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INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE MIDWIFE – 5 MAY 2012
Imagine giving birth to a baby at night in a dark mud hut in a village on a hillside 2 hours away from the nearest hospital. No birthing attendant, no midwife, just yourself and your new born baby. What would you do if the baby wasn’t breathing? How would you reach help if you bled heavily after delivery without a telephone and with no transport available? Read on to find out how two fantastic organisations are helping to save the lives of hundreds of unborn children and celebrate the International Day of the Midwife.
Maternal Health at Bwindi Community Hospital
Impact Foundation Bangladesh: Delivering Healthy Babies
WORLD LABOUR DAY – 1 MAY 2012
In recognition of 1 May 2012 as World Labour Day STARS is looking at how Nepal GoodWeave Foundation is supporting its workers and trying to eliminate child labour in the carpet industry in Nepal. According to the International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) report Labour and Social Trends in Nepal 2010, 96.2% of all employed Nepali workers are engaged in informal work with less than 1.5% of employed Nepali women in formal work. The report goes on to state “the primary challenge is employment of poor quality, including low wages and productivity”. In addition to working on the prevention of child labour, Nepal GoodWeave Foundation is fighting to reduce poor quality working conditions and low wages in carpet factories through various different programmes. Find out more below:
Health Camps and Awareness Raising – Educating and Supporting Carpet Factory Workers in Nepal
Keeping Children Safe – The Opening of a New Day Care Centre
WORLD MALARIA DAY – 25 APRIL 2012
25 April 2012 marked World Malaria Day. In Africa, malaria still remains one of the leading causes of child deaths: the World Health Organisation (WHO, 2011) report shows that malaria accounts for 18% of deaths among children under the age of 5 in sub-Saharan Africa; the global average is just 9%. In remembrance of those that have lost their lives, find out what Bwindi Community Hospital in the Impenetrable forest, Uganda is doing to combat the problem and meet Helen and her family and find out how ACE Africa helped to save her and her unborn child’s life.
Meet Sumi and Mahmuda
Sumi and Mahmuda both live in Bangladesh and both suffer from debilitating disabilities. Read their stories and find out how CSID has helped to support them. more
STARS in The Guardian and The World Today, Chatham House
Interested in unrestricted funding? Then read these two articles published in The Guardian and The World Today, Chatham House.
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