Marathon for Project Mama

In a few months I will be heading to Cyprus to run my first ever Marathon. I am hoping to raise much needed funds to support an organisation very close to my heart. Project Mamas was set up to provide much needed birth support for displaced women in Bristol. 

 

Project Mama currently supports pregnant refugees, asylum-seekers, survivors of modern slavery and human trafficking and other displaced women. They focus on this demographic because of the extreme difficulty women can have accessing the NHS, the language barriers they face and the extreme social isolation they may experience. 

 

Project MAMA is a hive of midwives, activists, doulas and birth companions who form a peer network of skills, support and solidarity for women and their children. Their ethos is to encourage independence and bolster natural resilience women have by providing a safe and nurturing space to unpack ideas and wishes around birth & support in early motherhood. They are a sisterhood network, promoting a women’s right to choose and we facilitate community. They promote an understanding of a woman’s rights and entitlements surrounding maternity healthcare in these challenging times.

 

100% of the funds will go to Project Mama and will help in supplying essential items for mothers going into hospital, language translation to remove barriers that isolate women experiencing vulnerability, one to one antenatal sessions, and much needed trained birthing companions. 

 

 

Every donation and share will go such a long way, and please remember this is my first marathon so it's going to be a hard one.  Check out the website for more info. https://projectmama.org/.