Birth should be a beginning, not an ending.
She walked for hours in labour to reach us. Hours. Past the place where the road gives out, carrying a child who was already on the way.
And when she got there, she was met by a trained midwife, a clean bed and a team who knew her name.
That is the Birth Fund.
In Sierra Leone, giving birth is still one of the most dangerous things a woman will ever do. Most of the time it isn't for lack of courage; it's DELAY. Delay getting to help, delay finding a skilled hand, delay paying for transport when something goes wrong. The Birth Fund closes that gap. It keeps the doors of our birthing clinics open, the midwives paid and the supplies on the shelf, so that every mother who walks through our doors gets the beginning she and her baby deserve.
Your treasure will:
- Keep skilled midwives at the bedside for every birth
- Stock the clinic with the supplies a safe delivery needs
- Cover emergency transport when a mother needs more care than we can give
- Fund pregnancy education, so mothers know the warning signs before trouble starts
Our goal: $50,000 by Dec. 31. This Giving Tuesday, Dec. 1, we're working to have your gift matched. Watch this space.
Want to be part of the birth story all year long? Choose a monthly gift on the form above and join the people who keep the lights on every single month.
Why Freedom Tree
I started Freedom Tree in 2011 because I believe every life is precious, and that has to be true globally or it isn't true locally. Since then, ordinary people in Canada have helped us build clinics and schools in Sierra Leone and stand with mothers at the most dangerous moment of their lives. My life has been transformed by these women. I think yours will be too.
Every life is precious. Thank you for believing that with me.
Tara
Founder, Freedom Tree
Freedom Tree is a registered Canadian charity (No. 839381688). Every gift receives a tax receipt.