Summary
The British Embassy built a medical clinic. Now the villagers of Al Aqaba seek to upgrade it to become the 1st Birthing Center in the Jordan River Valley so that moms need not wait at checkpoints.
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At present, if there is a critical care situation, a patient must be moved to Jericho for treatment on bad, often restricted, roads at least a two hour trip. Cases such as critical care baby with complications after childbirth or a mother who has a tearing during childbirth, which puts her into a critical condition that could mean her life. The equipment & training you will provide for the clinic is capable of saving a mother and child’s life. It will change a room of death into a room of life.
An ultrasound machine and training for a fulltime doctor & midwife who are part of the full project proposal. We also ask your support to engage British & worldwide diplomatic assistance to assure the village’s right to create this birthing center.
Total Funding Received to Date: $7,082
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $20,857
Total Funding Goal: $27,940
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Excel file (projdoc.xls).
Healthy moms and babies, outstanding family-centered birthing assistance, pre and post-natal care provided by exceptional staff. Helping an at-risk population thrive, this birthing center is a symbol of hope!
Our village deeply believes in peace. With our great kindergarten, a women's sewing co-op, new roads, our small medical clinic is the right place for the 1st birthing center in the Jordan River Valley
- Haj Sami Sadik, Head of the Al Aqaba Village Council
Donna Baranski-walker
Executive Director
The Rebuilding Alliance
235 Alma Street
Palo Alto, CA 94301
United States
(650) 325-4663
Email:
The Rebuilding Alliance
235 Alma Street
Palo Alto,
CA
94301
United States
(650) 325-4663
http://www.RebuildingAlliance.org
This project is located in
Palestinian Territories
and can also be found under
Health.
For more information about Palestinian Territories, read the Human Development Report on Palestinian Territories or the Wikipedia entry for Palestinian Territories.
This project was last updated on March 2, 2010.
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on January 5, 2009
By Donna Baranski-Walker - Executive Director, The Rebuilding Alliance, March 01, 2010 11:34 AM
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