Bloggers for Birth Kits approaches 1000 kits donated

What if I told you that you’re awesome? Would you think I’m just trying to flatter you?

Well, I’m not.

You’re seriously awesome.

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You guys, as of today we are up to 988 birth kits donated and promised through this year’s Mothers Day drive! And we’re only one week in!!

You read that correctly – 988 clean birth kits.

And that’s not even counting the many that have emailed me saying that they’re making kits but haven’t yet confirmed numbers.

Apparently there are a lot of people out there that think mamas and their babies are important.

It’s not just about an impressive number, it’s about lives – the precious, valuable lives of women and children that hang in the balance of poverty, circumstance, and opportunity.

While clean birth kits are not the solution to seeing maternal mortality in the developing world done away with, they will certainly make an impact in seeing infection decrease (the leading cause of maternal death).

Putting a kit together is so, so simple.

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Find out more about assembling your own kit here.

Or consider giving $10.00 to put kits into the hands of five expecting mothers.

Thank you, thank you, thank you for getting involved in this year’s campaign.

Every dollar, every kit, every prayer, every post makes a difference.

Dear friends, haven’t gotten involved yet? Join the movement. Find out how here.

 

p.s. If you’ve written about Bloggers for Birth Kits, please link up your blog below:

About Author

Adriel Booker is a writer, speaker, and curator who believes the best things in life happen while gathered around the table. She lives with her family among the gum trees and sea breezes of a small town on Ngarrindjeri Country in the Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia, where they own and operate a café, vintage shop, and co-working studio for creatives. Adriel is the author of Tethered to Hope and Grace Like Scarlett and has appeared in outlets such as Christianity Today and ABC Religion & Ethics. She writes regularly at The Foundry on Substack, and can also be found at AdrielBooker.com and across social media platforms at @adrielbooker.

7 Comments

  • Krystle
    3 May 2012 at 1:48 am

    Sweet! We haven’t even donated yet!

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  • Jessica
    4 May 2012 at 4:09 am

    Congratulations! This is SO awesome! I’m so happy!

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  • Julie
    4 May 2012 at 4:32 am

    HI Adriel,

    just wanted to let you know that I reblogged this post after seeing it on Dear baby. You can see the repost here.

    http://smilingwatermelon.com/2012/05/01/bloggers-for-birth-kits-reducing-maternal-and-infant-mortality/

    Great work! I will send my kits when I have time, for now the repost was all I could do. I hope it helps.
    Julie

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    • Adriel @ The Memos
      5 May 2012 at 1:11 am

      Thanks Julie, that’s fantastic!! Really appreciate you helping to spread awareness for these mamas and babies. xx

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  • Adriel @ The Memos
    5 May 2012 at 1:11 am

    Update as of May 5th: We’re now up to 1376 kits donated!!! 🙂

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  • Kate
    8 May 2012 at 1:56 pm

    Hey Adriel – Small world, one of my blogger friends recently wrote a post about your bloggers for birth kits initiative. I was like HEY I KNOW HER. It’s been an awfully long time since we would have seen each other, about 7 years! I was on Keven Klassen’s Beach to Bush dts back in 2004/05. Then I was on staff with MAD for a few years. I’ll have to do a post on this as well! Fun to re-connect! 🙂

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