Make Motherhood Safe for Tanzanian Women

Dear Friends,

You may have noticed that our logo was given a refresh a few months ago. We’ve now got a cleaner, lighter font and crisper lines. This was just one small part of an effort to improve the way we tell our story.

Your impact deserves to be recognized.

As we met new supporters eager to make a difference in the lives of the people we serve, and discovered new opportunities to raise awareness of our work, we needed a website that was easy to use, and that got our message across clearly. We also wanted a platform that could do justice to the stories of change and empowerment coming from CCBRT every day.

Thanks to the generous pro-bono work of our good friend Vittoria Childress, Kupona’s new website is now live. 

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We didn't stop there.

Communicating with our supporters, and keeping you updated on how your donations change lives, happens across a variety of channels. We’re delighted to share our inaugural Annual Report for 2014.

For the first time, we’re giving you a detailed summary of last year’s activities and finances, documenting our challenges, victories, and your impact. Just a few highlights include:

• Thanks to you, Kupona Foundation was able to raise over $600,000 in support of life changing programs.
• 105,000 mothers received high quality, respectful care during delivery
• 1,693 frontline healthcare workers were trained to provide quality obstetric and newborn care.

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If you have any questions or feedback on our new look and new materials, we’d love to hear from you! 

Thank you for all you do to support Kupona’s work as we empower our sister organization, CCBRT, to improve the lives of people living in poverty in Tanzania.

In November of last year, we shared a progress report from the field. For years, Temeke Hospital in Dar es Salaam had one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the region. Thanks to your support, and the hard work of the medical teams on the ground, Temeke reported zero maternal deaths in the month of September. This was an incredible victory for our colleagues at CCBRT, their partners on the Government’s Regional Health Management Team, and for Kupona supporters, as we celebrated the fact that our investments were saving and changing lives.

In that November report, we asked you to keep giving. In return, we promised to build upon last year’s successes, enabling the teams on the ground to continue improving the skills of healthcare providers; ensuring that they have access to the facilities and the equipment they need to do their job; and decongesting health facilities so that medical staff have the time and space to attend to every patient.

You have continued to show your commitment to our work in Tanzania, giving generously during both our December 2014 and Mothers’ Day 2015 campaigns. You set new fundraising records at Kupona, and gave us our most successful GlobalGiving Bonus Day in our history.

You held up your end of the bargain, and we are so happy to be able to deliver on our promise.

This month, the team at Temeke confirmed consistently low maternal mortality rates for the first half of this year. This report included two consecutive months of zero maternal deaths. This news builds upon the successes that we celebrated last year, and demonstrates that our programs are moving in the right direction.

Together, we are taking great steps toward making childbirth safe for every mother and every newborn.

We want to say Thank You. Thank You for standing with us as we tackle the challenge of reducing high mortality rates in some of the most overwhelmed, under-resourced facilities in Tanzania. Thank You for hearing our plea for support, and Thank You for demonstrating your confidence in our team as we continue to save and change lives.

We hope you’re as encouraged by these updates as we are. Consistent and positive updates from the field are a sign that the change we have waited for is happening.

Please, share this with your friends and family using the buttons below. Tell them about your donation, show them what a difference it has made and encourage them to join you in supporting our work. Together, by increasing access to high quality healthcare, we are setting people on a path to a healthier and more productive future.

With gratitude,

Abbey