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Grant Update Uganda

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Nov 18, 2014

Your Gifts, Our Gratitude

We’re starting the season off right by sharing our gratitude with you. Here’s how your supply kits & support helped improve lives in Uganda.

Earlier this year, we asked you to help support mothers in Uganda by collecting the basic, but essential supplies…

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Oct 23, 2014

For Me, Giving Birth Must be at the Health Facility

Our grant to help provide transportation vouchers for pregnant women in Uganda helps mothers overcome a huge barrier many face when trying to access healthcare.

When the distance from home to a healthcare provider is too far, many women…

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Oct 17, 2014

Going The Distance In Uganda

One of our biggest grants goes to fund the Boda For Mothers program in Uganda in partnership with Baylor Children’s Foundation — Uganda.
We’re supporting vouchers for 18,000–20,000 pregnant and laboring women redeemable for a ride from their villages to a healthcare facility…

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Mar 13, 2014

The Life of a Boda Boda Rider

Jessica Bowers, EMC’s Portfolio Director, recently visited Uganda. While she was there, she spent time with some of the mothers and drivers involved in the transportation voucher program EMC is helping to fund. We’ve often wondered what it’s like to transport women in labor on…

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Sep 24, 2013

“The Kakonge (Voucher) has been my pregnancy passport” — Apophia

In Uganda, a country where passports are not a common sight especially in the rural areas, Apophia is proud that she owned one during her pregnancy. “I had a passport for the first time during my pregnancy. This meant…

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Jul 23, 2013

A Second Grant to Baylor Uganda — Boda For Mothers Through a Boda Rider’s Eyes: Asaba’s Story

Every Mother Counts is excited to announce that we have awarded a second grant in Uganda to provide a new batch of transport vouchers that will help get more women to the…

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Mar 2, 2013

Esther’s Story

As many of you know, in October we kicked off a grant in Uganda to help pregnant women get to the care they need because distance is such a barrier. Our grantees are keeping us regularly up to date on how those funds are being put to use. This month we bring you the story of Esther who shows us what a…

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Oct 25, 2012

Every Mother Counts Awards Inaugural Grants to Baylor College of Medicine Children’s Foundation, Uganda & Midwives for Haiti

Every Mother Counts awards inaugural grants to Baylor-College of Medicine Children’s Foundation Uganda and Midwives for…