Every two minutes.
That is how often a woman dies in childbirth somewhere in the world. And Sierra Leone carries more than its share of that weight.
By multiple global health measures, Sierra Leone is the most dangerous place on earth to give birth. The reasons are layered and complex — poverty, geography, lack of infrastructure, shortage of trained healthcare workers, distance from facilities — but the outcome is heartbreakingly simple.
Mothers die. Babies die. Families are shattered. And communities that lose their mothers lose so much more than one person.
When a mother dies, her children are significantly more likely to die within two years. The ripple of one loss spreads outward in ways the statistics cannot fully capture.
But here is what Freedom Tree knows — and has proven — to be true:
This is not inevitable.
With a trained midwife. With a clean, safe space to give birth. With basic medical supplies and the knowledge of how to use them — the majority of these deaths can be prevented.
Freedom Tree has built three clinics. Saved over 8,000 lives. Brought safe births to communities that had never had them.
And the work continues.
Because every two minutes is too often. Because every mother deserves to come home. Because Sierra Leone's mothers are not a statistic — they are someone's whole world.
Join us in changing the number. Give to Freedom Tree.