Help Raise Funds to Ensure Safe Motherhood

In celebration of Mother’s Day, I'm raising money to benefit Friends of UNFPA, Inc., and any donation will help make an impact. Thanks in advance for your contribution to this cause that means so much to me!

Every two minutes, a woman dies during pregnancy or childbirth. No woman should die while giving life. UNFPA strives to ensure every woman can deliver life safely without fear of losing her own.

Since UNFPA started working in 1969, the number – and rate – of women dying from complications of pregnancy or childbirth has been cut in half. Yet 808 women still die every day from entirely preventable causes related to pregnancy or childbirth. This is about one woman every two minutes.

Your donation to UNFPA can help provide an ‘Emergency Birth Kit’ to save lives when women are forced to deliver their babies under challenging conditions. These kits contain the supplies needed to prevent infection during childbirth, one of the leading causes of maternal mortality globally.

These kits contain supplies including:

soap

a sterile plastic sheet

a razor blade

an umbilical cord tie

a blanket

latex gloves

UNFPA also promotes safe motherhood everywhere by training healthcare professionals, supporting emergency obstetric care, and providing necessary equipment and resources no matter the circumstances. UNFPA strives to end all preventable maternal deaths by 2030.

Thank you so much for anything that you are able to donate! Your act of kindness could save a life – or two.