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Tibetan Natural Birth and Health Training Center
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Share & SaveMore Information About this ProjectProject Needs and BeneficiariesTibetan women and infants are at high risk for birth-related deaths. Because of lack of access to health care, finances, language barriers & health care infrastructure, the majority of births take place in cold environments without access to electricity or running water and often at high altitude. In some rural areas, an estimated 93% of Tibetan women give birth at home. In addition, vehicles are rarely available, roads often treacherous or impassible, language & cultural barriers alienating. ActivitiesTibetan mothers and children will have access to pre-natal care; labor & delivery support; postnatal care ; community midwife & health educator training; family health education; essential Tibetan & Western medicines; kits for safe home births. Funding InformationTotal Funding Received to Date: $8,483 Additional DocumentationThis project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc). Resources
Why this Project is ImportantPotential Long Term ImpactThe Birth Center has the potential to be the cornerstone of a healthy Tibetan community. It can save lives of rural Tibetan women and babies and decrease the risk of disability caused by unsafe and unassisted delivery and lack of health education. Project Message
Healthy and educated children are essential for having a better future, and healthy mothers are significant for bearing and nurturing the children. Tibetan Healing Fund works to achieve this dream. Who is Running This ProjectContact
Marge Mansfield, Project SponsorOrganization
Learn more about Tibetan Healing Fund and the project team. Where this Project is LocatedCountry
This project is located in For more information about China, read the Human Development Report on China or the Wikipedia entry for China. When this Project was UpdatedLast UpdatedThis project was last updated on August 13, 2008. Date Added to GlobalGivingThis project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on April 08, 2006. Latest Update from the Field2007 Annual ReportBy Board of Directors - 2007 Annual Report, August 13, 2008 03:38 PM
We are pleased to provide you with this 2007 Annual Report and highlight some of our projects that are nearing completion and are coming to fruition in 2008. We hope that as you read our 2007 Annual Report, the work of our projects and people we serve will come alive. Read 8 more "Updates from the Field" | Comment on this update How Else You Can HelpSpread the Word on your Profile, Blog, or WebsitePut a widget for this project on your profile, blog or website to turn your friends into givers. Using our widget, it's quick and easy to add this widget to your profile or blog! Get this widget on: |
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