Helping women have a safe childbirth
BECAUSE every woman has the right to a clean and safe childbirth, the Zonta club of Warwick is calling for volunteers to help at the annual birthing kit assembly day this morning.
For almost a decade the women's group has hosted the event to assemble and package the kits which include one square metre of plastic, soap, gloves, cord, a scalpel and five pieces of sterile gauze.
Zonta member Sally Carr said the Warwick group hoped to package 1000 kits.
"It's wonderful how something so simple can make such a big difference to someone's life," she said.
The kits are purchased from The Birthing Kit Foundation of Australia at $3 each and sent back to them for distribution to women in disadvantaged countries.
The money for the project was raised from the Zonta Club of Warwick annual Australia Day breakfast.
For more information contact daveandsally- carr@hotmail.com, 0421 782 962 or 4661 4184.
