Friend, while millions around the world prepare to celebrate Mother’s Day, we’re taking the next few days and weeks to shine a light on women living in the world’s most dangerous places to be a mother.
Like in Sudan, where two weeks of intense fighting has turned the region into a warzone and thrown the country into turmoil.
One pregnant woman was shot in military crossfire on the way to deliver her baby. While UNFPA medical personnel were able to save the baby, tragically, the mother died.
219,000 women are currently pregnant in Khartoum alone — tens of thousands of whom will give birth in the coming weeks — meaning that unless we act quickly, this heartbreaking story won’t be the last.
Every second counts, Friend: Your gift today can directly support women giving birth during war and mothers living through traumatic violence in Sudan and around the world.
This Mother’s Day, women in Sudan will be forced to give birth without medical help. Only one in four health facilities in Sudan’s capital are fully operational, with most damaged, only partially functioning, or under attack.
“We have a severe lack of supplies, especially oxytocin and umbilical clips. Although services continue for the time being, we are praying for more supplies to arrive soon,” said Jamila, a midwife working in a UNFPA health facility in Sudan.
As needs grow by the day, your gift today could make all the difference for a woman in need of care:
UNFPA is scaling up our response to deliver lifesaving care where it’s needed most in Sudan: Health workers are providing direct support to pregnant women giving birth during war, new phone lines have been established for women to request midwife assistance for home births, and we’re scaling up mental health counseling for those impacted by violence. But there is so much to do, and we need your support.
The lives of more than 200,000 pregnant women and millions more women and girls hang in the balance, Friend, and you can make TWICE the impact by donating today.
Your gift will deliver lifesaving sexual and reproductive health care to women and girls in more than 150 countries around the world. Thank you for being there for every woman and girl.
