Many new moms and caregivers living in poverty aren’t equipped with the essential items needed to care for a newborn baby. With this gift, you will provide caregivers with the basic supplies they need—items like blankets, soap, lotion and diapers—to ensure their baby is healthy and thriving. This hand-delivered gift from Compassion centre staff help new caregivers know they are supported, loved and not alone.

The first year of a child’s life is critical. Without proper medical care and growth monitoring, irreversible damage can be done. With this gift, you can help ensure that new parents living in poverty have access to basic medical services for their baby in those first critical 12 months.

Proper nutrition is a critical need for moms and babies who live in extreme poverty. With this gift, you will provide a mother and her baby with six months’ worth of supplemental food and nutrition which is vital to ensure that moms and babies not only survive, but thrive.

Empowering moms is crucial to breaking the cycle of poverty. With this gift, you will provide moms with the training and tools they need to develop new skills and enhance old ones so they can confidently secure jobs that will help them provide for their families. When moms are equipped and empowered, they can make better decisions and choices for themselves and their families.

The risks for expectant mothers in poverty are significant. And tragically, maternal mortality rates are unacceptably high in low-resource settings. But with this gift, you can provide an expectant mother with the resources she needs to ensure a healthy pregnancy and delivery—resources such as medical care and regular check-ups, proper nutrition and education.

Did you know that most of the millions of children who die every year pass away in their first year of life from preventable causes? When you give to the Moms and Babies Fund, you can change this tragic reality. Your gift will provide tangible care and life-saving support for moms and babies living in poverty. This includes prenatal healthcare, checkups, critical medical care, desperately needed food and essentials for newborns.