Dear HOPE Friends,
Giving Tuesday 💝 is Today, November 28, 2023! On This International Day Dedicated to Charity, We Invite You to Learn More About HOPE USA 🇺🇸 and How We Are Taking Active Measures to Reduce Maternal 👩🏻🍼 and Infant 🧒🏻 Mortality in Pakistan 🇵🇰.
Pakistan 🇵🇰 is Projected to Be Fifth in World 🌎 Population by the Year 2050 🗓️. Unfortunately, 25% to 40% of Pakistan's Population is Living Below the Poverty Line 📉. Health indicators 🫀 Suggest that it is the Lack 🚫 of Accessible Healthcare 🏥 — not Terrorism, Drones or the Energy Crisis — That is the Greatest Adversity Facing Pakistan 🇵🇰.
When We Examine a Few Basic Statistics 📊, the Reality Becomes All Too Clear. Pakistan 🇵🇰 spends a Shockingly Low Percentage of its GDP - 2.6% on Healthcare 🩺. Preventable Diseases such as Malaria, Bronchial Infections, and Gastrointestinal Issues abound. 40% of Pakistan's children 🧒🏻 are malnourished, and of those, 11% are severely malnourished.
Two Subcomponents Within the Raging Healthcare ❤️🩹 Crisis are the Maternal 👩🏻🍼and Infant 🐣 Mortality Rates:
🔶 According to Unicef, Pakistan 🇵🇰 has the Highest Infant 🧒🏻 Mortality Rate in the World 🌎 - Infants 🧒🏻 Here Face a 1 in 22 chance of Dying Within One Month of Birth, 50 Times That of Their Counterparts in Japan 🇯🇵 and Iceland 🇮🇸.
🔶 Similarly, Pakistan's 🇵🇰 Maternal 👩🏻🍼 Mortality Rate Accounts for 28% of the Global 🌎 Total. Every 37 Minutes, One Woman in Pakistan 🇵🇰 Dies Due to Pregnancy-Related Complications - This Amounts to 14,000 Women Yearly 🗓️.
In any Society, Poor People turn to Their Governments for Support. However, due to Pakistan 🇵🇰 Being a Developing Country, Both the Quality and Quantity of Government-Sponsored Health 🏥 Services for the Poor are Lacking 🚫. This is where Non-Governmental Organizations 💝 such as HOPE Enter the Picture.
In Just This Past Year Alone, HOPE Has Launched 3 New Maternal 👩🏻🍼 and Child 🧒🏻 Health Centers 🏥 in Rural Villages 🛖 in Pakistan 🇵🇰. Each of These Facilities Which Are Sponsored By Yusuf Foundation Will Provide Prenatal and Infant Care to 20,000 Women and Children Per Year. We used a bit of Foresight and Strategy to Equip to These Centers with Birthing Provisions - Otherwise in Rural Villages 🛖, Women 👩🏻🍼 Would Often Give Birth at Home, and When Complications Occurred, Medical Facilities Were Often Too Far Away 🚑 to Traverse.
In September 2023, We All Celebrated the Birth of a Baby Girl in Our Kashmir Maternal and Child Health Center - the First of Hopefully Many to Come.
In Pakistan, 80% of Infant Deaths and 33% of Maternal Deaths are Preventable - We are Using These Statistics 📊 to Actively Intervene and Save as Many Lives as Possible. Every year, 15,000 babies 🐥 are Born in our Hospitals 🏥, and of Those, 3,000 are Given Life-Saving 🆘 Neonatal Treatments ❤️🩹.
It's Been a Monumental Year for Us and We Are So Thankful to Our Supporters and to God. Altogether This Year, In Addition to Our Normal Poverty Alleviation Activities, We Played a Central Role in Relief Work for the Pakistan 🇵🇰 Flood Crisis 🌊 of 2022 which affected 33 million people and left 2.1 people homeless. We Provided 115,000 Poor People with Cooked Food 🥘, Food Rations 🍱 , Medical Aid 🚑, Mosquito Nets 🦟, Clothing 👕, Bedding 🛏️, and Even Housing during this Catastrophic Crisis that Left 1/3 of the Country under Water for Months.
HOPE Uses a Calculated Interventional Approach Towards Poverty Alleviation in Pakistan 🇵🇰. We Believe that Given the Proper Foundation in Basic Human Rights such as Health 🩺 and Education 🎓, People Can Rise to Their Inherent Potential.
Experience and Trust Play a Key Role in Eliciting Change in Underserved Communities and We're Humbled to Say That Throughout our 25 Years, We've Worked Very Hard to Become a Recognized Name in Poverty Alleviation in Pakistan 🇵🇰. In fact, _In 2021, We Were Awarded a Medal 🥇by Pakistan 🇵🇰 President Arif Alvi for Our Poverty Alleviation ❤️🩹Model in Pakistan - We Were 1 of only 2 Organizations to Receive this Distinction 💕.
We Hope That You Will Join Us in Making a Difference This Giving Tuesday. Donate to our Save Maternal 👩🏻🍼and Infant 🐣 Lives Campaign on November 28th to Save Lives ❤️🩹 and Get Your Donation Matched 🌟!
✨ Thank You to All Our Loyal Supporters, Both Public and Anonymous, Who Have Been With Us Each Step of the Way on This Incredible Journey. We Could Not Have Done It Without Your Help!
Warm Regards,
The HOPE USA 🇺🇸, HOPE UK 🇬🇧, and HOPE Pakistan 🇵🇰 Teams
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