From her web site:
Dear Friend, My name is Sherill Sedillo and I’m a Licensed Midwife based here in Orange County, California. Over the past 6 years I’ve traveled numerous times to Uganda volunteering in maternity hospitals. I’ve seen first-hand the dire circumstances under which women in Africa struggle to give birth. As a result, I’ve made it my life’s mission to see that they get the same chance most women around the world do to deliver a healthy baby in a safe, clean clinic.
It broke my heart the first time I watched a woman leave a hospital with her lifeless baby in an old cardboard box for her to take home and give a proper burial. I was only a student midwife when I first encountered this tragedy, but knew enough that it was simply unnecessary.
Imagine the weight of the burden that developed in my spirit. I knew that I must do something to help. The only answer was to find a way to build a Maternal Hospital and Healthcare Clinic to serve in one of the poorest, most remote regions in Uganda. I know, it sounds daunting, but keep reading…
more about this project at www.hearts4africa.net
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