You give hope to Another, When you Help a Mother

Dear Reader, Around the world, refugees are forced to flee their war-torn countries and find a new home in America. Many of these refugees are expectant mothers, alone in a foreign country, without proper medical care. The International Rescue Committee (IRC) provides pre and post-natal care, ensuring that these children are born healthy. This Mother's Day, support IRC and give a gift basket to an expectant mother.  Blankets, car seats and other essentials for raising a child, are among the elements of the baskets. Celebrate motherhood and consider making a gift today. Don Hazen Executive Editor, AlterNet.org

Dear Friend of the IRC, My name is Trisha Gourley. Every day I work with new refugee mothers in Salt Lake City as they complete an arduous journey - the journey from harm to home. When war and violence erupt and refugee families are forced to flee for their lives to the safety of a new home in America, motherhood does not simply pause and wait. That's where I come in. In my work at the International Rescue Committee, I help expectant refugee mothers receive quality pre and post-natal care. I work to ensure their children are healthy and have proper medical checks. I give them information on how to provide adequate nutrition for their families and protect and provide for their children. I am fortunate in being able to help refugees experience the joys and learning of motherhood in the safety of a new home. And this Mother's Day, I hope you will consider giving new refugee mothers - like the ones with whom I work - an IRC gift basket. For every basket you give, you can send a gorgeous card or e-card to honor a special mother or woman in your life. Not only will your support assist the mothers I work with every day, but it will also help the IRC ensure the safe delivery of babies to mothers all over the world. Fifteen percent of all pregnancies require surgical or medical intervention - a luxury we take for granted, but women in conflict and disaster zones do not. Most women in areas of unrest deliver their babies without electricity and clean water with no doctor present. You can help the IRC protect and champion new mothers by giving a gift basket filled with quality prenatal care, blankets, emergency services, and other critical supplies like diapers, bottles, and baby clothing. The mothers I am honored to help know that life in a new home in America with a new child will be full of challenges. But they always share a common sentiment - how relieved they are to raise their child in safety - without fear. Your support will give a new mother the health, strength, and confidence to raise a family. A gift basket of $25 can provide ten mothers with blankets to keep their babies warm in IRC's international programs. A gift basket of $50 can provide a car seat for a refugee family here in the U.S. A gift basket of $100 can cover the cost of a safe delivery of a child born abroad. A gift basket of $1,000 can provide English classes, job training, and placement for three newly resettled refugee mothers in America. In this season of celebrating motherhood, make a meaningful gift by providing help and hope to a refugee mother. Send an IRC gift basket today. Thank you for your time and your generosity. Sincerely, Trisha Gourley Maternal and Child Health/Wellness Caseworker, IRC Salt Lake City Please click here if you would like to learn more about the International Rescue Committee. Click here if you live in the UK or Europe and wish to make a gift. Click here for Federal and State Compliance notices.      Thet Thet Mon - from Burma - and her daughter July Win. Photography by Stanna Frampton This Mother's Day, I hope you will help refugee mothers by giving an IRC gift basket. When you help a mother, you give hope to another.

 

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