One Million Mothers...Creating A Miracle For Mothers In Need

Mothers Do It Every Day...They Make The Impossible Happen!

Fact:  In 2003, the Jakarta Post reported that the maternal mortality rate in Indonesia is 373 per 100,000 births. This number reflects the number of MOTHERS who die in childbirth in Bali annually. To bring that fact closer to home and heart, in the U.S. that number is 12 per 100,000.

Tsunami to Terrorism, Balinese Culture Crippled: Rising Malnutrition:

In 2002 and 2005, following the devistation of the Tsunami in Indonesia, terrorist bombings in Bali lead to the collapse of the tourist industry, resulting in economic devastation, mass poverty, and malnutrition on the island.  As a result, poorer families cannot afford to go to a hospital for birthing, so they have their babies at home. This is usually a safe alternative for birthing a baby, however when mothers are malnourished and they give birth, there’s a far greater chance that they will tear, and without proper medical attention, the mother can bleed to death, which explains the high maternal mortality rate in Bali today.

Hope Exisits For Mothers in Bali!

In 1999 Midwife Robin Lim set up a free birth clinic for women to come and receive prenatal care, as well as to give birth in a safe, compassionate environment. To learn more, please visit the website of Yayasan Bumi Sehat (www.BumiSehatBali.org). 

Bumi Sehat started out helping 50 mothers per year have a safe place to birth their baby. In 2007, the number of births jumped to 600, and projections are 750 to 800 births in 2008 with the same number of staff and facilities.  Based on the numbers of women that come for prenatal visits every week, 2008 has already stressed the facilities at Bumi Sehat beyond maximum capacity, causing the Indonesian Department of Health to threaten to close the clinic because it is over capacity. Additionall, the Balinese equivallent of "Medicare" has been discontinued in Bali, and people simply have no resouce for care. Bumi Sehat is a FREE Clinic, giving care to mothers in need and now Bumi Sehat is in need.

The Solution is as simple as one dollar! 

If each mother who hears or reads this story gives $1.00, then passes it on to all the mothers they know, and THEY each give $1.00 then those pass it along to all the mothers THEY know, you begin to get the picture!  Bumi Sehat could receive the gift of A Million Mothers, together making a miracle, one dollar and mother at a time. This gift will fund the construction of the desperately needed new birth clinic for women and their families in Bali, Indonesia.

100% Goes Directly To New Bumi Sehat Clinic, Bali

100% of every dollar sent, will directly go to funing the purchase of land, and of new clinic, and buying a much needed ambulance. There are two ways to donate:

1. Put one dollar, or a check payable to Sakthi Foundation (a tax exempt 501(c) 3 U.S. charitable organization), and mail to: Katherine Bramhall , 25 Colby St, Barre, VT 05641 USA (preferred method). Please note on check, dedonation to "Bumi Sehat."
2. Make a donation by credit card or Paypal by going to http://www.sakthifoundation.org/mother.htm  and follow instructions for designating the donation to Yayasan Bumi Sehat. (Specify that this goes directly to the clinic fund.)

**NOTE: Paypal costs $.30 or 3% of your donation. So sending a check is preferrable when sending $1.00.

Join my heart and turn it into A Million Mothers hearts, manifesting safe, and proper care for mothers and babies in Bali!

One Million Mothers can create a miracle! Contact me directly, if you can help me spread this word to a million more mothers!

Thanks A Million!

Katherine Bramhall
Katherine@Gentlelanding.com