What
Project Needs and Beneficiaries
An alarming percentage of Afghan women and babies die during pregnancy and delivery. Most women deliver babies at home without the assistance of trained medical staff. CHI/AIL offer lifesaving health services and medical interventions to pregnant women and babies through three rural clinics in Afghanistan, including on-site baby delivery for high-risk cases. CHI/AIL also educate women about their reproductive health so that they can make healthy choices during pregnancy and delivery.
Activities
12,000 Afghan women will receive pre- and post-natal care, midwifery, family planning services, education on women’s reproductive health, delivery kits for home delivery, and assessment and intervention for high-risk pregnancies.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $2,286
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $58,006
Total Funding Goal: $60,292
Additional Documentation
Resources
Why
Potential Long Term Impact
Thousands of women who would have lost their lives or the lives of their babies during pregnancy and delivery will be saved. Women will learn how to prevent complications during pregnancy and delivery and protect their long-term reproductive health.
Project Message
Many women in our area died because of problems during delivery. We were not able to help them since we never knew the right method of delivery. But now we know our mistakes and can save them.
- Saliha, CHI/AIL Reproductive Health Workshop Graduate
Who
ContactToc Dunlap,President Creating Hope International PO Box 1058 Dearborn, Michigan 48121 United States (313) 278-5806 Email: Project SponsorCreating Hope International |
Organization
Learn more about Creating Hope International (CHI) and the project team. |
Where
Country
This project is located in 
Afghanistan
and can also be found under 
Health.
For more information about Afghanistan, read the Human Development Report on Afghanistan or the Wikipedia entry for Afghanistan.
When
Last Updated
This project was last updated on August 22, 2008.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on September 01, 2005.
Latest Update from the Field
Stories to Share
By Alison Hendry - Administrative Assistant, August 22, 2008 01:24 PM
We would like to share a report from one of AIL’s Outreach Vaccinators in Herat, Afghanistan.
I went to the Koshkak Village as part of the vaccine program and saw that a group of people had come together and were discussing the advantages getting vaccinated. I stayed there and listened to their ideas and questions about the vaccine program. One asked “What is the advantage of being vaccinated?” Another answered “Before the immunization program, our children suffered from polio, diphtheria and measles, but now the vaccine protects them from those dangerous diseases.”
I praised them for their information about vaccines, in addition to what they already knew, I gave them health education and said that the BCG vaccine prevents your children from getting tuberculosis and this vaccine is injected into a baby’s arm just days after birth; we give them the Polio vaccine at that time too. I also told them about the TB clinic that AIL has, and described the symptoms of TB.
I also explained to them that the DPT-Hep B vaccine protects their children from four dangerous diseases. Diphtheria, Whooping Cough, Tetanus and Hepatitis B and that this vaccine is injected during the 6th, 10th and 14th weeks of a baby’s life.
I explained that when we give the DPT-Hep B to their children, we also give the Polio vaccine. I said that we give two rounds of the Measles vaccine in the 9th and 18th months of life.
I also let them know that in addition to the immunization program for children, that we give women the Tetanus vaccination. We give the OPV vaccine to children up to five years old.
I saw in the faces of people that they were very happy about this health education and then I asked them to go home and bring their children with their vaccine cards so that I can see who I must vaccinate. They followed my instructions and the results of the vaccine program that day were excellent for me.
