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Care for mums

Care for mums

This gift could train midwives and teach pregnant women about the need for skilled delivery – knowledge that will potentially save their lives.

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About this item

It’s one of the toughest jobs in the world. But motherhood is even tougher when women can’t access free health care. This gift will help make sure thousands of mothers get the support they deserve. For example, it could train midwives and birth attendants, or teach pregnant women about the need for skilled delivery – knowledge that will potentially save their lives. Or it might ensure governments provide essential medical care for free. It’s the mother of all Unwrapped gifts.

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This gift supports our advocacy (AD) projects.

Delivery & returns

All gifts are sent by 1st class post within 3 working days of when you place your order.  An optional delivery contribution of £1.70  per order for deliveries within the UK will be suggested during checkout, to help us cover costs. You can pay the suggested amount, increase or decrease your contribution, or pay nothing at all. You choose.

If you're in a hurry you can also send a gift E-card, at no extra cost, which will be sent as soon as you place your order. 

Please note that Oxfam Unwrapped gifts count as a donation, so our no quibble returns policy does not apply, and under Charity Commission rules, we are unable to give you a refund.

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Giving this gift

When you buy an Oxfam Unwrapped gift you can be confident that the real gift will be sent to where it's needed most.   

We will send you (or your friend or family member if you prefer) a gift card that tells them what they've been bought and how it will help to improve someone's life.  You can add little extras during checkout, which are posted at the same time.

You'll be given the opportunity to customise your gift card or E-card during checkout and specify your delivery details. 


Care for mums

This gift in action

In Ghana, around 75 women die each week because of complications during pregnancy and childbirth. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Since Ghana’s government made health care free for all pregnant women, nearly half a million women have received expert care. That’s half a million women like Napari. She suffered life-threatening complications during the birth of her daughter, Safia. Napari lives with her husband in the Wantugu community in northern Ghana. She has lost four of her seven children, three in childbirth. The birth of her seventh child, Safia, was extremely difficult and Napari was rushed to Tamale teaching hospital over 70 km of uneven roads. Without the hospital’s free delivery policy, Napari would have been unable to afford the treatment she needed. In all likelihood, she would have turned to a locally trusted but unqualified traditional birth attendant. Instead, the specialist care and caesarean delivery she received in hospital saved her life. And her baby daughter’s. Oxfam campaigns for free health care for all, so more mothers like Napari can access the treatment they need. We’re training birth attendants and midwives to provide life-saving care. And we’re making sure women not only know how to access free health care, but feel able to speak up and demand it.

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