Train midwives to help 4600 children in Cambodia

Our project “Training Midwives to help 4,600 children in Cambodia” has been running for a year with great success. Our activities have benefitted thousands of women in Prey Vihea village, Takeo Province and Pram Bey Mom village, Kampong Speu Province by working with 2 Women’s Health Centres. Below are some details of our activities.

 Training

A primary objective of the project was to provide pre and post-natal training and classes on delivery and feminine disease to women. These took place in the form of 9 classes at Prey Vihea and Pram Bey Mom. Those in attendance included pregnant women, mothers and other community women curious about family planning. The popularity of these classes has in turn led to an increase in pregnant women seeking health services. 

 Access to Care

Thanks to this project, there are now 4 Tuk Tuk ambulances running women to birthing centres across the provinces. These ambulances play a key role in ensuring the safe delivery of babies as without them women would be forced to give birth at home and unsupervised. The team is now working on buying an ambulance boat, to ferry pregnant women to hospital in inclement weather. In addition to the ambulance service, this project has founded 3 remote healthcare centres which can provide care to women from remote areas. This means that they need not travel as far as the hospital if they live too far away and have gone into labour.

 Home visits

Health centre staff and community volunteers have been carrying out post-natal home visits to women and their babies in both Prey Vihea and Pram Bey Mom. During these visits, which typically last half an hour, women are given further training on post natal care methods such as safe feeding and hygiene practices. This provides a sustainable solution to issues concerning child nutrition and health.

 Reflection

In order to make sure that this project can be taken forward and all the best practices are observed, two reflective meetings were held in December. At these meetings, the volunteers discussed their experiences and theorised on which elements of the project needed improvement, and how to implement them.

Childreach International the Takeo Province Women’s Centres would like to thank our supporters for making all of these activities possible, and for helping us to provide a future for thousands of Cambodian babies and their families.