This young mother’s chance meeting with a champion midwife made all the difference. By Tajrian Chowdhury Sunita Rikiyasun, a mother of two, has lived her entire life in Bangladesh’s tea gardens. Married at 14, Sunita gave birth to her first baby at home two years later, assisted by a traditional birth attendant who had no formal
Pawana Meet Pawana, 38, a kader, or community health worker, in Sadeng village, in Indonesia’s Bogor district, which is south of Jakarta on the island of Java. She became a kader at 13 and, ever since, has dedicated her life to the health and wellbeing of the women, children and families of her village.
Thanks for visiting us. Get to know Jhpiego, and join our efforts across more than 30 countries to save lives, improve health and transform futures. Good health saves lives. The challenges we face are daunting, but you believe in never saying “impossible.” We do too. Take two minutes to see our life changing work in
