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, [...]
Tony Fisher's funeral is today. Tony was a generous supporter of Ammalife. He designed our Gift Cards and Christmas cards and was in full sympathy with our aspirations to make childbirth safer for mothers in the poorest parts of the world. We send our warmest sympathy to his widow, Camilla, and to his daughter Harriet. Harriet [...]
We're delighted that Alex Sembo, a Senior Clinical Officer in Malawi, is the first person to receive an Ammalife Bursary. This will help Alex fund his studies at Malawi's College of Medicine over the next 3 years. Ammalife research fellow, Amie Wilson, researched the vital role that Clinical Officers can have in safer childbirth. Read about [...]
Did you know that Ammalife is on Facebook? If you've never checked out our page before, take a look at some of our highlights of 2013.
Thank you to all our generous supporters who helped us to reach our fundraising target of £4000 through the Big Give Christmas Challenge. Here at Ammalife, we're delighted (and relieved) to know that impoverished women from remote mountain villages in Pakistan will be able to call on reliable transport in an emergency all through 2014. Thank [...]
Ammalife has been working with women from remote mountain villages in Pakistan for several years now. We want to share with you a true story with a happy ending. This happy ending was only possible because of you - our supporters. Mrs Khan, 35, was pregnant and longing for a child. She had had 3 pregnancies [...]
Rachel Arnold is a nurse and midwife undertaking a doctoral study at Bournemouth University. At the recent GLOW Conference, hosted by Ammalife in partnership with the University of Birmingham, Rachel presented a moving account of her work in Afghanistan. We asked Rachel to tell us more: Rachel, why did you do this research? “I had worked in [...]
One week to go! Here at Ammalife we're thrilled to learn that the Reed Foundation is going to be our Charity Champion in the Big Give Christmas Challenge . This means that online donations made on Thursday, Friday and Saturday next week (5, 6 & 7 December) via the Big Give will be DOUBLED by the [...]
GLOW pictures available NOW! We hope you were able to join us at the GLOW Conference 2013 on Friday 1st November. Some of the stories we heard from our speakers and facilitators were truly inspiring. We believe that by coming together to share our knowledge and support one another we will be able to make more [...]
Intrepid Ammalife supporter and fundraiser Ali Reza Master will be walking 80 kilometres across Iraq this December, battling the daytime heat and only resting briefly in makeshift tents overnight. From Najaf to Karbala, Ali will be walking with a purpose. Every step he takes will be raising money for AmmaLife, to provide vital emergency aid for [...]
