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Haiti:
In Haiti, motherhood is a symbol of power. A mother not only gives birth, she stays by your side whenever something goes wrong, for as long as you need, until she finds a solution.
Photo by Matthew McDermott, All Rights Reserved.
Photo by Matthew McDermott, All Rights Reserved.
Somalia:
Children under age five, and expectant and breastfeeding mothers in need of nutritional stabilization were the first to receive nutrient-rich XANGO meal pack porridge as part of an AmeriCares-supported supplemental feeding program for famine victims in Somalia
Kosovo:
Behare, 25, mother of twins Orges and Orget, 10 months old, who were born at the University of Pristina/Hospital Neonatology Unit after only 28 weeks gestation...Orges weighted 1100 grams and Orget weighted 1200 grams, now both healthy and with their mother at the family farm.
Photo by Matthew McDermott, All Rights Reserved.
Photo by Matthew McDermott, All Rights Reserved.
Haiti:
As AmeriCares works to strengthen health care in Haiti, there is a special focus on the health of pregnant women, new mothers and babies.
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Photo by Matthew McDermott, All Rights Reserved
Japan:
“I strongly believe that if mothers are happy, babies are happy,” said Dr. Honami Yoshida, working with AmeriCares to care for new mothers, newborns, and expectant mothers recovering in the aftermath of the devastating March, 2011 earthquake in Japan.
El Salvador:
Ana Deisy and her son Miguel get their health care at AmeriCares Family Clinic in Santiago de Maria. “When my sons and I need to see a doctor or get a prescription, the clinic is there for us,” said Ana Deisy. “The whole staff is so caring and thorough – I really don't know what we would do without them.”
United States:
Paola holds her newborn baby girl Amara at the The Coastal Family Health Center in Biloxi, Mississippi -- one of 400+ U.S. clinics that receive medical aid from AmeriCares
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Photo by Matthew McDermott, All Rights Reserved.
Ghana:
Yaa Pokuaa rejoiced when her precious newborn daughter, Saviour, got a second chance at life. Saviour stopped breathing moments after birth, and would have died without the immediate intervention of frontline caregivers trained by the NeoNatal Survival Program co-sponsored by AmeriCares
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Photo by Markus Dlouhy, All Rights Reserved.
Cartagena, Colombia:
Infant mortality rates are down and health outcomes have improved for young mothers and their babies in Cartagena, Colombia. The AmeriCares-sponsored Adolescent Mother’s Program provides young women with life-changing medical care, support, and skills.
Photo by Boris Heger, All Rights Reserved.
Photo by Boris Heger, All Rights Reserved.
Bangladesh
In impoverished countries like Bangladesh, it’s a struggle for mothers to get proper medical care for themselves and their children, because doctors and nurses don’t have the basic medicines and supplies they need. We’re working to change that.
Haiti:
Mother Darline Ulysse Paul lays in bed after delivering her 3rd child, a healthy baby boy by c-section, at the Hopital Isaie Jeanty, Port au Prince's maternity hospital.
Photo by Matthew McDermott, All Rights Reserved.
Photo by Matthew McDermott, All Rights Reserved.
Afghanistan:
A mother holds one of her newborn twin girls in a recovery room of Afshar Hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, 24 hours after delivering the babies by C-section. Delivery services are among the most important offered by the 100-bed hospital, which AmeriCares has supported with medical supplies and medicine since 2011
Photo by David Snyder, All Rights Reserved.
Photo by David Snyder, All Rights Reserved.
Malawi:
Christina Banda picked up her monthly supply of Isomil, Xango mealpacks and other supplements and immediately cooked a pot of fortified porridge under a tree in front of the hospital for her daughter Taunga, a graduate of the Therapeutic Feeding Centre. Little Taunga, now over a year old, has been thriving on monthly nutritional supplements provided by AmeriCares since she was four months old.
Photo by Darryl Priester Jr, All Rights Reserved.
Photo by Darryl Priester Jr, All Rights Reserved.
