Mercy In Action's First 1,000 Days Mercy Alumni Monthly Sustainers Fellowship Claudia Booker Memorial Midwife Scholarship Birth Center Saves MotherBaby Lives in Philippines

Mercy In Action Vineyard, INC

Org #9131
Vetted since 2011 Top Ranked Effective Nonprofit Project of the Month Site Visit Verified
1998
year founded
$520,740
raised on GlobalGiving
12
years fundraising
5
projects funded
* Amounts in US Dollars

Mission

Mercy in Action is a non-profit organization that focuses on the crisis in Maternal/Newborn/Child health care worldwide. Our main outreach is to pregnant women and new mothers. We have been establishing and funding free birth centers for poor families in the Philippines since 1991, and to date more than 15,000 babies have been delivered free of charge for the poorest of the poor in Mercy In Action's Birth Centers, and literally tens of thousands of lives have been helped and healed in the medical outreaches. Mercy In Acton also teaches clinical internships, seminars and training retreats to prepare midwives, medics and nurses to meet the global shortage of skilled birth attendants, and t... read more

Project Leaders
Rose Penwell
Rose Penwell
Vicki Penwell
Vicki Penwell
Ian Penwell
Ian Penwell
Jenny Fox
Jenny Fox
Team
Kristen Benoit, Rose Penwell, Vicki Penwell, Ian Penwell, Matt Benoit
Organization Information
3018 W. Overland Road
Boise, ID 83705
United States
208-996-6334
Organization Information
3018 W. Overland Road
Boise, ID 83705
United States
208-996-6334

Project Reports

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Midwives Lead the Way!

By Jenny Fox | Project Assistant

What’s it like to have a baby in one of our Mercy in Action-sponsored Midwife-led birth centers in the Philippines?  There are many answers to this question, and “The Midwives... Read the full report ›

Midwives Get Babies Off to a Good Start

By Jenny Fox | Project Assistant

What’s it like to have a baby in one of our Mercy in Action-sponsored Midwife-led birth centers in the Philippines?  There are many answers to this question, and “The Midwives... Read the full report ›

The Midwives Way

By Jenny Fox | Project Leader

What’s it like to have a baby in one of our Mercy in Action-sponsored Midwife-led birth centers in the Philippines?  There are many answers to this question, and “The Midwives... Read the full report ›
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