Participants in the 3rd May 2008 Birthing Kit Workshop

37 people attended this workshop. Members from Zonta Swan Hills and and Perth Northern Suburbs, together with members of Hampton Park Adventure and Morley Guides were among those who attended.  Originally 1000 birthkits were going to Afghanistan and 600 to Uganda but this has now changed and all of them will be sent to Afghanistan.

Link to article in The Stirling Times 3rd June 2008

Birthing Kit Workshop - 19th May 2007

Girl Guides from Hampton Park Adventure and Morley Guides joined members from the Zonta Club of Swan Hills for a Birthing Kit Workshop on May 19th 2007, at the Scout Hall in Lockridge. More than 2,000 kits were packed. 1,000 were sent to Madagascar and a further 1,000 were sent to Somalia via Australian Doctors for Africa.

More than 500,000 women die annually in childbirth, 99% of these in developing countries. For every woman who dies in childbirth probably 30 incur injuries and infections. A Zonta Birthing Kit, costing as little as $1.60 to produce, consists of a sheet of plastic, a piece of soap, 1 pair of latex gloves, 3 pieces of cord, 1 scalpel blade and some gauze squares, all contained in a small plastic press-seal bag.

Hampton Park Adventure and Morley Guides assemble birthing kits with members of Zonta Club, Swan Hills.