On Tuesday evening, a small group from RCM (PP Quiz Scalzo and Lina, PP Robert Fisher and Myra) assisted President Braydan and some 15 Rotaractors and friends in forming a small production line to assemble the kits that had been supplied by Birthing Kit Foundation Australia. The job was completed with great humour in less than three hours."

So what is a Birthing Kit you might ask?

Each kit contains 6 disposable components:

• Soap to wash the birth attendant’s hands and the mother’s perineum
• Plastic Sheet to prevent the mother and newborn coming into contact with the ground or an unhygienic surface
• Gloves to cover the birth attendant’s hands and provide protection from infections such as HIV for carers and care recipients
• Gauze to wipe clear the newborn baby’s eyes, and to clean the mother’s perineum prior to giving birth
• Cord ties to cleanly tie the umbilical cord
• Sterile blade to cut the umbilical cord and reduce risk of newborn tetanus and sepsis

Hopefully these Birthing Kits will create a little "lightness" for the birthing mother too!

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