Maire Casement

Medical textbooks for Afghanistan

Fundraising for Maternal and Childhealth Advocacy International
£2,170
raised of £9,300 target
by 46 supporters
We train and support healthcare workers to save lives of women, babies and children

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Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.

I am a retired obstetrician volunteering with MCAI. We are a small charity involved in training midwives in Liberia to be obstetric and neonatal clinicians (task sharing), with a view to reducing maternal and neonatal mortality. It has been amazingly successful to date.  Our finances are completely tied up in this important project. We were recently contacted by a doctor in Kabul requesting hard copies of our 4 textbooks in obstetrics neonatology & paediatrics. Our digital version is available to them but the internet in Afghanistan is unreliable and non-existent in many parts of the country. They require 250 copies of each book. 

The cost of printing the 1,000 books  is £9,300.  The Taliban have agreed to allow them into the country.

I would be grateful for any help you can give towards the cost.

About the charity

MCAI is an international medical charity dedicated to saving the lives of pregnant women, babies and children by training healthcare workers in emergency management of obstetric, paediatric and neonatal care, renovating and refurbishing health facilities and supplying medical equipment and medicines

Donation summary

Total raised
£2,169.52
+ £360.00 Gift Aid
Online donations
£2,149.52
Offline donations
£20.00

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