ABOUT Little Hearts Fund – Little Hearts Fund

More than 6 million precious lives are lost every year
that could have been easily prevented
with basic nutrition and healthcare.

If these poor mothers can quickly receive food
and medical these deaths will STOP.

In Southeast Asia

Malnutrition Is Causing

Miscarriages

A pregnant woman suffering from acute malnutrition cannot sustain her own life let alone her unborn child too. Women under 20-weeks are suffering a high rate of miscarriages as their bodies lack the vital nutrients required to promote the development of an unborn child.

Deformities

An increasingly large number of malnourished women in Southeast Asia are giving birth to babies with disfiguring deformities. One of the main causes is that the pregnant mother’s diet lacks in basic nutrients for extended periods of time, typically weeks at a time.

Preterm births

Premature, underweight and in critical condition. Very sadly, in Southeast Asia medical intervention is a luxury that cannot be afforded by most mothers-to-be. In such poor conditions, the majority of preterm babies die within hours from the time of delivery.

Stillbirths

Words cannot describe the pain that a mother experiences when her new baby is delivered as dead-on-arrival. With millions of stillbirths occurring in poverty every year, the greatest threat to a pregnant woman in Southeast Asia is her high probability of giving birth to a stillbirth-baby.

Neonatal deaths

There is nothing a new mother could experience more devastating than her newborn baby dying shortly after being born. It’s hard to believe that despite other charities receiving trillions in donations, newborn death-rates have only declined 0.2% over the last 20 years.

Maternal deaths

When a pregnant woman’s body suffers extreme weakness she cannot produce enough energy to endure contractions, childbirth or post-natal distress. Due to the high rate of malnutrition in Southeast Asia, many new mothers are dying either during or immediately after delivery.

Without Healthcare

Without a midwife or Doctor present during a complicated delivery, the mother and her unborn child will often die.

Babies born in poverty are extremely vulnerable during the first 28 days of life, accounting for more than 45% of deaths of children under-5 in developing countries.

Despite charities taking TRILLIONS of dollars in donations
No significant improvements are being made.
Pregnant women and babies
continue to die by the millions.
More than 30 Million lost over the last 5 years..

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“ It’s a beautiful feeling to do something so little that makes a positive impact so great!”

How We Make a Difference

We make it possible for you to prevent the deaths of pregnant women and newborn babies by delivering your donated Gift of Life.

Little Hearts Fund works together with the Top 3 ENAP Initiatives:

ENAP (Every Newborn Action Plan) sets out a clear vision of how to reduce stillbirths, neonatal rates and maternal deaths.

ENAP builds on the United Nations EWEC (Every Woman Every Child) movement by taking specific actions to improve health care for pregnant women and newborn babies.

1. Improve care during labor, birth and the first week of life.Most deaths of mother and child occur within this period. These deaths can easily be prevented.

2. Improve the quality of maternal and newborn care.By providing high-quality care to mothers and babies during this critical time, lives can be saved.

3. Reach every woman and newborn to reduce inequities. Having access to high-quality health care without suffering financial hardship is a human right.

MEET OUR TEAM

“I love Little Hearts Fund because it has a clear and simple Mission to convert donations into meals and healthcare for women and children who would almost certainly die without it.”

– Joanne

Joanne D.

“Before launching LHF I was donating money every month to one of the big popular charities, but I felt helpless that I did not know where my money was going or if the charity was spending my donations with integrity. Now Little Hearts Fund is receiving my donations I know for a fact that my money is feeding women most in need and saving their babies lives.