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Hannah’s family requested support from us this mom because her mother is receiving chemo for breast cancer
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One woman’s survival story.
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Too many woman die in pregnancy and childbirth in Africa. Many others survive traumatic births, but should we simply count their survival as success?
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One of our board members, Dehlia Ramos Gonzalez RN MSN, is currently in Malawi visiting our beneficiaries, assisting nurses with training and helping to pilot a new data collection tool. She is sending stories and pictures, so stay tuned…
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Tiyamike is 15months old. She was born prematurely on October 19th 2017 weighing just over 4lbs. Her 22 year old mother hemorrhaged after her delivery and died the same day. As her mother’s body was loaded into a vehicle to transport her back to her village, her grandmother was handed a couple tins of formula […]
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Takindwa’s mom started her labor at the District Hospital in Malawi. She had had a previous cesarean section so it was important that she labor at a hospital with an operating room. Many women in Malawi labor in rural area which are far from any health facility. And even when there is a clinic nearby, […]
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Niya is only 16 years old, but several weeks after the birth of her first baby she had surgery for a total hysterectomy. Niya took care of herself during her pregnancy and grew a 8lb 9oz baby. Unfortunately her baby was too big for her to birth naturally and she ended up with a C-section. […]
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Faith was born January 28, 2018. Her birth was uneventful and the next day her 23-year-old mother, Salimba, took her home to meet the rest of the family. On February 14th Salimba became ill. Her family says her face and feet were swollen and she started vomiting. On February 18th they took her to the […]
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In the face of this beautiful woman you can see lines of grief, determination, and quiet joy. She is holding her grandson Precious who was born on the day her daughter died. Her daughter delivered Precious and then as she lay back to embrace her new son she began to bleed. The bleeding continued despite […]
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Nineteen year-old Juliet was nearing the end of her pregnancy. She had gone for her prenatal visits at the Mitudu health center, she had taken the antimalarial medications as instructed by the midwife, had the necessary blood work, and regular blood pressure checks. Everything seemed to be going well until the day she collapsed and […]
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Triplets Stella, Eunice and Joseph each weighed about 2lbs at birth. Their parents were already struggling at the edge of survival and now suddenly there were three additional children to feed. It was not uncommon that an entire day would pass with no food. Life -which involved fetching water, washing clothes by hand, and farming […]
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Chisomo weighed less than 5lbs at birth and his mother died just moments after his first cry. His low birth weight and his status as an orphan meant that from day one, Chisomo was much more likely to die in early childhood than his peers. Thankfully, his grandmother was directed to Joyful Motherhood and has […]