By Molly Ronan | Development Manager
Dear friends of Embrace,
Thank you for your strong support during the 2014 holiday season! We successfuly reached our 2014 goals of helping over 150,000 low birth weight and premature infants, educating over 11,000 mothers and caregivers, and training nearly 5,000 health care workers on how to recognize, treat and prevent neonatal hypothermia.
Our program in Raebareli has grown tremendously over the past two years. The dedicated work of our local team has helped establish the Embrace program firmly into the Raebareli District communities. Below is a story that highlights the importance of our work in these rural Indian communities:
Kiran lives in a small village in the northern India district of Raebareli. When she experienced complications during labor, her family used the little money they had to hire a private car to race her to the local health center. The hour-long drive was exhausting, and by the time she arrived at the clinic, the nurses feared that her baby had already died.
When Kiran finally delivered her baby boy, he refused to nurse or even open his eyes. He was hypothermic and in need of warmth. The clinic didn’t own an incubator, but it did have Embrace warmers and a trained staff that immediately placed her son in a warmer. His temperature stabilized and, after several hours, he opened his eyes and saw his mother’s face for the first time. Today he is a healthy, happy 3-month old.
Thank you again for helping us make progress towards our ultimate goal: ensuring that every woman and child has an equal chance for a healthy life.
Kind regards,
The Embrace Team
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