Born in the right place

Launched in October 2009, World Friends’ Italian fund-raising campaign “Nati nel posto giusto” (Born in the right place) has already reached its first goal: thanks to the contributions of private and institutional donors the construction of the Maternity department of the Ruaraka Uhai Neema Hospital was completed before the end of 2010.

On 5 December 2010 World Friends launched the second phase of the campaign "Born in the right place", in order to raise funds to support the new maternity department, which is going to open to patients in february 2011.

In Italy the campaign receives the support of the telephone companies Tim, Vodafone, Wind, 3, Telecom Italia. All donations will be used for the new Maternity department of the Neema Hospital in Nairobi.

The Maternity department will guarantee medical assistance to pregnant women in the Nairobi slums, giving them the opportunity to give birth to their babies in a clean and safe environment, assisted by professional clinical officers and doctors. The department will be able to receive 2,500 mothers per annum, with medical, sanitary and diagnostic assistance before, during and after childbirth.
All children will receive periodic health checks until the end of the vaccine cycle.

Mother-child mortality statistics in Africa