This article is so inspiring we at Miracle Baby Blog Had to join Net Mums and Million Mums Campaign For Safer Birth please everyone join in visit Net Mums For More Information.

Do something this Christmas and make a real difference to women all over the world. Together we can help to end the needless deaths of women in childbirth.

Over a million mums visit the Netmums website each month…and at the same time, there are millions of orphans around the world with no mum this Christmas. 

Netmums members can make a donation to Million Mums here. The first 25,000 that sign up will get a special Million Mums white ribbon pin, designed by Sarah Ferguson.

The sad truth

In some parts of the world, when a woman goes into labour, her family kiss her goodbye…because according to the African saying, a pregnant woman has one foot in the grave.
In Niger, 1 in 7 women risk dying in childbirth; here in the UK, our lifetime risk is 1 in 82,00.
And in Sierra Leone, girls are more likely to die in childbirth than they are to go to school.

Why?

• In many countries, most notably in Africa and South Asia, half of all women give birth alone or with no skilled midwife, nurse or doctor to help, and as a result, every minute of every day a woman loses her life while giving life. If she dies, her baby is ten times more likely to die too. ( This puts our recent survey of maternity care in the UK in a whole new light)
• In Sub-Saharan Africa, almost 80% of women who need care each year for complications of pregnancy and delivery do not receive it.

 

What does it mean?

500,000 women die in childbirth every year leaving behind two million orphans. So, please join the Million Mums Campaign – by doing so you can help make a difference. If you can’t afford to donate anything, please still sign up to pledge your support. If you can give something as well it will really help to make a difference 1, 10, 20…whatever you can afford. The first 25,000 mums who make a donation will also receive a million mums pin designed and donated by Sarah Ferguson, The Duchess of York. 

 

Sign up now at Millionmums.org

The White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood is an international coalition of individuals and organizations working to increase public awareness and build political support to make pregnancy and childbirth safe for all women and newborns around the world.

With members in over 140 countries, WRA advocates for changes to ensure every woman’s access to quality health care before, during and after childbirth. WRA works to sustain life and hope for all women and honours those who have not survived pregnancy or childbirth.

 

For more information, please go to white ribbon alliance website.

Global Patron of White Ribbon Alliance is Sarah Brown. High profile supporters of this campaign include Naomi Campbell, Claudia Winkleman, Davina McCall, Duchess of York, Eve Pollard (OBE), Kirsty Young, Kirstie Allsopp, Helena Christensen, Lauren Laverne, Mariella Frostrup, Meera Syal (MBE), Kelly Hoppen (MBE), Myleene Klass, Diana Quick and Bill Nighy.

Join us in doing something good this Christmas!