Clean delivery kits for 60 mothers in Kacheera
Sixty women in their last months of pregnancy, each with a kit packed by a midwife, so no birth starts without gloves and a clean blade.
UGX 735k to go41 donors33 days left
Mothers and newborns
Mother and Newborn Care
Antenatal checks at outreach days, clean delivery kits, and a midwife visit in the first week after birth.
About this programme
Many women in rural Rakai have their first antenatal check late in pregnancy, or not at all. The nearest health centre can be ten kilometres away on a murram road, and a day at the clinic is a day without income.
So we take the first check to them. At every outreach day a midwife measures blood pressure, checks the baby's growth, tests for anaemia where we have strips, and talks through the danger signs that mean "go to the health centre now". Every woman leaves knowing which facility to deliver at and how she will get there.
Women in their last trimester receive a clean delivery kit, so that even a birth that happens on the way is a safer one. Within a week of the birth, a midwife or a trained village health volunteer visits to check on mother and baby.
What we do
Inside this programme
Antenatal checks
Blood pressure, fundal height, baby's heartbeat, and danger sign counselling at every outreach day.
Clean delivery kits
Gloves, cord clamps, a sterile blade, a plastic sheet, cotton wool and soap, packed by our midwives.
Birth plans
Each mother leaves with a named facility, a transport plan and a phone number to call.
First week visits
A home visit within seven days of birth to check feeding, bleeding, the cord and the mother's mood.
What we count
- Mothers checked at outreach days
- Delivery kits given
- Postnatal visits completed within 7 days
Open causes
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This season
Solar light for a night delivery room in Kyalulangira
A solar panel, battery and two bright lamps, so midwives stop delivering babies by phone torchlight.
UGX 1.2M to go6 donors95 days left
Boda boda rides to the health centre for 80 births
A prepaid ride with a trusted rider, so labour does not start with a search for transport money.
UGX 1.3M to go14 donors154 days left
Stories
From this programme
MotherKacheera
Nine kilometres, and a delivery kit in the bag
A mother of two on planning a birth when the nearest maternity ward is a long ride away.
3 minute read
MidwifeKyalulangira
The phone torch years
A midwife on fifteen years of night deliveries, and why a light over the bed matters more than people think.
3 minute read
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