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Save the Children project sees new arrival
Kroo Bay, the innovative new project set up by Save the Children, which reports on the lives of families in an impoverished area of Sierra Leone, has reported on the community's latest birth.
Local woman, Kadiatu Bangura, 30, has just given birth to her fourth child, a healthy baby girl, weighing in at 3.3kg. Kadiatu's new arrival is a bitter-sweet gift, after she lost her three-year-old boy Salu to malaria two years ago.
The village's maternal and child health nurse, Bintu, was on hand to deliver the baby and is responsible for most of the baby deliveries in the Kroo Bay area.
Her job is a constant struggle as medical essentials like drugs and soap are hard to come by without financiall support. The delivery room is described as more of a store room, with no bed sheets or towels for new mothers.
'I am always facing problems in doing my deliveries,' explains Bintu. 'We don't have drugs for the patients or materials like bed sheets.'
To follow Kadiatu's progress and to watch more 'webisodes' to find out what other residents in Kroo Bay are up to, or simply to do your bit and donate to the project click here.
To read more about Marie Claire's partnership with the Kroo Bay project click here.
Thursday 27 March 2008
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A new birth is always worth celebrating, although it's sad to hear of the poor conditions those mothers have to deliver in. I wonder if there was anyway Marie Claire readers could fund the project through the magazine - I know I'd gladly pay a little more per issue knowing it was going to a good cause.
Comment by Em on May 03 16:52
I think it's wonderful that Marie Claire is in partnership with the Kroo Bay Project, showing that it's a magazine that cares!
Comment by CB on March 27 14:16