The money raised by Ride Africa supports Child.org's life-saving work in Kenya. We work with local health authorities and communities to improve access to, and quality of, healthcare mums and babies receive so that pregnancies and births are safer.
The work we do provides much-needed information, services and tools to pregnant women, mums and babies in Kenya and - yes - this is saving lives. Here's one story of how Child.org impacted the life of mum Mercy.
Mercy has five children. During her fifth pregnancy, she joined Child.org’s Team Mum pregnancy support groups, where the practical advice she learnt helped to save her life.
“Before (in earlier pregnancies), I didn’t plan what I was going to do around birth, but this time I planned everything: I bought food, saved money for transport, identified a vehicle that would take me to hospital when ready. This was so important. I gave birth quickly, at home, but immediately after delivering, I needed to go to hospital. I had lost a lot of blood, my haemoglobin levels had gone down and I needed a transfusion quickly. If I didn’t go to hospital, I probably would have died.
We work with communities to make sure pregnant women like Mercy are armed with life-saving advice, including how to identify key danger signs, such as bleeding, and practical preparations ahead of giving birth.
Thanks to Child.org I knew the importance of going to hospital.
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