I had a brilliant day today, visiting our project in Ntcheu, meeting all the project team and then going out to speak to people directly benefitting from the project. We were welcomed with great gusto - even though we were about four hours late due to delays in getting fuel which is short in Malawi - and then heard from everyone including volunteers who are measuring under five's growth to make sure they are growing properly and getting proper nutrition. We were entertained by a drummer group, a women's group member who read a poem and a drama group, all of whose performances included maternal, newborn and child health messages.
Best of all was that women from four different communities all reported dramatic reductions in maternal, newborn and child deaths since the project came to their villages.
Here are the women singing their messages to promote maternal, newborn and child health.
Live from Malawi, our Chief Executive, Ros Davies writes:
Saving Lives
Up to half a million women and three million newborn babies die each year in pregnancy and childbirth or soon afterwards, the majority of them in Africa and South Asia. For every woman who dies at least twenty more suffer complications which leave them with lifelong disability and pain.
Our unique programmes are saving the lives of mothers and babies every day. We need you to help us to equip women with their most vital survival tool: knowledge.
