Maternal Health 2012 gift list
What better way to show your mother, your wife, or someone else close to you how special she is than by making a gift in her honor - to help AMREF save women’s lives in Africa.
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$1,500 can secure a safe water supply for a community.
A clean water supply reduces diarrhea-related deaths of infants by 25%. Clean water also helps prevent the spread of cholera, typhoid, malaria, yellow fever and other water-related diseases.
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$250 can provide basic training for a community midwife.
AMREF trains community midwives on how to recognize and treat common illnesses, when to refer women to the hospital during complicated births, and the importance of referring all HIV-positive mothers to hospitals. An AMREF-trained midwife saves the lives of women and their newborns. Donate now | 
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$100 can help prevent malaria.
AMREF provides insecticide treated mosquito nets to protect mothers and children from malaria. By donating $100, you can protect 10 families. Donate now | 
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$75 can supply a midwife with a bicycle.
Community midwives are usually trained volunteers who often work in remote, very rural settings. By donating $60 you can help a midwife to travel further and save more mothers. Donate now |  |
$20 can purchase the supplies for two “mama kits”.
Mama kits are used by community midwives. They include surgical masks, gloves and basic supplies to ensure good prenatal care for mothers and a safe labor and delivery. Donate now | 
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Make your gift securely online or over the phone at 212-768-2440.
