“Every minute of every hour of every day at least
one women dies of pregnancy related
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Hope For Grace Kodindo (HFGK)
Making Birth Safer In Sub-Saharan Africa

"Every minute of every hour of every day at least one women dies of pregnancy related complications ..."
 
In Chad they have a saying - "A pregnant women has one foot in the grave!"
 
£5.00 Can save the life of a mother and her baby!

The statements above are FACT! It's also true that as little as £5 saves lives - You can make a real difference!!

"Hope for Grace Kodindo" (HFGK) is one of a very small number of charities, we're possibly even unique, whose single aim is to have a positive impact by the most direct means possible.


The death of a mother impacts on every aspect of a family’s life. Children of a woman who has died are more likely to die before they reach the age of 5yrs, girls are more likely to have to leave school in order to look after the family... the list goes on. The cost to the world of maternal mortality is $15billion. To save these women would cost $5billion. If the motive for the world to address this human tragedy is anything other than humanitarian, then the economic cost should drive this most worthy of causes.


HFGK is possibly unique. It runs entirely with the help of volunteers, we don't pay salaries, advertising or even internet costs. As a result, in the form of specific drugs and equipment, every single penny raised goes directly to targeted hospitals in Sub Saharan Africa - Chad, Liberia, Somaliland & Sierra Leone.
This baby represents the tragic state of affairs in some Sub - Saharan Countries. This Liberian child lost his mother in child-birth due to Pre-eclampsia. What hope has he got for the future?!

You can help make a difference - It's true, £5.00 can prevent another mother falling victim to this very curable condition (Pre-eclampsia) and in doing so prevent another baby from suffering the uncertain future that awaits the baby in the picture above. Donate Now!

To find out more about the work of HFGK please browse through our web site.

The picture above represents the goals that HFGK hold close to their hearts - A happy, healthy mother after the delivery of her new born child.
 
United Nations Millennium Development Goal (5)
(HFGK's adopted goal)
In 2000, the United Nations set ambitious Millennium Development Goals to be achieved by 2015. These include Goal number 5, that of reducing maternal mortality by 75%. In 2008, at the half way point towards 2015, this goal is the one on which there has been the least progress. In 1987, the Safe Motherhood Initiative was launched worldwide in order to make pregnancy and childbirth for women and babies in the developing world as safe as in the developed. To date, there has been no overall reduction in maternal mortality. 99% of deaths occur in the poorest women on earth, some 526,000 a year. A significant number of these deaths are caused by Eclampsia and Post Partum Haemorrhage, avoidable and treatable conditions using medications which are readily available in the West and cost less than the cost of a bar of chocolate.



 
 
 

 
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July 2009

G8 Summit...Maternal Mortality brought to attention of World Leaders by White Ribbon Alliance.

05 May 2009


On 5th May, Dr Grace Kodindo was presented with the prestigious Millennium Development Goal Torch in Helsinki by the Ulla Tornaes, the Danish Minister for Development Cooperation. The ceremony was attended by H.R.H. The Crown Prince of Denmark....

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Remember - £5 will save the life of a pregnant women in Sub - Saharan Africa.

Every penny donated goes directly to the women of Sub Saharan Africa. HFGK is run by volunteers and as a result we don't have any overheads. Your donation WILL save lives!
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