In May 2010, the “SAVE” team held meetings with community leaders and groups; the aim is to educate the community about maternal health and also, to tell them about the empowerment programs of Sweet Mother International.
According to Traore Thiam Djénébou, the SMI Country Coordinator, "the communities were very
happy and greatly supported the “SAVE” message.
They all want this event to become an institution and for it to be
repeated each year so that we do not forget our sisters who died as a result of
giving birth. They indeed, expressed so much passion in the cause and prayed
that, henceforth, there shall be no more treatable pregnancy complication
deaths in my country."
At these meetings,donations were made (clothes,
kitchen utensils, costume jewellery, female products). These products were distributed to sisters, mothers, aunts who agreed to raise
the orphaned children whose mothers died prematurely from childbirth or
other conditions.
Everyone, pledged to continue
to support and work towards the eradication of avoidable pregnancy related
deaths in Côte d'Ivoire.
Below are accounts of our meetings and ongoing rally arrangements:
• The Great Mosque
of Port Bouet, Town of Port Bouet, one
of the largest municipalities in the south of Abidjan. We have already briefed the Imam of the mosque and the mayor of Port Bouet is also informed about the “SAVE”
campaign programs. Our awareness procession will depart the
Port Bouet “Foyer Polyvalant” room and head towards the main mosque in front of
the public elementary school, square SICOGI.
• The Church of
Blockauss, Commune of Cocody in Abidjan North. As modern social environment,
the choice of Blockauss meets a rather unusual test of its location, it is a
"village EBRIE" which opens on the shelf lagoon, has a Blockauss
beach area making it a peninsula. We have already briefed the traditional
chiefs Blockauss of Blockauss and the mayor of Cocody about the “SAVE” campaign. We will hold a rally in this area, starting from the Residence Cocody Chief and head towards the
church, near the quarter of embassy.
• The Tengrela
Mosque in northern Côte d'Ivoire, this is our village. The residents were
informed during a mission that we've fielded in Tengrela (800 km from Abidjan in
the far north, this area is a disaster zone because of the war in our country).
The mission was able to reunite mothers; we also inform them about Sweet Mother
International and the message of hope offered through the “SAVE” campaign programs.