Compassion

Many of you recieved an email from me about the Rescue Babies Now fundraising I'm doing. If you haven't recieved an email, it's coming :) This will be an ongoing effort and each month I will post information about Compassion and how their programs impact others literally around the globe.

The Compassion Mothers and Babies program provides for developing world mothers during pregnancy and for their babies in infancy and toddlerhood. 1,500 mothers and 10,000 newborns die EVERY DAY during childbirth. Many things I took for granted during pregnancy they lack - basic necessities such as prenatal care, dietary supplements, doctor visits, a skilled birth attendant and medical supplies for birth in a clean, safe environment.

In developing countries, diarrhea is one of the Big 6 Baby Killers, causing the death of 1.5 million babies every year. Diarrhea, can you believe it? Something so trivial to us here is deadly in other parts of the world. The Big 6 Baby Killers—diarrhea, pneumonia, malaria, measles, HIV/AIDS, and malnutrition—are preventable or treatable. Compassion, working through local churches and Survival Specialists, provides practical solutions like vaccinations, access to doctors, clean water, malaria nets, antibiotics, and education.

Please pray for my goal as well as the mothers and infants that this center will touch. If you would like to donate you can visit my fundraising page: http://www.firstgiving.com/suzannebox