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Esprit du Chevalier Medal awarded to Dr Browning

Esprit du Chevalier Medal awarded to Dr Browning

More than 120 Southern Highlands guests from Chevalier College & Chevalier Past Student community gathered on Saturday 18th November for "The Oration" that featured a talk from Dr Andrew Browning on his Barbara May Foundation work. As part of the program Dr...

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Event: Avoca Fundraiser with Dr Andrew Browning

Event: Avoca Fundraiser with Dr Andrew Browning

In September, on a beautiful Spring day, a large group of 170 people from the Community and from afar gathered together at Avoca Sunsets Bistro for the annual BMF Fundraiser.  This year, there was a vibrant African theme with African singers that...

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Feature: Dr Andrew Browning in Conversation with John Anderson

Feature: Dr Andrew Browning in Conversation with John Anderson

John Anderson sits down with Dr. Andrew Browning, an obstetrician-gynecologist who has devoted his life to improving maternal health in Africa, with a particular focus on fistula surgery. He has collaborated with Dr. Catherine Hamlin and is the founder of the Barbara...

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Event: Orange Fundraiser with Dr Andrew Browning

Event: Orange Fundraiser with Dr Andrew Browning

It was a wonderful night, at Duntryleague when nearly 100 guests attended and heard Dr Andrew Browning share the great needs and challenges for women with obstetric fistula in Africa.   Even though it was our first fundraiser in Orange, it was very...

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Video: Midwife Mussa Laizer, his story and progress

At the core of what we do is training of health professionals. Each year around 100 midwives are trained in clinical skills across our networks and training is ongoing for all of our staff. Mussa is one of our brightest midwives in Maternity Africa, Tanzania and we're...

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Barbara May Foundation partners with Safewill

Barbara May Foundation partners with Safewill

Barbara May Foundation announces its partnership with Safewill.  Safewill provides an easy option for the 57% of Australians who don't have a Valid Will to protect the people and organisations that mean the most to them. Visit Safewill

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Support Valerie Browning and the Afar People

Support Valerie Browning and the Afar People

Last week we sent out our quarterly newsletter which contained a story about the situation currently being experienced by Valerie Browning and her teams in the Afar region of Northern Ethiopia; ongoing war and drought causing immense suffering. We have had many of the...

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After volunteering in Africa for the past 17 years and with plenty of inspiring stories and life changing surgeries conducted, join us as we introduce Dr Andrew Browning to the Global Health Chat!  Dr Browning is an Australian trained Obstetrician and Gynaecologist...

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Please give this Christmas

Please give this Christmas

December 2021 ‘TIS THE SEASON FOR GIVINGSAVE THE MOTHER, SAVE THE WORLD Dear Supporters,   A note to thank-you all for your wonderful support over the past year. Together we have made safe birth, maternal healthcare and family planning a possibility for many...

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International Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day

International Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day

October 15 is International Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day observed for pregnancy loss and infant death, which includes miscarriage, stillbirth, SIDS, and the death of a newborn. Pregnancy loss is defined differently around the world, but in Australia...

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How can you help?

Programs supported wholly or in part by the Barbara May Foundation include:

. The building and operations of the Vision Maternity Care Hospital in Barhir Dar, Ethiopia.
. The operations of the Barbara May Maternity Hospital in Mille, Ethiopia.
. Kivulini Maternity Centre – Maternity Africa, Tanzania. This centre provides obstetric services and an extensive fistula repair program which includes significant outreach programs.
. Midwife Training Programs
. Tertiary education of local medical professionals.