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 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 to help primary health care workers prevent unnecessary child deaths.
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By Jenny Fox | Project Assistant
Our newest Mercy In Action sponsored birth center, Imago Dei Health & Birth Center, has been envisioned and brought to life as an important piece of the maternity care puzzle in Olongapo. In... Read the full report ›By Jenny Fox | Project Leader
Our newest Mercy In Action sponsored birth center, Imago Dei Health & Birth Center, has been envisioned and brought to life as one thread in the maternity care tapestry that exists in... Read the full report ›By Vicki Allen Penwell | Executive Director
Today I want to report on just one baby in Mercy In Action's First 1,000 Days program. The quote “whoever saves one life saves the world entire” is applicable here. Most of... Read the full report ›