Sustainability
Too many humanitarian organizations rely heavily on foreign aid and when the money dries up, the programs end. We are committed to local leadership, renewable resources and clinics that sustain themselves financially.
Women do not need to pay to receive services at the Earth Birth Centers, but rather, they must involve themselves in a project that sustains it. Women sign up for projects that interest them and volunteer their time in exchange for care.
Women can choose to work in our baby food gardens. The food that is grown there goes back to the women and the excess is sold in the market to pay for supplies at the clinic. Other projects are the sewing of Moon Pads (reusable cloth pads to be sold locally and internationally), baby slings out of local and bright ‘ketenge’ or cloth, maternity and baby clothing, local crafts and jewelry.
Women do not need to pay to receive services at the Earth Birth Centers, but rather, they must involve themselves in a project that sustains it. Women sign up for projects that interest them and volunteer their time in exchange for care.
Women can choose to work in our baby food gardens. The food that is grown there goes back to the women and the excess is sold in the market to pay for supplies at the clinic. Other projects are the sewing of Moon Pads (reusable cloth pads to be sold locally and internationally), baby slings out of local and bright ‘ketenge’ or cloth, maternity and baby clothing, local crafts and jewelry.
We work with products that are friendly to mother earth, fair trade and organic.
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To purchase products made by our pregnant mamas and help sustain our birth centers, visit our Market.
MARKETPLACE DIRECTORY: Shop here for Baby slings, Hats & Purses, Wrap skirts, (Hā)nau Shirts, Magazine beads & necklaces, Notecards, Large Prints, Window Stickers, Wisdom Decks, and Posters. To learn more about Traditional Midwifery and Classes that sustain this method of natural childbirth, visit Mamma Primitiva. You do NOT need to a midwife to take these classes. All fees (100%) of all proceeds, including the materials and videos and the administrative system we are using, goes to our clinics and no amount of the donation you make is personally retained. 
AMBULANCE FUND:
In rural Africa many women give birth alongside the road while walking from remote villages to seek help. They risk their own lives and the lives of their babies when this happens. Additionally, many women must walk miles home after their child is born, risking hemorrhaging to death on the way. In Northern Uganda a woman has a 1 in 25 lifetime chance of dying during childbirth. The infant mortality rate is 10 times as high as anywhere in the Western hemisphere. At Mother Health International, our outcomes are significantly better than the national average. In over 3,000 deliveries we have never lost a mother. An ambulance is one of the most important tools we can use to ensure good outcomes. Our goal is to pick women up in labor, bring them to our clinics, and drive them home post partum- eliminating several risk factors and saving lives. The ambulance is integral to fistula prevention as no mother in our area must wait for days on end without help in the case of true obstructed labor. The ambulance is always standing by to bring women to the hospital should they need emergency surgery. At our clinic in Uganda, the nearest hospital is 3 hours away on a very bumpy road. Without a vehicle, there is no help. Every time we transport a woman to the hospital it costs $200 in fuel alone. Your contribution to the ambulance fund will pay for fuel, tires and necessary repairs to keep our vehicle running and getting mamas safely to the care they need. Please consider making a life saving donation to Mother Health International. This is direct impact and it is huge. |
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