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Project News : for latest developments from our programmes in Africa.
We received outstanding results in the independent evaluation of our work in Gimbie. For an illustrated summary please see here. For the full report please see here.
Christopher Nicholas, Video Productions Manager, created 4 short videos illustrating our work and the evaluation. To view these inspirational videos please follow this link.
Places are now available to run for MW in the 2012 Brighton Marathon!
Please click here for full details and to apply.
Ethiopian Bike Ride Challenge 2012
Places are still available on our fantastic Ethiopian Bike Ride Challenge which takes place 17 February - 1 March 2012. You will cycle through the lush countryside from Addis Ababa to our project in Gimbie, Western Ethiopia. For full details and to apply please click here.
Maternity Worldwide goes mobile!
In 2009 a group of young health professionals went to our projects in Ethiopia to see how they could best help the women of Ethiopia. Over a period of 3 weeks the group provided outreach clinics to the 40 villages where Maternity Worldwide run women's groups. The need was huge - with 200-300 people coming to each of the clinics offered.
By the end of the time there it was clear to the group that the need was not only huge but ongoing and so they have decided to set up mobile clinics that could continue to answer that need. For the full story see here. To donate to this fantastic project please go to the group's justgiving page here.
Chris cycles 120 miles in a night for MW!
Chris Lovitt and four-legged friends have cycled from London to Dunwich overnight to raise money for Maternity Worldwide! Please read Chris's event diary here. To support Chris please visit his justgiving page or text cris99 to 70070 to donate £10. Congratulations Chris, and thanks!
Living in Gimbie and working as a Volunteer Midwife - Kate's blog.
Kate Thorman, while for us in Gimbie, tells us a fascinating story of life at the project in her on-line blog. Kate's fundraising page can be found here. Please help her raise funds to allow the work to continue.
Volunteer Obstetrician appeal for help to make change a reality
Having returned from volunteering at our project in Gimbie, Roger Marwood is fundraising to help continue the work.
Living in Gimbie and working as a Volunteer Obstetrician - Leonie's blog 
Leonie Penna, returned from volunteering for us in Gimbie, tells a fascinating story in her blog of life in Gimbie and the hospital. Leonie's fundraising page can be found here.
Vacancies - voluntary
Trustees to the board of Maternity Worldwide are currently sought. Please see our vacancies page for further details and to apply.
We are always on the look out for volunteers, both for community based work and to join our office team. For further details see our volunteering pages.
In Ethiopia as many as 1 in 7 women currently die in pregnancy or childbirth. Each one of these deaths is a tragedy that has a devastating effect on the family (many young children also die following the death of their mother) and hampers the community's development. Most of these lives could be saved by relatively simple, cheap measures. Maternity Worldwide is working hard to save lives in childbirth. For more information about what we do, click here.
