A gift of life for Mom

Safe Mothers, Safe Babies Mothers Day Gift Catalog

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About Safe Mothers, Safe Babies

Every year, more than 360,00 women and 3,000,000 babies die during childbirth, while millions more are injured. The causes of maternal and neonatal death are largely preventable if women can access timely and appropriate medical care. Yet, in developing countries like Uganda, such care is lacking. Safe Mothers, Safe Babies (SAFE) seeks to improve these conditions through demand driven, collaborative, sustainable, and scalable means. We operate on a methodology of participatory development in which we work with those we serve, instead for them, to define maternal and child health in local terms, prioritize local barriers to maternal and child health, and devise locally-sustainable solutions to implement together. The Safe Mothers, Safe Babies Mothers Day catalog provides an opportunity for individuals to join SAFE in working with rural Ugandan women and their families to give the gift of life for their mothers. For each purchase, you can designate and individual who the gift has been purchased to honor. SAFE will then send them a personalized thank you card, detailing the life-saving gift you made on their behalf and all that it will accomplish.

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Community health fairs provide immunizations and medications to women and children for free. Selling subsidized mosquito nets reduces malaria. Reproductive health education through the songs and dramas of womens groups educates villagers in culturally sensitive ways. Our goal this year is to reach at more than 2,000 women and children through these and other public health outreach projects.

Safe motherhood home visitation program, training for womens groups (100 women) $60

Fortified peanut butter program (200 children) $300

Mosquito net $6 1

Immunization outreach (500 to 700 people) $120

Support Womens Groups

The women of Kalalu Womens Voice work with SAFE to educate rural villagers about reproductive health. They embed education we provide into drama and song and then perform them. This education is more effective than if we were to do it ourselves, and is more culturally appropriate. We currently work with four womens groups, all of which support themselves through community gardens. We support these endeavors through the provision of training, materials, and animals.

Safe motherhood training sessions $50 each

Community gardens support and reproductive health outreach (seeds, training, supplies) $400/field

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SAFE imports handmade paper beads after purchasing them from the civil society organizations with which we partner. The beads are made from scraps of magazine and newspaper that are rolled on a tube and solidified with a hardening agent. The women use the proceeds to support themselves, and undertake community projects, which to date have included community gardens and widow support programs. Strands are multi-colored and generally match almost any outfit. 100% of the profits support their makers.

Multi-colored strand of paper beads (incl. shipping) $15 You will receive the beads in the mail in 7 to 10 business days.

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Can you imagine giving birth to a baby, or worse having a cesarean section, in pitch black? When your doctor or midwife couldn't see to deliver your baby? Lack of electricity is a key barrier to the provision of quality obstetric care, and is moreover a reason that some Uganda women choose not to deliver their babies in health centers. SAFE is working with We Care Solar to bring solar power to rural Ugandan health centers and hospitals.

M a t e r n a l

The Grammy-winning band Linkin Park has stepped up to support the United Nations 2012 Year of Sustainable Energy by launching the Power The World Campaign. Help support sustainable energy for all by signing the pledge. 1. Enter www.powertheworld.org 2. Choose an amount and click on donate 3. Click on return to Music For Relief to download and print your PDF card or send your e-card.

Supporting Health Providers

Meet the only health professionals at Bukoteka Health Center II. Bukoteka is a very small, 2-room building. Its funding agency hasn't paid the staff since January of last year. They are almost completely out of the most basic supplies, yet when asked if they would seek employment elsewhere, the doctor responded, No. We will stay. The people need us, we have become volunteers. To help them, we will provide them with supplies, animals, and farming materials to contribute to improving care and to support their livelihoods.

Organic farming field: Seeds $120; Supplies $200 1

Basic medical supplies $50

Training session $60 1

1 Photo credit: Anne Sherwood

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Mothers day 2012 Gift Catalog order form Item
Mosquito net Basic medical supplies Safe motherhood training Health provider training Safe motherhood home visitation program Immunization outreach Organic farming Handcrank (to make system work without sun) Fortified peanut butter program Community gardens We Care Solar General Donation N/A N/A N/A

People Affected
3 to 5 100 30 to 50 women 30 to 100 people 100 women 500 to 700 30 to 50 women and their families 100 to 200 people per year 200 300 to 400

**Please note that while every attempt will be made to utilize your gift as indicated, if your selected program is already appropriately funded, your donation will be given to whichever SAFE project needs it most. Thank you for your support!

Cost
$6 $50 $50 $60 $60 $120 Seeds $120 w/ supplies $200 $150 $300 $400

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Mothers day 2012 Gift Catalog order form Multicolored Ugandan Paper beads order form
Number of strands Shipping address (include name)

Your name: Address (this is where your honor cards will be sent):

Number of Honor cards requested?

Donation receipt requested?

Send order forms along with cash, check, or money order (payable to Safe Mothers, Safe Babies) to PO Box 2205 Provo, UT 84606

Thank you for your support. Happy Mothers Day!

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Safe Mothers, Safe Babies seeks to reduce maternal and neonatal deaths and injuries in the developing world through demand-driven, collaborative, sustainable, and scalable means. We operate on a methodology of participatory development, which means that we work with the people we serve instead of for them. We work together to define maternal and child health in local terms, identify and prioritize local barriers to good maternal and child healthboth structural and culturaland finally devise locally-appropriate, community sustainable solutions that we implement together. We aim to transition all projects to full community control (administrative and financial) within 3 years of their start date. By making local citizens the key driving agents of change, our projects are sustainable, empowering, impactful, and transformative. If you are interested in volunteering with SAFE or want more information please contact us: Website: www.safemotherssafebabies.org Blog: safemotherssafebabies.blogspot.com Email: info@safemotherssafebabies.org Mailing Address: Box 2205 Provo, UT 84603 Phone: (801) 428-7827