Walk. Raise Funds. Make Birth Safe.
Every step you take brings us one step closer to safe births in Sierra Leone
125 km | 1-22 November
Walk 5.95 km a day for 3 weeks. Together, we walk so that girls like Zainab don't have to while pregnant.
Watch the SBS full documentary "Daughters of Sierra Leone" here.
This year, let's walk for girls like Zainab.
Meet Zainab
- Barely 15 years old
- 43 weeks pregnant
- With no way to give birth naturally
- Walked 125 km to go to the maternity clinic to safely deliver her baby
- With the help of our partner, Aberdeen Women's Centre, Zainab safely delivered her baby boy via caesarean section.
Watch Zainab's full story here.
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THIS YEAR'S INCREDIBLE SPONSORS
Your contribution to the #AMFWalkingChallenge2021 is making a HUGE difference. Thank you for supporting mothers and babies in Sierra Leone so that they can have as much chance in childbirth as a mother in Australia.
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AMF Walking Challenge 2021 Newsletters
![Let us virtually travel to Aberdeen Women's Centre during our 2019 visit - our CEO @aminata_conteh_biger with the Dream Team as pictured above
Here in Sydney as we find ourselves in an extended lockdown due to COVID-19, we can appreciate the access that Australians have to quality healthcare, warmth and shelter provided in our humble abodes (and the ability to stay connected via Zoom calls during periods of reduced face-to-face contact!).
In celebrating the 2021 United Nations World Population Day today, at the Aminata Maternal Foundation we are reflecting on how the rest of the world is managing with compromised health care systems. The area of sexual and reproductive health in particular is impacted as many countries are experiencing concern over changing fertility rates. United Nations Population Fund (formerly the United Nations Fund for Population Activities [UNFPA]), emphasises that educational, economic and political empowerment of women enables autonomy and control over choices regarding their body.
Did you know, only 55% of women have the power to make their own decisions about their bodies? The current pandemic has exacerbated gender-based inequities, notably in Sierra Leone as the teenage pregnancy rate continues to rise. During the Ebola crisis, teenage pregnancies in Sierra Leone saw a 66% increase and it is anticipated that another surge will result from the COVID-19 crisis. To combat this our Dream Team project collaborates with the Aberdeen Women's Centre located in Freetown, Sierra Leone to provide support to re-integrate teenage mothers into their communities post-birth.
References for further reading🌏:
https://www.un.org/en/observances/world-population-day
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