Women in Afghanistan will get better pre- and post-natal care to reduce numbers of maternal and infant deaths.

Help Afghan Women Deliver Healthy Babies Safely

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Summary

Reduce maternal and infant mortality rates with reproductive healthcare and education. Help 12,000 women access pre- and post-natal care, protecting their health during pregnancy and delivery.

How You Can Help

	$25 - 20 women will have improved quality of life through reproductive healthcare and education
	$50 - 40 women will have healthier babies because of reproductive healthcare and education
	$85 - One woman will be trained as a community health worker and will assist 9,000 women annually
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

An alarming percentage of Afghan women and babies die during pregnancy and delivery. Most women deliver babies at home without the assistance of trained medical staff. CHI/AIL offer lifesaving health services and medical interventions to pregnant women and babies through three rural clinics in Afghanistan, including on-site baby delivery for high-risk cases. CHI/AIL also educate women about their reproductive health so that they can make healthy choices during pregnancy and delivery.

Activities

12,000 Afghan women will receive pre- and post-natal care, midwifery, family planning services, education on women’s reproductive health, delivery kits for home delivery, and assessment and intervention for high-risk pregnancies.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $1,397
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $58,895
Total Funding Goal: $60,292

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Thousands of women who would have lost their lives or the lives of their babies during pregnancy and delivery will be saved. Women will learn how to prevent complications during pregnancy and delivery and protect their long-term reproductive health.

Project Message

Many women in our area died because of problems during delivery. We were not able to help them since we never knew the right method of delivery. But now we know our mistakes and can save them.
- Saliha, CHI/AIL Reproductive Health Workshop Graduate

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Toc Dunlap,
President
Creating Hope International
PO Box 1058
Dearborn, Michigan 48121
United States
(313) 278-5806
Email:

Project Sponsor

Creating Hope International

Organization

Creating Hope International (CHI)
Creating Hope International
PO Box 1058
Dearborn, Michigan 48121
United States
(313) 278-5806
http://www.creatinghope.org

Learn more about Creating Hope International (CHI) and the project team.

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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Afghanistan and can also be found under Health.

For more information about Afghanistan, read the Human Development Report on Afghanistan or the Wikipedia entry for Afghanistan.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on April 10, 2007.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on September 01, 2005.

Latest Update from the Field

Video from Afghanistan

By Afghan Institute of Learning - Project organization, April 10, 2007 05:32 PM

I wanted to let you know about a piece on the AIL health programs on Yahoo that was up this weekend. A staff person from Direct Relief was recently in Afghanistan visiting
AIL programs. The link below is a piece he put together with Yahoo about AIL's programs.

Click below to see the video!

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Afghanistan: New Births, New Hopes

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