Stuck for gift ideas for people on your Christmas list? Or do you want to give a gift that won't be "re-gifted" next year? Here are two great ways to spend your Christmas cash...
1) Support a mum-to-be through the Tumaini Clinic, Korogocho slum, Kenya.
Joe Radcovic and his family have been ministering in Nairobi for over 10 years. As a gynecologist/obstetrician, Joe has been a key part of establishing maternity services for women in Korogocho slum. Since Joe arrived in Kenya, infant mortality rates (at or soon after birth) have dropped from 1 in 12 neonates to less than 1 in 100.
Joe is returning to Australia after June next year, but ongoing funding is required in the Tumaini clinic. As part of fundraising, Tumaini clinic is producing "MamaCards". MamaCards are an opportunity to sponsor an expectant mother from her first visit to the maternity clinic, until delivery. The sponsorships are $60 each. $60 covers all maternity care, including blood tests, an ultrasound, and delivery. It also includes all first year immunisations for the new baby, and some baby supplies/food for the poorest of the new mothers.
On purchase of a "MamaCard" you receive a photo and profile of an expectant mother. After delivery of her baby, you receive a photo of the new baby you have sponsored.
For more information, or to purchase a "MamaCard" please visit www.tumainiclinics.org or email jsradkovic@cms.org.au
(In the interest of full disclosure, I should mention that this clinic is a Christian ministry organisation. In addition to the medical services of the clinic, staff seek to share Jesus with the women they serve.)
(In the interest of full disclosure, I should mention that this clinic is a Christian ministry organisation. In addition to the medical services of the clinic, staff seek to share Jesus with the women they serve.)
2) Help support breast-cancer research through National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF)
Jennifer Reid is a breast cancer survivor and an ambassador for the National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF). She and the NBCF believe that one breast cancer death is too many. The NBCF have set a target for their researchers; zero breast cancer deaths by 2030. This research means breast cancer can become a wholly treatable disease in our lifetime, in our daughters' lifetime.
Jennifer, and four other women are committed to raising $50,000 for breast cancer research by running the Paris Marathon in April 2012. Jennifer is looking for sponsors to meet her personal fundraising target ($10,000) and to help with her travel costs. You can sponsor Jennifer and learn more about her "Road to Paris" at www.jenniferreid.com.au
Jennifer, and four other women are committed to raising $50,000 for breast cancer research by running the Paris Marathon in April 2012. Jennifer is looking for sponsors to meet her personal fundraising target ($10,000) and to help with her travel costs. You can sponsor Jennifer and learn more about her "Road to Paris" at www.jenniferreid.com.au
Please share these ideas with your family and friends and spread the word...
