THE APPEAL
Every year in Sub-Saharan Africa, about 200,000 mothers die as a result of complications during pregnancy and childbirth. Because of this, each year around one million children are left without a mother. Most of these deaths are easily preventable as they are the result of a simple lack of access to basic medical care.
Midwives Save Lives
With the Stand Up for African Mothers campaign, AMREF aims to train 15,000 additional African midwives by 2015. Once trained, we expect these midwives to be able to provide care for and health education to over seven million women each year.
A healthy Africa needs healthy mothers and African mothers need African midwives.
Please be assured that AMREF does not share any of its supporter’s details with any other organisation.
SIGN THE PETITION
Nominate Ugandan Midwife Esther Madudu for the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize!
News
09/09/2012 - AMREF France is at the Ethical Fashion Show in Paris
27/07/12 - AMREF and the Stand Up campaign at the Olympic games – London, August 2012
26/07/12 - Stand up for African Mothers highlighted on the Bill and Melinda Gates blogging website.
20/07/12 - A great success for the launching of our Stand Up campaign in US – New York, July 2012
20/06/12 - AMREF Canada officially launched the campaign on May 10th with the MAMATOTO event
They already sign : Caterina Murino, Titouan Lamazou, Valérie Toranian, Liya Kebede, Cristina Ondoa, Teguest Guerma, Claude Moncorgé, Graca Machel Mandela, Béatrice Schönberg, Zazie....
