November Program Meeting - Birthing Kits and More

At the November program meeting Zonta Club of Midland members congratulated Cindy Vickery and Karla Oldenburg for being elected to the Zonta International District 15 board for 2026-2028. Cindy will serve as Governor of the district and Karla will serve her second term as treasurer.
We also packed 150 Clean Birth Kits in partnership with the Birthing Kit Foundation of Australia (BKFA). Birthing Kits are an internationally accepted intervention to support a clean birth. Each item in the BKFA Birthing Kit works to reduce infections at key high-risk moments of care during labor, birth and immediately post-birth for the mother, newborn and birth attendant. Each kit includes plastic sheeting, gloves, cord ties, gauze, soap and a sterile blade.
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BKFA has supplied, 2.8 million Clean Birth Kits to women in need. Kits are given to mothers through community outreach programs, supplied to health facilities for use by doctors, midwives and nurses or distributed to traditional birthing attendants. They are designed to support hygienic practices and environments during childbirth in under-resourced settings. Kits are distributed throughout Asia, Africa, The Pacific and The Caribbean.