This year the United Nations World Patient Safety Day emphasizes “ensuring every child survives and thrives to reach their full potential”. We urgently need your support to ensure we can provide care during the critical time of birth and throughout the first weeks of life.

The alarming rates of preventable deaths and poor health and well-being of newborns and children under five demonstrate the unequal access to life-saving interventions and highlight broader issues of insufficient social and economic development. Factors like poverty, inadequate nutrition and limited access to clean water and sanitation pose serious threats, as does the lack of quality health services, particularly essential care for newborns.

This fall we urgently need your support to sustain our programs in East Africa that tackle these pressing issues. Our Graduates are returning to their communities equipped with knowledge and skills to make a difference in social and economic conditions. Our 15 Mother Baby Friendly Hospital Initiatives provide the vital health services needed to save the lives of mothers and babies. We supply NICU’s and urgent care centres with life-saving equipment to prevent these tragic losses.