I don’t live in a third world country.  I don’t know what it’s like to lack having a reliable doctor or medical facility five minutes away.  I don’t know what it’s like to not have clean water or a clean home.

I can’t relate to someone who doesn’t have instant access to medical questions or concerns about their health or children.  I don’t live with the realization that I have a higher than average chance of losing my baby or even my life while giving birth because of my location and upbringing.

But MANY women do.  Read the story of my Grandpa’s birth where such was the case, here.

You may think about the gal next door that’s pushing into her third trimester with three other children running around, having a hard time.  So you might take over a dinner or pie in order to ease her burdens a bit. (Or use my brownie recipe at the bottom of this post.)

You may sit and visit with a mother that has a medical condition, preventing her from being able to do things as she would wish.  So you comfort and show love to her.

Or you know a young mother in her first pangs of morning sickness and you eagerly are there with some ginger tea, or a book about pregnancy to help her through this time.

You NEVER think about the mothers needing a doctor or prenatal care.  It’s just part of our first world society.  It’s expected and not worried about.  (Many populations are actually avoiding having children.)

But women ALL over the world worry about this every day, and they need help.  Here’s how to help pregnant mothers without those basic needs.

We’ve all heard of crowd funding-anyone with the internet can donate to a cause, whether it be someone trying to buy a new car, or a destitute person facing bankruptcy, and everything in between.

Well you can do the same thing for pregnant mothers across the world so that they have their prenatal and maternal needs met.

I recently learned that a quarter of a million women, about 800 per day, die in pregnancy and childbirth related complications.  This is simply because of their location.  In developing countries where such care isn’t present, it’s the reality facing all women expecting a child.

However, over 90% of these cases could have been averted, with the mother and child living through a safe birth, if they only had a few hundred dollars to their name to provide for their needs.  Depending upon the location, only $585 and up is what’s needed for all a mother’s needs to be met during her pregnancy. This includes prenatal/antenatal care, skilled attendance at delivery, emergency obstetrics, postnatal care, diagnostics, and supplies needed.  (**Sourced from Kangu)

Less than a thousand dollars!  This is the difference between life or death for a mother and her child. That’s it!  Because healthcare related costs are SO cheap in these countries, it’s easy to make every penny stretch.

Kangu is an organization devoted to garner funding for such mothers in countries all over the world.  They use the donations for women in need.  And they need your help!

With as little as a $10 donation, you can be a part of a mother’s birth experience in a way that you won’t experience with your pregnant friend next door.  I’m not affiliated with Kangu in any way and they didn’t ask me to say any of this.

I simply found in my heart love towards these women that could experience so much more with their lives and children, just for a quiet $10 that I can give.

• I can’t fly over there and devote months of service at a time in sponsored clinics or organizations that serve completely free of charge.  But I can give $10.
• I can’t gather hundreds of thousands of medical supplies, organize them and deliver them to locations across the globe for women in need.  But I can give $10.
• I can’t ensure that the risk of infection never touches these mothers because of facilities or clean water.  But I can give $10.

You have been blessed with the ability to help others.  It’s in our very nature to do so.  So I encourage you to visit Kangu and see the dear faces of those mothers yourself.

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I helped a young girl in Guatemala named Maria.  I will get to hear about her successful birth and know that I was able to help in just a tiny way, however insignificant, but still a part of the whole of her experience.

What have you done to help a pregnant mother today?

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