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Now you too can help save lives:
Send something different this season and save lives by doing so.
http://www.maternityworldwide.org/
Let me put this very simply -
In 2005 -
Number of maternal deaths in Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States : Estimated at 2,600
Number of maternal deaths in Sub-Saharan African : Estimated at 265,000.
Two hundred and sixty-five THOUSAND. In Ethipoia, the risk is one in SEVEN.
Let me just let that settle in for a moment.
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Ready? I'll continue.
- Every minute of every day, a woman dies from complications related to pregnancy or childbirth
- In Ethiopia the lifetime risk of dying in pregnancy or childbirth is 1 in 7.
- An estimated 1 million young children die shortly after the death of their mothers.
Maternity Worldwide runs maternity projects in the developing world.
The average cost of a delivery by a trained professional in a hospital in Ethiopia is only £15.
This, to most people in the developed world is a small price, but to people in Western Ethiopia it is very expensive, considering that the average wage is only £110 (US$185) a year.
Want to give something different to your friends and family this Christmas?
If you told me that, for my present, you'd sponsored a safe birth
on my behalf then I. Would. Be. Proud. Of. You. Truly.
Can't afford that? Really?
Then you can buy your cards from Maternity Worldwide
. You were probably going to send those anyway, right? The cards, by the way, have a "Season's greetings" note inside, rather than "Merry Christmas", in case you have Chanukah coming up. They are availiable to buy online, and feature a piece by local artist Sophie Joyce. The link, in case you missed it, is http://www.maternityworldwide.org/christCan't afford that either?
Then you've got time, right? Right?
You can almost certainly help out - either in the Brighton Office, or by joining the Brighton Fundraising Group or the London Fundraising Group. Or in a variety of other ways, some of them from your own desk.
Email info@maternityworldwide.org.
None of that? Really, truly? Then that's fine.
Thank you for reading.
Now, you can Copy; Paste; Post, in your own journal and possibly somebody you know can help too.
Thank you for your time.
http://www.maternityworldwide.org/index.h
we also have a facebook group:
http://www.facebook.com/groups/edit.php?m
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Comments
The link states to send in a cheque for 15 quid - but not having a UK bank account, I can't well do that. Alternative solutions?
The other option - which i am trying to sort out today/tomorrow is paypal - hopefully we will very soon have a link up on the site to the MW paypal account to do that.
OR the slightly irregular option is paypal me with note of what it is for and i will pay in and process for you? (penguin_worship at hotmail dot com)
I'm trying to sort out the "user friendlieness" of the website and payment options - but it will be a while before i get that all fixed...
I am getting involved (early stages yet) of a production in the fringe next year and was wondering if there was a chance of linking it to the charity for mutual benefit (some sort of two-way promotion considering lack of funding, maybe a way of donating at the event).
There is an obvious link considering the play, but making it not seem tasteless could be "interesting".
Oh and fancy lunch either tomorrow or wed?
Am coming to yours tomorrow night for puppets etc too- but I doubt we'll be able to discuss anything whilst gaming!