Walk for Tabita happens on Sunday 7th March - just before International Women's Day - and honours Tabita, a Sierra Leonean women who lost her baby because she did not have access to a trained midwife.
 
Tabita is just one of thousands of women that VSO health workers see each year. Like Tabita, many are forced to walk for days to reach a trained midwife - often without medication or assistance - and sadly often too late to save the unborn child.  
 
Tabita was given an emergency caesarean by VSO volunteer, Zoe Vowles, one of many midwives VSO sends abroad each year to help transfer vital midwifery skills to local communities.  Sadly Tabita arrived too late to save the child however Zoe was able to save Tabita's life.  Zoe says:
 
“Every woman, regardless of where she lives in the world, should have access to good maternal health care. Please sign up. Your involvement could prevent future heartache for women like Tabita.”