June, 2012

Erin Thornton
June 14, 2012
Every Mother Counts Executive Director Travels to Uganda and Zambia with Saving Mothers, Giving Life Partners
Supporters of Every Mother Counts know that we have one main goal—to engage and enlist more individuals in a movement to improve maternal health and reduce maternal mortality globally. Therefore, we were excited to learn that the U.S. State Department's Global Health Initiative (GHI) wanted to partner with us.
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Every Mother Counts Staff
June 14, 2012
Saving Mothers, Giving Life Fact Sheet
Saving Mothers, Giving Life was launched with the goal of supporting countries where women are dying at alarming rates during pregnancy and childbirth to aggressively reduce maternal mortality. The effort intends to help mothers during labor, delivery, and the first 24 hours postpartum – the period when two out of every three maternal deaths and 45% of newborn deaths occur. Work is beginning in countries where maternal mortality rates are disproportionately high, starting in Uganda and Zambia.
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Christy Turlington Burns
June 13, 2012
Every Partner Counts: Susan Hanover
The issue of maternal health touched Susan Hanover deeply, particularly the lack of access so many girls and women face trying to access care. She wanted to find a way to contribute both her art and profits of sales to our effort. Susan recently designed four special edition bracelets to benefit Every Mother Counts.
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Laura Bibelheimer
June 13, 2012
Innovative Generosity
We are so grateful to those of you who participated in May’s “Every Action Counts” efforts. So often, we receive emails inquiring how one can help Every Mother Counts. We point out our “Take Action” page but are always open to new, creative ways for involvement. A few people came up with unique ways to participate and added their personal touch to make a difference. We’d like to highlight their originality and hope it might inspire others.
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Christy Turlington Burns
June 13, 2012
Every Partner Counts: DOOCE
I read an article about “Mommy Bloggers” in the New York Times in early 2011 which centered around one in particular: Heather Armstrong. I read that she lived in Salt Lake City and I happened to be heading there to screen “No Woman, No Cry” in the coming weeks so I reached out to her via Twitter and invited her to the screening and she responded that she’d love to. This was the start of a beautiful friendship…
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Christy Turlington Burns
June 12, 2012
Every Partner Counts: Theodora & Callum
One of the founders of Theodora & Callum has been a friend for years. Desiree Gruber offered to donate the sales of one of their designs to support maternal health through Every Mother Counts. This beautiful Bodrum scarf channels the opulence of Turkish tapestries with its intricate oval detail and Eastern-embellished rectangular border. With shades of bright orange and fuchsia, the scarf captures the spirit of Eastern elegance.
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Alice Proujansky
June 11, 2012
The CASA Midwifery School
After preparing their public health presentations – including hand-sewn model pelvises, breasts and amniotic sacs – the students from CASA midwifery school boarded a run-down bus, ate American cheese and hot pepper sandwiches, and rode 32 hours from their school in San Miguel de Allende to the small city of José Maria Morelos in the Southern state of Quintana Roo.
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Christy Turlington Burns
June 11, 2012
Every Partner Counts: UNFPA
UNFPA is another incredible partner who advised us throughout the filming of “No Woman, No Cry.” No matter which country we were researching, they had a presence there and were eager to help with research, data, locating facilities and health workers as well as strong ties to grassroots advocacy organizations.
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Christy Turlington Burns
June 7, 2012
Every Partner Counts: Carey Socol and Crowdrise
Over the last couple of years I have met some pretty incredible people. Carey Socol is one of them. We met at outside of our kid’s school last fall a few weeks before I was to run my first marathon to raise funds and awareness about one of the biggest barriers to access reproductive health services - distance. Carey was running too, the 2011 NYC ING Marathon was to be her 20th marathon. It was too late at that point for her to join our team but she said she’d be happy to wear an Every Mother Counts jersey.
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Christy Turlington Burns
June 9, 2012
Every Partner Counts: (RED) and ONE
Our friends at (RED) and the ONE Campaign hold a special place in our hearts. Not only are they the organizations that have long inspired us to use our voices in the fight against global poverty, long before we focused on maternal health and founded Every Mother Counts, it was through efforts on behalf of these organizations that Erin and I first met. It became quite evident that the fight against poverty was another fight—to treat and prevent HIV. This is one fight that continues to take a toll on women and children especially throughout sub-Saharan Africa.
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