Despair to Hope Crowdfunding campaign to reduce maternal mortality in West Africa

MANASSAS, Va. - Sept. 11, 2015 - PRLog -- According to the president of Keep Mothers Alive, Dr. Diagaunet Dodie, the pilot project to save at least one more expectant mother in Africa will officially begin in the fall of 2015. While finalizing details of the location of the pilot project, Dr. Diagaunet Dodie stated “We have chosen Duekoue on the Ivory Coast for our pilot project. Duekoue is a small town of about 72,000 people in the Western part of the Ivory Coast in West Africa. In 2011 during the Civil War, the city experienced the largest massacre in the history of the country. Over 1,000 people were killed in a single day and many of the country’s infrastructures were destroyed. Women and children paid the heaviest price in this war. Four years later, the consequences of the civil war still persist. Maternal mortality crisis is now one of the highest in the country. The community has endured hardship, the women have become even more vulnerable and something needs to be done immediately. There have already been 10 maternal and 38 child deaths reported from January to June 2015 in the little town of Duekoue.Our project aims at alleviating the suffering of the women in this community.”

“The economic challenge in some west and east African countries is so severe that pregnant women hardly get the right drugs, infrastructures or medical help needed.  Delivery is like having one leg in the grave. I lost a dear cousin and her twins to preventable maternal death. Keep Mothers Alive is to give families the chance to happiness and the joy of having one more life full of potentials added to them.” Stated, Dr. Diagaunet Dodie, an Alumnus of Harvard and KMA Founder & CEO.

Being a well-structured organization that can make a whole world of difference in the African economy and in the lives of every expecting African Mother, with the appropriate resources and support, the Keep Mothers Alive foundation will be flagging off its DESPAIR TO HOPE campaign with the primary aim of saving an African mother’s life through a PIIPE approach:

·         Provide medical supplies and equipment.

·         Improve the quality of data.

·         Increase antenatal care, skilled birth attendance and postpartum visits.

·         Provide additional training for health workers.

·         Empower women.

Founded in 2015, Keep Mothers Alive was born from the pain of losing a close cousin to eclampsia and driven by the passion of ending every birthing experience in joy. The organization’s mission statement is, “Keep Mothers Alive is an international partner of public health specialists who is committed to preventing maternal mortality in the most economically challenged areas of Africa by improving women’s accessibility to health care; engaging communities to prevent mother and child mortality; strengthening the health care system to provide quality of care for women; advocating for a call for action on maternal death; partnering with community leaders, government officials, and other NGOs to raise awareness of maternal mortality and its economic and social impact; empowering women about maternal health issues and the risks of home births; applying mobile technology to increase prenatal care utilization and healthy behaviors.”

CONTACT INFORMATION

Keep Mothers Alive

Attention: Jessica Hamilton, Marketing & Communication Specialist      9720 Capital Court Unit 100 Suite 9, Manassas, VA 20110

Email: info@keepmothersalive.org OR jhamilton@keepmothersalive.org