2024 - Birthing Kit Assembly Day
Event description
Zonta Club of Sydney Breakfast invite you to our annual Birthing Kit Assembly Day 2024
It is estimated that over 300,000 women (mostly all in developing countries) die annually in childbirth - many from preventable infections. Infections (such as sepsis) acquired during or directly after childbirth, are one of the leading causes of newborn and maternal death.
Good hygiene is critical in eliminating infection during and after childbirth - birthing kits are an internationally accepted intervention to support a clean birth. By providing a clean birthing kit, mothers giving birth at home, or with limited medical support have the resources at hand to reduce infection.
Each item in the Birthing Kit works to reduce infections at key high-risk moments of care during labour, birth and immediately post-birth for the mother, newborn and birth attendant. All these items need to packed into a small pouch that can be economically delivered to women in need.
We have lots of kits to pack and many hands make light work! We'll start packing at 9.30am and going through to 3pm (unless we finish early!). Come for the Day! Come for an Hour! Whatever time you can contribute will be helping women and babies in need.
Please join us for a morning of busy hands, conversation and action!
This is a complimentary event and we have initial funding for 200 kits. We are hoping to fundraise a further $4000 to enable us to assemble 1000 kits on the day. If you would like to help by making a donation you can do so via:
- Direct deposit to our club account - Zonta Club of Sydney Breakfast BSB 032 024, account 791173, or
- By adding a donation when you register your attendance through Humanitix.
For more information about birthing kits please visit https://www.bkfa.org.au.
For more information about our club please visit zontasydneybreakfast.org
We look forward to welcoming old friends and making new ones!
Kind regards,
ZONTA CLUB OF SYDNEY BREAKFAST
e. zontasydneybreakfast@gmail.com
w. https://zontasydneybreakfast.org/
ABOUT ZONTA
Zonta International is a worldwide organization of executives in business and the professions working together to advance the status of women, with more than 33,000 members in 69 countries. Zonta supports women’s education and leadership through several programs. Zonta takes its name from a Sioux Indian word meaning “honest and trustworthy”. It symbolises the combined qualities of honesty and trust, inspiration and the ability to work together for service and world understanding.
For further information about Zonta, please visit www.zonta.org
TRIGGER WARNING: Our Zonta Club’s discussions and guest speakers cover sensitive topics related to the areas in which we endeavour to make change. These areas include, but are not limited to: gender equality, women's economic safety, gender-based violence, child marriage, girls’ access to education, women’s health and more. Should our discussion topics trigger an emotional response for you, we suggest that you take precautions to care for and guard your wellbeing.