The world has turned its back on the devastating famine in the Afar desert in Ethiopia which is killing so many women, babies and men. Valerie Browning reports that 70% of pregnant women in the Afar are severely malnourished. There have never been so many...
This photo shows the land on which our new hospital in Chamwino, Dodoma Tanzania, the 6th hospital in the Barbara May Foundation network, will be built. It’s in an area of Tanzania that has a high rate of maternal deaths and injury, including fistula. Our vision...
Meet Birtukan, who lives outside Barhirdar. During her fifth pregnancy her baby was dangerously small. Thankfully, she had been attending the clinic in the BMF sponsored hospital in town. During this time, severe fighting broke out around her village as part of a...
Meet Boui, 16, who lives in remote South Sudan. The young married bride had her first pregnancy and went into labour, however, after four days in labour her family were eventually persuaded to take her to the mission hospital several hours away. On arrival, Boui...
