The Safer World Fund

One of The Safer World Fund’s projects, Save Rural Afghan Women & Children With Healthcare, is doing important work to encourage women to give birth in a clinic rather than at home. A recent update from the project’s parent organization, the Afghan Institute for Learning (AIL), tells us that the project has provided thousands of women with reproductive health education through the AIL clinics and Community Health Workers posts. Offering women the opportunity to give birth in an AIL clinic is one aspect of that education.

One woman who gave birth at an AIL clinic said, “I lost my two other babies while giving birth at home because my husband’s family never trusted in clinics. Then last week an AIL Community Health Worker came to my house. She spoke with my husband and his family about the dangers of delivery at home. Moreover, she explained the reason why my other two babies died. Fortunately, she was able to convince them to let me go to the clinic for the birth. Now I am in the clinic with my baby daughter who is alive and the doctor says she is fine. My husband is so happy and he is so sorry for not letting me come to clinic for last two births. He is now believing in AIL health services. I also thank AIL for saving my baby girl’s life. And I am going to tell this story to all my relatives and family in order to change their negative minds.”

The Safer World Fund is pleased to provide a 2-for-1 match for the Healthcare project as well as seven other projects that support education, training, and health care for people in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Thank you for supporting women and girls, as well as men and boys, so they can lead lives of opportunity and hope.