When Support Reaches Mothers, Change Begins
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.
A model health system: Jwalamukhi’s success in sustainability
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.
Mahottari mothers: building a safe motherhood system
"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.
Enhancing health access alone won’t help
In Bara District, One Heart Worldwide and its partners are learning that safe motherhood depends on more than nearby clinics, it depends on earning the trust of the families and elders who shape a mother's choices.
Reaching underserved communities in Karnali through grassroots interventions
Across the remote, mountainous districts of Karnali Province, One Heart Worldwide and its local partners are helping governments and communities build maternal care systems designed to last long after the program ends.
Creating opportunities for strengthening maternal health in the Madhesh Province
For Nilesh Kumar Pravana, strengthening maternal care in Madhesh Province is personal, and it starts with a team drawn from the very communities it serves, fluent in their languages and rooted in their customs.
