Hope & Mercy
Spring and Summer are reminders of HOPE! As we enjoy the fresh breeze and the blooming
of life all around us, I remember that the scriptures tells us God’s MERCY is
new every morning!
In 2013 The Elizabeth Project will bring gifts of HOPE and
MERCY to women in Africa. Our tools for
bringing these gifts are maternal-newborn health educational opportunities and
practical support for mothers and families.
I recently read that more girls and women die during
childbirth in Sudan than from the tragedy of war! We all long to see the war end and the
killing stopped, but even if the war ended today women would continue dying in
childbirth!
Hospitals, doctors and midwives bring their technology and
skills providing HOPE and MERCY. We also
bring HOPE and MERCY when we educate and support women at the community level,
empowering them with knowledge that can save their lives and the lives of their
babies. This is the heartbeat of the Elizabeth Project.
The gospels paint a clear picture of Jesus
response to parents who wanted him to bless their children: “People were
bringing babies to Jesus to have him touch them…. Let the little children come
to me and do not hinder them for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these
(Luke 18:15). “And he took them in his arms and blessed them” (Mark 10:14). Jesus held babies in his arms and blessed
them. Why? He loved them. Helpless, needy, beautiful babies…precious to
God.
In September 2013, three teams of facilitators will be
offering training programs that will be taken into communities where mothers desperately
need this information.
Our first team will facilitate Giving Birth Lamaze Africa. This well developed childbirth education
program is being successfully implemented across Kenya and also in Nigeria. This program has been successfully
implemented in both urban and rural communities. Our volunteer facilitators will provide a
week of intense learning. We also
provide everything participants need in terms of curriculum resources and
teaching aids for educators to return to their community and offer the course.
The second team will be facilitating Breastfeeding Support Program
Peer Counselor Training. This innovative training is offered free of
charge to all women interested in serving their community as Breastfeeding Peer
Counselors and participants are trained to provide this support by cell/mobile phone. They also become part of a larger
breastfeeding support community. Breastfeeding Your Baby (BYB), a
foundational lactation course, will also be offered for childbirth educators
and doulas.
Our third team will provide Doula training for those
who have already completed Giving Birth Lamaze Africa. This training allows women to become
professionally certified as a doula (professional
birth assistant) with DONA. All three
events will be held concurrently September 23-27, 2013 and registration is now
open.
To register for Giving Birth Lamaze Africa click
here:
To register for Breastfeeding Support Program Peer Counselor
Training click here: http://breastfeedingsupportprogram.wufoo.com/forms/2013-breastfeeding-support-programpeer-counselor/
To register for Breastfeeding Your Baby Lactation Educator
Course click here:
We have teams of facilitators ready to go. We have the curriculum ready to go. Now we need a mighty team of people who will
go with us in prayer. Some of you may
also want to partner with us financially. We provide all teaching tools for our
participants.
You can donate a Workbook
for $25.00 per participant:
You can donate a model Pelvis
for $40.00 each:
You can donate a Knitted
Uterus model for $12.00 each:
You can donate a Baby
Model for $22.00 for two:
You can donate a Placenta
Model $15.00 each:
You can donate a Breast Model for $15.00 each:
You can sponsor a participant’s Lunch-Teas for $12.00 per day each participant:
Donations can be made to AIM International - ELIZABETH
PROJECT. You can donate online at:
https://giving.wesupport.org/gift2/designation.php? GUID=B259EAB9-5D37-46C5-A37B-C5089310A397&id=25525
Or by mail at:
AIM International
Jennifer Carroll/Elizabeth
Project
P.O. Box 3611
Peachtree City, GA
Jesus, knowing their thoughts,
took a little child and had him stand beside him. Then he said to them,” Whoever welcomes this little child in my name welcomes me; and
whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me. For he who is least among you all –he is the
greatest.” ~Luke 9:47-48