1st Palestinian Birthing Centr-Jordan River Valley

Summary

The British Embassy built a medical clinic. Now the villagers of Al Aqaba seek to upgrade it to become the 1st Birthing Center in the Jordan River Valley so that moms need not wait at checkpoints. progress report read updates from the field

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	£25 - will buy food for two medical equipment trainers when they are staying in Al Aqaba Donna Baranski-Wal
	£47 - will buy a taxi for the training team from Ramallah to Al Aqaba
	£94 - will buy one session of ultrasound training
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

At present, if there is a critical care situation in the Jordan River Valley, a patient must travel to Jericho for treatment on bad, often restricted roads -- at least a two-hour trip. If a mother giving birth faces any complications, or if her newborn baby is sick, there is no time for such an arduous trip. The equipment & training you will provide for the clinic is capable of saving the lives of mothers and children living in the West Bank.

Activities

The birthing center's equipment and staff will provide care for mothers and children in the Jordan River Valley. The center will also serve as a way to coordinate worldwide diplomatic assistance to assure the village's right to remain standing.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: £8,692
Remaining Goal to be Funded: £518
Total Funding Goal: £9,210

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Excel file (projdoc.xls).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Since the Birthing Center will be the first in all of the West Bank's Area C, it will provide 10,000 people with the opportunity for family-centered birthing assistance, and pre and post-natal care. The center will help an at-risk population thrive.

Project Message

Our village deeply believes in peace. With our great kindergarten, a women's sewing co-op, new roads, our small medical clinic is the right place for the 1st birthing center in the Jordan River Valley
- Haj Sami Sadik, Head of the Al Aqaba Village Council

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Dominic Malinverno,

The Rebuilding Alliance
178 South Blvd.
San Mateo, CA 94402
United States
(650) 325-4663
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Project Sponsor

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Organisation

Rebuilding Alliance
178 South Boulevard
San Mateo, CA 94402
United States
(650) 325-4663
http://www.RebuildingAlliance.org

Learn more about Rebuilding Alliance and the project team.

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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Palestinian Territories and can also be found under Health.

For more information about Palestinian Territories, read the Human Development Report on Palestinian Territories or the Wikipedia entry for Palestinian Territories.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on December 22, 2011.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on January 05, 2009.

Latest Update from the Field

The Final Steps to the Birthing Center

By Rudolfo San Miguel - GlobalGiving Coordinator, December 22, 2011 11:04 AM

Hello Everyone

I have some exciting news about the birthing center. Because of your continued support and donations, this project is nearly fully funded!

In addition, the Rotary Club Matching Grant which is for the birthing center equipment (ultra-sound, heart-monitors, etc.), has now been sponsored by seven Rotary Clubs in the United States, Palestine, and Israel. That matching grant application, a sister grant to the birthing center training provided through your donations to GlobalGiving, now moves forward for review at Rotary International. In total, both grants will make this is a $58,000 project! We look forward to approval in a few months time.

If all goes well, the equipment will arrive in the spring and training at the birthing center will commence shortly thereafter. Would you like to travel there to join them? We are organizing a tour in April or May, 2012 to visit the Holyland and stay in Al Aqaba while this training gets underway. If you are interested in learning more about this tour, please let me know!

Thank you for your continuing support in helping fund this project. Through your generosity, Palestinian families of Area C in the West Bank will have a birthing center, in'shalah, equipped and staffed, to provide family-centered birthing assistance in addition to pre and post-natal care for mothers and children.

Sincerely,

Rudolfo San Miguel

Rebuilding Alliance

GlobalGiving Coordinator

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