11/06: Midwife kit night at St. Paul's
St. Paul Lutheran Church in Arlington has been an early and constant supporter of Village Help for South Sudan. and we were delighted when we learned we would be the recipients of their annual midwife kit assembly.
Members of St. Paul's walked up and down the church hall tables, packaging kits containing a towel, washcloth, and a bedsheet for the mother in labor, a receiving blanket, T-shirt, and hat for the newborn baby, and soap, gloves, a razor, and ties for the umbilical cord for the midwife.
It was a very organized affair, with all the components -- such as the cord ties and razors -- packaged ahead of time.
Then the kits were packed for shipping.
With many hands, about 250 kits were assembled in half an hour!
New VHSS member board member Tara Rao helped ...
... as did Diane Martin, whose husband, our treasurer Ron Moulton, is in the background.
But we're especially grateful to the good people of St. Paul's of all ages whose work will save the lives and health of mothers and babies in Wunlang.
Members of St. Paul's walked up and down the church hall tables, packaging kits containing a towel, washcloth, and a bedsheet for the mother in labor, a receiving blanket, T-shirt, and hat for the newborn baby, and soap, gloves, a razor, and ties for the umbilical cord for the midwife.
It was a very organized affair, with all the components -- such as the cord ties and razors -- packaged ahead of time.
Then the kits were packed for shipping.
With many hands, about 250 kits were assembled in half an hour!
New VHSS member board member Tara Rao helped ...
... as did Diane Martin, whose husband, our treasurer Ron Moulton, is in the background.
But we're especially grateful to the good people of St. Paul's of all ages whose work will save the lives and health of mothers and babies in Wunlang.
