Every 8 seconds, a baby needlessly dies somewhere around the world. Many of these deaths occur due to entirely preventable causes, and leave mothers and entire families devastated

In Pakistan alone, 400,000 babies die before their first birthday. This translates to one every single minute. The majority of deaths happen within the first 3 months of life, from treatable causes such as infection, a lack of vaccination, or malnutrition .

Fragile Lives seeks to provide life-saving support to mothers and babies in Pakistan and Kenya, providing vital medical services, maternal care and nutrition to make sure more women have safe deliveries and mothers and babies don't just survive, but thrive.

Every donation will be DOUBLED by the UK Government! If you donate £50, so does the UK government, making your donation a staggering £100! This means we'll be able to reach even more mothers and babies in Pakistan and Kenya .

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What your donations can do:

£30 - Donating £30 supplies a safe delivery kit to help a mother deliver her baby at home without the fear of disease or fatal complications during childbirth. Kits include vital basic equipment, fresh towels, female sanitation items and baby wraps. Each kit will also include essential vitamins and minerals for the mother.

£150 - Donate just £150, and help support a doctor for one month to provide medical and nutrition care to mothers and babies most in need.

£300 - Donate £300, and help a family break out of the poverty cycle through our sustainable livelihood programme.

We will be providing women with training in agricultural methods, animal protection, bee-keeping, drought resistant farming and water preservation. They will then use these skills to set up their own businesses with the help of a grant and support in business plan development, helping them put food on the table for their families for decades to come.

£500 - help support the entire staff of a life-saving nutrition clinic for one month.

Each nutrition clinic will provide crucial treatment for 1,000 severely malnourished children and babies, alongside offering quality medical services and support to thousands of Pakistan and Kenya's poorest women.

£2,500 - reach over 25,000 babies, children and women with our Mobile Screening Services, to screen for and help treat severe and acute malnourishment.

Each of our Mobile Screening Services will use trained medical staff and counsellors, who will travel to remote, poverty-stricken areas to detect severe or acute malnutrition. They will then make sure that malnourished people are treated, as well as providing information on maternal and child health care. The Mobile Screening Service will give folic acid to young women and expectant mothers, and essential vitamins to mothers and babies, to keep them strong and healthy.

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We are committed to improving maternal care for Pakistan and Kenya's poorest mothers and their babies. We will achieve this through offering a higher standard of medical care and nutrition, as well as working alongside local midwives and doctors to support them in caring for new mothers and their babies. We will also offer education and support to mothers, empowering them to give their babies the best possible start to life.

Good nutrition for both mothers and babies can make a world of difference. If a mother is well nourished, she will be healthy and strong for her baby, better able to breastfeed and more likely to survive pregnancy-related complications. For babies, good nutrition from birth means they will grow stronger and more resilient, with each day of life.

Well be working to help entire families become free from the fear of hunger for life by teaching them vital agricultural skills and helping them access the dynamic market so they can produce and sell their own food using established business models.

By working with traditional birth attendants and midwives, well equip them with the knowledge and skills needed for safer deliveries, pre-natal and antenatal care, boosting every mother and babys chances of survival.