The small price of helping a mother

by Jaya Singh

I need four hundred rupees.
Four hundred! Ka bhail? Why do you need so much money?
My wife, she gave birth yesterday. The child, he is dead, I want to save my wife, I have to take her. To the hospital.
But if the child is gone, what [Read More...]

2010 Masquerade Masti

Masquerade

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Save A Mother’s 2nd Annual Masquerade Ball
Saturday Oct 23, 2010
doors open at 7 pm

News from the Ground

Important numbers from the ground

Save A Mother: January 1st, 2008 through June 30th, 2010

Three day residential trainings conducted
39

One day refresher trainings conducted
138

Swasthya Sakhis (Health Activists) and community members who received the three day residential training
1220

Swasthya Sakhis and community members who received the one day refresher training
2477

Villages covered in Raebareli, Sultanpur [Read More...]

This is About Me Not You - reflections from a volunteer

Dear Save a Mother,

Forgive me for these words were meant to be only seen by me.  Correction, not seen, just thought about guiltily in some dark moments of my life.  I am sorry for not being completely truthful before but here goes:  I did not get involved with you to do [Read More...]

News From the Ground – Dr. Ganju Reports (May 2010)

Last month I visited a few villages in India where the Save A Mother program is being implemented. I witnessed a qualitative change in the attitude of women. I heard assertions that they will not let any pregnant mother die. In one meeting a young health activist, Najma, who looked seventeen, recited her experience. When Najma advised a young pregnant woman, who was bleeding, [Read More...]

Thank You Houston 2010!

Save a Mother Houston raises $40,000

Article originally published by Voice of Asia on Sunday May 16th, 2010.

Houston: The two year old Houston Chapter of Save- A- Mother held an elegant fundraising gala, “Mera Gaon”, on May 7 at Ashford Oaks, 2022 Wilcrest Drive, Houston. The event was attended by more than 200 [Read More...]