A series of events has been organised in Winchester to raise the profile of global maternal health issues and celebrate motherhood around the world.
Dying for Life: Saturday 17th to Sunday 18th March 2012 is being organised by the University of Winchester and St. Swithun’s School in association with the Global Student Forum for the White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood.
Dying for Life Forum: Saturday 17th March, 10am – 1pm at the King Alfred Campus of the University of Winchester to be chaired by Alastair Stewart OBE. This event hopes to raise awareness of global maternal health issues and to consider questions surrounding the high levels of maternal mortality in the developing world and how we can act globally and locally to make a difference and improve the situation.
The event will be open to the public and the organisers are particularly looking to engage representatives from education, politics, the media, the voluntary sector and faith communities. If you or your organisation would like to contribute to this event in any way, please contact Helen.rowland@winchester.ac.uk
There will also be fundraising activities in and around Winchester throughout the afternoon of Saturday 17th March to raise awareness of and money for a Christian Aid project in Sierra Leone which wants to improve the health care available to mother’s and babies.
On Saturday 17th March and Sunday 18th March at Winchester Cathedral organisers hope to have a Prayer Station in Winchester Cathedral to provide a place to focus our prayers and thoughts for those affected by maternal death and as a place to leave messages of thanks for the gift of mothers.
Sunday 18th March, 6.30pm Evensong at Winchester Cathedral: will be a service of celebration of mothers around the world, remembering especially those places where there is the greatest risk maternal mortality. There will also be the opportunity for local groups to bring any funds raised for the Christian Aid Sierra Leone project.
A series of videos about the world crisis in maternal health are viewable here.
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