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 Safe Place to Wait: A New Maternity Waiting Home in Dolpa
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.
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.
A Life-Changing Decision: Paljum’s Journey to Motherhood
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.
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 the mothers of underserved communities in remote Dolpa
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.
