One of our volunteers has arranged a nature trail fundraising activity for a toddler group! The walking event recently took place in the springtime sunshine of London, and everyone in the group had a splendid time. Several families joined the excursion and in fact the adults struggled to keep up with the next generation of Ammalife supporters as [...]
This is the week when we pay tribute to the health workers who make a real difference. Let's meet Shakeel from Pakistan and Alex from Malawi. Shakeel Ahmed is the pharmacist in Havelian who dedicates so much of his time to making such that poor women from remote mountain villages get the help they need when [...]
Huge thanks to the staff at Birmingham Women's Hospital who've donated more than 200 really useful textbooks for their fellow health workers in Malawi. On Saturday 22 March, we loaded up nine very heavy boxes of books on a container bound for Blantyre. The textbooks are destined for midwives and Clinical Officers. The boxes will arrive [...]
Many thanks to everybody who attended our screenings and presentation about how you can help to Save Mothers Lives at the University Arts and Science Festival at lunchtime on Monday this week! We hope you found food for thought, and we look forward to remaining in touch with you in the future. The films entitled "Birth and Death" [...]
The University of Birmingham Arts and Science Festival is a celebration of ideas, research and collaboration across the campus. The overall theme of the event this year is "Life and Death" and at 12.30pm on Monday 17th March Ammalife will be explaining how you can help us to prevent mothers from dying to give life. There are [...]
We're inspired by International Women's Day (8March) and Mothering Sunday (30 March) so we're turning March 2014 into a month for mothers. We want to spread the word about the 800 mothers who die each day - that's another life lost every 2 minutes - and the many more who are left injured or sick. But [...]
Spring is coming! A time to stand up and support one another... And so in a spirit of solidarity and collaboration with other charities in the field of international development, we’re taking on a challenge to support not only mothers but also their daughters in developing countries, who from as young as 3 have to spend [...]
Birth is a Dream is the work of social documentary photographer Paolo Patruno who has worked in many countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Paolo is a father himself and through his work for aid agencies, he's become aware of how perilous the beginning of life can be for babies and their mothers. He uses his photographs to [...]
Preth de Silva is a medical student at Imperial College London. Not content with the challenge of learning medicine, he’s now bravely volunteered to climb to Everest Base Camp to raise money for Ammalife! Preth has always enjoyed climbing and he’s currently training hard to be ready to fly into the town of Luklu in Nepal [...]
Ammalife is delighted to welcome Abi Merriel to Birmingham where she'll work with Prof Arri Coomarasamy and the rest of the team to investigate the barriers to implementing good practice in low income countries. Abi is pictured (left) with Amie Wilson, Ammalife's first researcher. Amie's work on Traditional Birth Attendants, Clinical Officers and Caesarian Section outcomes, [...]
