You
may remember some years ago Briege, a friend of mine, took our first
competed kits to Kisumu near Nairobi and they were distributed to
pregnant and post natal mums there. She was there for a month as a
volunteer midwife, working with a charity called Positive Aid. She
hadn't known about the kits but once she saw them she was determined to take some with her . .
. a little ripple!
We helped 20 women on that visit. The content in the DFG Ambassador for Womens' Health training has helped many more. Niki Hickley then took some more kits to the same area when she was traveling nearby.
Over
the years since Briege and I have exchanged messages and chats about
the kits; our Stitch group; the Kisumu ladies etc... How could we help
more Kisumu ladies? Could we make and send more kits to be distributed
locally, could she get kids made in Australia?
DFG
introduced zoning, and we could no longer send kits to Kenya, but we
could support Local Enterprises - In the first lockdown we bought some
kits through the Kisumu Local Enterprise, and they were distributed in
partnership with a UK charity "Kisumu Children" which works in a Kisumu
school (sponsoring uniforms so children can attend school) ... More
ripples, and more women receiving the AWH information.
I
have recently received an email from Positive Aid who have now
established a partnership with Day For Girls Australia - In order to
supply every member of Positive Aid's pregnancy clubs with a kit before
they birth, they launched a successful joint fundraising campaign with
DFGAL. Drawing on their combined support bases, they raised enough money
to order the first batches of kits to support these women . . . more
ripples!!!
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