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In just over a week, we’ll celebrate Mother’s Day with the mothers, grandmothers, and other maternal figures in our lives. But what does Mother’s Day look like in the most dangerous places in the world to be a mother? Where motherhood can be a death sentence? As we get closer to Mother’s Day we’ll be highlighting the plights and stories of mothers from around the world — mothers who need your support more than most. Starting in Gaza, where hunger and malnutrition are spreading at frightening speed. Every day has become a fight for survival for pregnant women, new mothers, and their newborns.
With each meal missed, the odds of a woman delivering an undernourished, undersized baby rise. New mothers are not getting enough food to nurse their newborns. Doctors even report that newborns are dying because they weigh too little and ventilators that typically support four babies, now support 75 to 80 babies at the same time. Through unprecedented crisis, UNFPA has been on the ground delivering lifesaving medicines and equipment to support these mothers and their newborns. Thanks to emergency gifts from donors like you, we have delivered enough supplies to support more than 10,000 births — over half of ALL births in Gaza since conflict erupted. But before Mother’s Day, we’re asking you to be there for the mothers who are yet to give birth or who have just given birth in unspeakable conditions.
The suffering must end and peace must prevail. We condemn the violence in Gaza, the West Bank, and Israel, including all sexual violence, and echo the UN Secretary-General’s call for a sustained humanitarian ceasefire and the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages by Hamas. Thank you for being there for mothers. — USA for UNFPA |
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