By William Logai Ochieng | Executive director
Thanks for continued support to stop mothers from Dying in childbirth.
As a team, we are nearer than ever to ending the suffering of mothers and their babies during childbirth. That is certain, in 2014, you saved the lives of 208 children and their parents.
You made it a new in 2015! Your donation and other contributions you donated the following items: 3 box birthing mats, four box cotton wool, two box syringes & needles. We will not be able to deliver these for items to a village clinic for two or more weeks due to a safety concern.
Hope Ofiriha will send a new field update after a quarter, so you get to know the impact of your support and the positive changes is improving the lives of newborn babies and their mothers.
Owinyikibul villagers clashed with new recruits in earlier March.
The government and the opposition have failed to reach a peace deal despite the pressure from IGAD, UN, and the World. There are new fierce clashes in Jonglei and Upper Nile States. Humanitarian situation is worsening. There are 1.5 million people displaced from their villages of which some are living in exile as refugees.
In Owinyikibul of Magwi County, new soldiers recruit clashed with local villagers earlier March. The drunken soldier had refused to pay for the bill where he was stabbed in a bar fighting. He then organized his fellow recruits burning more than 100 houses and market stalls in retaliation. One recruit killed in the clashes. A chief has blamed the trainers for failing to keep discipline.
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By William Logai Ochieng | Executive director
By William Logai Ochieng | Executive director
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