We have all heard the numbers; every year, thousands of women die from pregnancy complications and thousands of children under the age of five dies from preventable diseases.
The World Bank states that out of every , live births in the developing world, mothers will die, and they will never get to hold their babies. These women are our fellow Kenyan sisters. And, out of 1, children under the age of five, 73 children will never make it. To give you an even grimmer picture, in alone, , children under the age of five died.
These are not just statistics, it is our fellow Kenyan sisters and children who die largely as a result of pregnancy and HIV related complications that are preventable. This campaign seeks to prevent and reduce mother to child HIV transmission and HIV related deaths, to ensure that maternal and child health care is a priority, that mothers get pre-natal and post-natal care and that we are all invested in saving lives.
To this end, I have decided to challenge myself to do something that I have never done. I will run to make a difference. I will run for the possibility of a healthy generation that is HIV-free, for the elimination of HIV transmission from mother to child. I will run to raise funds to increase access to better health care through mobile clinics that will bring services closer to Kenyans.
I will run to keep mothers and newborns alive. As I run, I will be thinking of how every mother needs to see her children grow up and how devastating and heartbreaking it is for a mother to lose her child. I will be thinking of the children left without a mother because they could not access proper health care. I will run because I am a mother, and I believe motherhood is a blessing not just to a woman, but to a nation. I will run because every mother should be able to hold her baby and take her baby home, and that baby should live to be strong and have many more birthdays.
I will run until we go Beyond Zero. No more preventable deaths of mothers and children. I cannot do this alone. Intro First Lady of Kenya A. Andrews School, Turi. The details from wikipedia. Social activism Kenyatta has voiced her opinion on a number of social issues in Kenya ranging from mother and child wellness, including a mother baby hospital unit named after her.
View Margaret Gakuo Kenyatta 's image gallery. Reference sources. No matter all the challenges his leadership is facing in the country, he has always proved to be a loving gentleman to his adorable wife, our first lady Margaret Kenyatta.
She was one of two children born to Kenyatta and Wahu, after elder brother Peter Muigai. Her parents separated when Kenyatta went to live in London in , remaining there until Kenyatta remarried twice, giving Margaret several younger half brothers and sisters, including the current President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta. Andrews School, Turi. She is also an undergraduate student at Kenyatta University, Degree in Education. President Uhuru Kenyatta on Sunday morning engaged Kenyans in a live chat on his official Facebook page answering questions on his administration.
Through the minute live chat, he addressed a number of issues among them how he met the First Lady Margaret Kenyatta. One user asked him how he and the First Lady came to meet and eventually get married and raise a family together.
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