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 18,000 babies have been delivered free of charge for the poorest of the poor in Mercy In Action's Birth Centers, and tens of thousands more lives have been helped and healed in the medical outreaches. Mercy In Acton also operates a college of midwifery and holds seminars and training retreats to prepare midwives, nurses, and doctors to meet the global shortage of skilled birth attendants... read more 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 18,000 babies have been delivered free of charge for the poorest of the poor in Mercy In Action's Birth Centers, and tens of thousands more lives have been helped and healed in the medical outreaches. Mercy In Acton also operates a college of midwifery and holds seminars and training retreats to prepare midwives, nurses, and doctors to meet the global shortage of skilled birth attendants. We also train community visitors to accompany the parents on their journey of the First 1,000 Days of a child's life.
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By Jenny Fox | Project Assistant
Dear Friends, We love to celebrate the ways that our Alumni continue to make a difference in the world of midwifery. Our alumna, Jamie Dellesky, works for Mercy in Action College of Midwifery... Read the full report ›By Jenny Fox | Project Assistant
Dear Friends, There are many different ways to learn information, and one proven method for developing muscle memory in clinical settings is simulation-based learning. Learners use models in... Read the full report ›By Jenny Fox | Project Assistant
Dear Friends, We wish you could have been with us for the Grand Opening of our birth center in Olongapo. Join us in spirit as we share these pictures of our Grand Opening of the new Birth Center... Read the full report ›