated from their midwifery training with the help of Kids for Kids and its generous supporters. People can now stay in their villages, because they know they have a better chance with the wonderful support of our trained midwives.
By training more midwives we can help to save more lives!
Please help us to equip and train more midwives?
$230 will buy a solar lantern to assist with night deliveries
$245 buys a crossbred donkey for a midwife to reach her patients quickly
$305 funds the training costs of a midwife for 1 week
$612 funds a donkey ambulance to take a mother in need during labour to get to hospital
$3,050 funds the cost of one midwife for a year in one village
Thank you so much for your support.
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