When community awareness programs brought information and support closer to home, a mother named Ranju in Madhesh Province found the confidence to seek the care she and her baby needed.

When a late-night complication threatened a mother's life at a rural health post, nurse Sapna Shah already knew exactly what to do.

A community mobilizer in Mahottari kept showing up at Radha's door, month after month, until something changed.

A new maternity waiting home in Dolpa gives mothers who travel long distances a safe, warm place to stay near the hospital as they prepare to welcome their babies.

After severe flooding struck Nepal's Madhesh and Bagmati provinces, One Heart Worldwide worked with local partners to reach pregnant women and new mothers with dignity kits, shelter, and safe spaces to give birth.

What happens after a program ends? In Jwalamukhi, the answer is zero maternal deaths in three years and a community that has made safe motherhood its own.

"I never give up." For community health volunteer Kiran Kumari Thakur, reaching every pregnant woman in her corner of Mahottari is a daily act of persistence, and it is beginning to shift how families think about safe motherhood.

When a powerful earthquake struck Karnali Province, One Heart Worldwide's team was on the ground within hours, setting up medical tents and safe birthing spaces so mothers and newborns in Rukum West could still reach care.

After years of loss and a lifetime far from any health facility, a community awareness program helped Paljum, a mother in a remote mountain village of Dolpa, choose to seek care for herself and her baby.

High in the mountains of Dolpa District, where winter empties the health posts and language keeps many women silent, a field officer's visit helped Dawa find the care and information she couldn't reach on her own.

"We never had such a health education program in our village." For new mothers like Soneeya in Myagdi, learning about safe pregnancy has changed what care looks like close to home.

At Liku Health Post in one of Dolpa's most remote corners, mothers can now get early warning of a risky pregnancy without leaving their community.