By Cara Brooks | HFOS Board of Directors Member
Hope For Our Sisters Inc. (HFOS) is pleased to share our quarterly update with all of the investors in our endeavor to help provide life-saving maternal care through the Maternal Health Fund at the Wellness Clinic in Goma, Democractic Republic of the Congo. Our partners at the Wellness Clinic report that our maternal funds helped to pay for 144 cesarean deliveries between May and August! There were also 211 women who had vaginal deliveries with skilled attendants in this safe location. Additionally, 624 prenatal visits were conducted. These are enormous numbers of women receiving maternal care in a region where they might otherwise be very under-served. In some places, women will simply be denied treatment if they cannot pay, or held on the hospital grounds until their families can come up with any money loaned to them. Our sisters in Goma are able to return home to other children, spouses and responsibilities, enjoying their babies without worries over catastrophic debts, because of what you have given.
One such woman who benefitted from the maternal health fund was 18-year old Gloria. Her story is heart-breaking - she lost both of her parents to the atrocities of war in her village. While living with her uncle, Gloria was raped and became pregnant. With no one to pay her hospital fees, Gloria was a recipient of full coverage for her cesarean delivery because of your generosity. She is pictured here with a healthy baby. Despite all of the sadness in her life, we have hope that this is the beginning of a happier chapter for Gloria and her beautiful child.
Please reach out to us at info@hopeforoursisters.org with any questions about the project or HFOS' work in general. We also invite you to share our project page with your family and friends! The more awareness we can spread about the great need for cesarean deliveries and maternal care in Goma, the more lives we can touch and change together.
Regards,
Cara Brooks
HFOS Board of Directors Member
Links:
Project reports on GlobalGiving are posted directly to globalgiving.org by Project Leaders as they are completed, generally every 3-4 months. To protect the integrity of these documents, GlobalGiving does not alter them; therefore you may find some language or formatting issues.
If you donate to this project or have donated to this project, you can receive an email when this project posts a report. You can also subscribe for reports without donating.
Support this important cause by creating a personalized fundraising page.
Start a Fundraiser
