Help Pregnant Patients during Coronavirus Pandemic

by Mercy In Action Vineyard, INC
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Help Pregnant Patients during Coronavirus Pandemic
Help Pregnant Patients during Coronavirus Pandemic
Help Pregnant Patients during Coronavirus Pandemic

Project Report | Apr 6, 2020
COVID response-pregnant and breastfeeding mothers

By Vicki In Penwell | Executive Director

Food Baskets for Pregnant and Postpartum Patients
Food Baskets for Pregnant and Postpartum Patients

Dear Supporters,

So many of you responded generously to our call for help getting food to all our pregnant and postpartum women on lock-down in the Philippines. In this report, I want to share stories and show you pictures of your impact.

Lockdown to flatten the curve of COVID-19 infections looks very different in the Philippines, where many poor families are used to going out every day to find work or recycling to sell so that they can buy food for that one day. If you can't go out and work, you stay home hungry. This is not sustainable for anyone for long, but especially vulnerable in this lockdown are the pregnant women, the breastfeeding women recovering from childbirth, and the families with small children.

Our midwives and staff went straight into action when we began to hear of stories of food scarcity amount our patients. Mercy In Action has been wiring donations to the Philippines and our clinic staffs  have been busy buying food in bulk and making individual bags of rice and food for our patients. This past week we have given away 500 kilos of rice and hundreds of bags of groceries.

Please enjoy seeing these photos and knowing just how important you are during this time! 

Since our organization’s programming already aligns with COVID-19 relief/recovery efforts, we’re doubling down on this work. We’re doing this by adding more ambulance service to get patients to our clinic, and to deliver food other homes, and midwives to medically necessary home visits. We are expanding our budget to include food for all the vulnerable people we already serve. We’re grateful to be in a situation that allows us to continue serving our community during this crisis., with your help

 

Thank you, and please keep engaged (and pray!) until this pandemic is over.

Vicki Penwell

For the entire Mercy In Action Team!

Midwives Going Out to Deliver Food to Lock-ins
Midwives Going Out to Deliver Food to Lock-ins
Mercy Team Hiked to a Remote Village with Food
Mercy Team Hiked to a Remote Village with Food
We have already given away 500 Kilos of Rice!
We have already given away 500 Kilos of Rice!

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Mercy In Action Vineyard, INC

Location: Boise, ID - USA
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Project Leader:
Vicki Penwell
Boise , ID United States

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