Saving Mothers and Children
Rotary makes high-quality health care available to vulnerable mothers and children so they can live longer and grow stronger.
Rotary provides education, immunizations, birth kits, and mobile health clinics. Women are taught how to prevent mother-to-infant HIV transmission, how to breast-feed, and how to protect themselves and their children from disease
Assembling Birthing Kits
Birthing Kit Foundation (Australia) Assembly Night
Every hour 33 women die of complications related to pregnancy and childbirth. An estimated 385,000 women die annually in childbirth, many from preventable infections. Mitcham Rotary Club assists Birthing Kit Foundation (Australia) by donating materials for; and assembling simple clean birthing kits at a club meeting each year that are sent to help birthing assistants in developing countries, where mums without access to the medical facilities we take for granted can at least give birth in a clean, safe manner.
Supporting Treasure Boxes
Treasure Boxes is a South Australian not-for-profit organisation dedicated to providing essential support to disadvantaged children. Their services ensure that children have the resources they need to thrive, regardless of their circumstances. They also assist women with children re-establish themselves into new accommodation by providing essential home starter kits.
Mitcham Rotary Club supports Treasure Boxes by providing urgently needed items as well as financially.
Women's and Children's Hospital
Mitcham Rotary Club was keen to undertake a new major project to follow on from the financial support of a young Cambodian boy who needed a facial reconstruction and orthopaedic shoes. The Women's and Children's Hospital (WCH) suggested subsidising the refurbishment of an Orthopaedic Ward to the tune of $100,000. Led by Geoff Bailey of the Mitcham Rotary Club and Peter Rostron of the Tea Tree Gully Club, the funding was raised with 11 months. Ultimately, the money was used to refurbish and equip a Rehabilitation Facility at the WCH.
