Gender Equality India Project #20041

Safe Pregnancy for 200 Poor Women in India

by Hindustan Latex Family Planning Promotion Trust

Project Report | Dec 8, 2020
Safe Pregnancy during the pandemic

By Sharad Agarwal | Project Leader

Dear Friends, Supporters and Donors,

During this unprecedented time, we at HLFPPT are providing all basic and essential medical health services at free of cost to Marginalized and poor families. We would like to thank our donors who are standing with us during these difficult times. With your support, we are able to counsel and support pregnant women in this pandemic. At MerryGold Hospitals Network, our dedicated doctors and frontline workers are well equipped with live personal Protection Kits so that Virus can be contained from spreading. Our team was able to reach the underserved areas to counsel the pregnant women for their pregnancy, importance of routine check-ups and institutional delivery, important precautions to be taken for COVID-19 etc. through your contributions.

The COVID-19 has disturbed the routine check-ups on pregnant women and tests that are vital for the health of the mother and child. There are need to safeguard pregnant women, particularly those in the rural areas and streamline the deliveries and consultations.

Our Team is continuously working on the objective to provide healthcare services to pregnant women of underserved areas and to enable them deliver healthy babies under medical supervision. 10 Pregnant women have been identified who need your help during their pregnancy. Your support will provide them the safer environment for regular check-up and will facilitate safe institutional delivery.. By contributing a little you can become a part of a child’s safe birth story.

Look forward to your active support in achieving the global milestones through your generous donations.

Thank You for your valuable time.

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Jul 10, 2020
Feeling safe & happy to deliver my first baby

By Sharad Agarwal | Project Leader

our happy beneficiaries

Mrs. Puja from Khaikha Village, post- Karma, Sonbhadra in Uttar Pradesh becomes the proud mother in her community to opt for an institutional delivery, thanks to the generous donations made to save lives of mother and new-borns.

For Puja, hospitals had always meant the unfortunate last resort for dying people. The fact that expecting mothers visited hospitals for health check-ups and deliveries was unheard-of for this 26-year-old underprivileged woman from eastern Uttar Pradesh. So, even till her eighth month of pregnancy, she had not felt the need for a medical consultation. An isolated life in a remote Karma hamlet of Khaikha Village, Sonbhadra district, had kept her widely ignorant about healthcare.

Puja is hailing from the backward village where accessibility of medical services is a major roadblock for residents who are compelled to travel 20 kms to reach the nearest health facility. Poor transportation, poverty and lack of awareness further drive the community towards a neglected outlook for maternal and child health. No wonder, non-institutional deliveries by midwives remained a norm in this area for decades.

A change stepped in when Ms. Anita, Merry Tarang Worker (MTW) from Merrygold Health Network (MGHN) team visit her. After the visit, she came to know about Puja and realised that residents of this area were ignorant about antenatal care, postnatal care, family planning, vaccination and other health related issues. She encouraged her to consider institutional delivery as this may help both of them to live safely and happily. Since her husband was not much convinced about the process due to fear of expensive procedure, our MTW, informed the couple about the entire procedure and that it would be provided free along with a pick- and drop facility for the couple for easy access to the hospital.

Her consistent efforts paid off after a month when Puja and her husband, Virendra agreed for an institutional delivery for their first child. With support from MGHN team members, Puja delivered (normal) a baby boy at BBM Merrygold Hospital, Chandauli, in the first week of July. “We never knew that delivering in a hospital would be much safer, says the couple”.

Like, Puja, there are many other women who need our support towards an institutional delivery with free medical consultation. They need you at the crucial phase of their life, where a pregnant lady becomes a Mother.

On behalf of my organization (HLFPPT), I am taking the privilege to thank you all for your generous support provided under the project “Safe Pregnancy for 200 poor Women in India”.

About the Project:

HLFPPT has partnered with more than 300 hospitals to provide safe pregnancy and delivery facilities to poor women. This includes medical check-ups, counseling support, medicines, tests, nutritional supplements, delivery care, etc. More than 600,000 women have availed services through HLFPPT hospitals.

Long-Term Impact

This project is helping to prevent needless deaths of mothers by ensuring that at least 500 poor pregnant women are blessed with healthy babies. Given the key role that mothers play in the health of their families, the program is also contributing towards improving the overall quality of healthcare in the state-starting with one mother-baby pair at a time.

Note: Due to some administrative reasons, donations received for this project may not be disbursed for the next couple of months. The disbursement of the donation will resume back to normal, once the technical issue gets resolved.

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Mar 13, 2020
Reducing Maternal Deaths through Institutional Delivery in Uttar Pradesh

By Sharad Agarwal | Project Leader

Thank you for saving her life

Dear Donors, Friends, and Supporters,

This report will give you a true insight about the project and how it is changing the life of Mother and Children, belonging to Rural India.

She is Sitara, age 25 years, wife of Shyam, hailing from a small village called Bhogwar, Dist- Chandauli (UP). After the successful delivery of her Baby Girl, she is feeling very safe now. Initially, her husband was concerned about Safe Delivery, as the nearest hospital was more than 10 km away from their home.

Just after some weeks of her pregnancy, Sitara came across Meera, a Merry Tarang (MT) worker (Front Line Health workers, working under MerryGold Hospitals in UP) who was on her scheduled visit to the village Meera came to know about the new pregnancy case of Sitara. Upon meeting, Meera counselled Sitara about the benefits of institutional delivery, which comes with an added advantage of postnatal follow-up and necessary vaccination for mother and child.

That day, she introduced Merry Gold Hospital Network of Hospitals working across Uttar Pradesh (UP) to provide safe institutional birth that too free of cost. It was an easy task to explain this relevance to Sitara, but not so easy to approach her husband.

Her husband Shyam was having a misconception that if his wife would visit any hospital, she may get infected with some diseases as the nearby hospitals do not maintain good hygiene and Sanitation practices. Our MTW thoroughly addressed his concerns and Shyam was finally convinced for their child delivery at the hospital. Sitara enrolled for necessary updates and medical consultation from time to time until she delivered a healthy child.

Merrygold Hospital chains in UP are providing the best & affordable healthcare services to the poor and marginalized communities. This includes Counselling, Identification of new cases, linkages with social services, and transformational help for people living in far-flung areas, service delivery, etc. Advocating for Institutional Delivery encourages mothers to deliver their babies in an appropriate setting, where life-saving equipment and hygienic conditions can also help reduce the risk of complications that may cause death or illness to mother and child.

Through safe & normal delivery, Sitara gave birth to a healthy girl child named “DIVYA”. The couple was happy, as Divya is their first child and no issues were faced during the whole procedure of delivery.

Like, Sitara, there are many other women who need our support towards deliver an institutional delivery with free medical consultation. They need you at the crucial phase of their life, where a pregnant lady becomes a Mother.

On behalf of my organization (HLFPPT), I am taking the privilege to thank you all for your generous support provided under the project “Safe Pregnancy for 200 poor Women in India”.

So far, through this project, we have received donations across the Globe with a tune to USD 15598 against the set target of just USD 20,000/-. Help us to Help Them.

About the Project:

HLFPPT has partnered with more than 300 hospitals to provide safe pregnancy and delivery facilities to poor women. This includes medical check-ups, counseling support, medicines, tests, nutritional supplements, delivery care, etc. More than 600,000 women have availed services through HLFPPT hospitals.

Long-Term Impact

This project is helping to prevent needless deaths of mothers by ensuring that at least 500 poor pregnant women are blessed with healthy babies. Given the key role that mothers play in the health of their families, the program is also contributing towards improving the overall quality of healthcare in the state-starting with one mother-baby pair at a time.

Know your Donation Value:

Donations towards this project can be done on a one-time basis or a monthly basis. For more details visit the project page mentioned above.

Note: Due to some administrative reasons, donations received for this project may not be disbursed for the next couple of months. The disbursement of the donation will resume back to normal, once the technical issue gets resolved.

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