We believe every mother and newborn deserves the chance to survive and thrive — no matter where they live. Perinatal Rescue Network exists to equip birth workers with the skills and tools they need to save lives in low-resource settings. Let me share just a few of the ways your support made an impact this year: In Chad, two members of our PRN team, Kelsey and Sarah, trained midwives and nurses. . They taught Essential Newborn Care 1 & 2, including how to stabilize premature babies who would...

Kim McQuoid This year was my fifth journey back to India. I worked with a non for profit organization called Fernandez Foundation. My focus this time was to open our simulation lab to outside midwifery schools in Talangans India and continue staff development. The common thread in all of my work is to give respectful care. The mother is the center of all that we do. A large part of the project was to create a simulation manual on midwifery skills and Obstetrical Emergencies. The goals in...

By Kelsey Zuppan I spent 6 weeks in Nov-Dec of 2024 with Sarah Sexton in Tchad, Africa at Béré Adventist Hospital. We first trained the short-term volunteers on campus in Essential Newborn Care 1 & 2, then some of those new providers assisted in teaching the hospital staff in Essential Newborn Care. Three years ago some of the hospital staff received the Helping Babies Breathe training from Sarah & I, so it was a refresher for some and brand new to others. Nurses from maternity as well as the...