by Michael Hynds | Jul 30, 2021 | Kivulini, News, Staff, Story
Maternity Africa is very grateful to Australian Volunteers International. A recent grant from its COVID19 Impact Fund supported Maternity Africa significantly towards the costs of purchasing cleaning agents and disinfectants and the costs of employing some of our...
by Michael Hynds | Jul 2, 2021 | Kivulini, News, Story
Meet Janeth, 42 years old. She is a mother of five, aged 17, 12, 5, and newborn twins. She lives in a single room with her husband and all the children. There is one bed. The children sleep on the floor. Janeth attended Kivulini Maternity Centre for antenatal care....
by Michael Hynds | Jun 25, 2021 | Fistula patients, Kivulini, News, Story
Monica, 30, delivered her first baby around five years ago by caesarean section. Three years later, at 40 weeks of her pregnancy, she started labour. However, she could not each a hospital because of transport problems. She remained in labour for more than two days....
by Michael Hynds | Jun 15, 2021 | Kivulini, News, Story
“Sub-Saharan Africa’s health challenges are numerous and wide-ranging. Most sub-Saharan countries face a double burden of traditional, persisting health challenges, such as infectious diseases, malnutrition, and child and maternal mortality, and emerging...
by Michael Hynds | Jun 11, 2021 | Fistula patients, Kivulini, News, Staff, Story
Meet Elizabeth (pictured seated outside her home), from Tanzania’s rural Dodoma Region. She is 45 years old and has two children. Her older child is 19, and her younger one is 14. After delivering her second child, Elizabeth discovered that she could not control...
by Michael Hynds | Jun 4, 2021 | Kivulini, News, Story
With more than 1 billion people – about 14% of the world’s population – still without access to energy, finding affordable ways to get electricity in their homes is crucial if many countries are going to have a reasonable chance at achieving some of the...
