Recently our patron, Kathy Lette, joined well-wishers at a reception at the House of Lords hosted by another of our patron's, Baroness Massey of Darwen, a life-long campaigner for women’s health and Lord Parekh, who was born in India, one of the countries where we work. Kathy praised our approach to helping women to help one another deal with the challenges of childbirth. Kathy and the hosts are pictured here with Ros Davies, our Chief Executive, who said:
“It is an unforgivable tragedy that 1,000 women worldwide die in childbirth every day, even though most of these deaths are preventable. Our unique approach, supporting local organisations to work with communities, empowering women to take action and improve their health, and that of their children, has reached over half a million women and demonstrated that it significantly improves maternal health. As a result newborn mortality has fallen by up to 45% in our project catchment areas, currently saving more than four and a half thousand lives a year.”
Speaking about the work which the charity has done over the past ten years, founder trustee Professor Anthony Costello, Director of the Institute for Global Health, said:
“Ten years on, we are proud that our work, which is based on local partnerships, communities implementing their own solutions, and an emphasis on measuring the results, is saving lives and influencing policymakers There is so much more we can do if we empower women in this way.”
