Monday, May 20, 2013

Maternal Health


"Women will be safe through childbearing" (NIV)

This passage in 1 Timothy has a great impact in our adopted home of Haiti.  Haiti has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world, so to say that a woman will be safe in childbearing means a lot.  Women here fear childbirth because all of them have seen many of the friends succumb to the rigors of birth.  

Anyone who dies leaves a hole in their friends' and families' heart, but a woman who dies in childbirth not only leaves children without their mother and a husband without his wife but also leaves a marginal community to raise a child.  Often this community, while willing to raise an orphan, simply doesn't have the resources to feed another mouth.  This puts another child on the street.

In a country with 300,000 orphans, this is a crushing problem.  

Our Maternal Health Program is attempting to address this problem.  We are providing prenatal vitamins, food and education to 200 pregnant women in Thomazeau, Haiti.  Why food, you ask?  We asked the women if they were taking their vitamins and they said they weren't because the vitamins made them hungry and they had no more food.  So we give them food.  Our Haitian team teaches them about infant nutrition, maternal health, hygiene and when to bring the baby to the doctor.  

This is all great but there are 2000 pregnant women in our area, we are only reaching 10%.

With more resources, we can reach all 2000 women and beyond.

Be a part of the solution...Live Beyond.....

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