Mothers Helping Mothers -- good cause, lots of warm fuzzies

During this giving season, one mother is choosing to give back to other mothers in rural Ethiopia.  I got to meet this specific mother, Kristen Greene, this weekend and hear how she's putting a call out to other mothers to join forces and help some of the pregnant mother's in the southern region of rural Ethiopia who do not have access to modern health care.  During the process of adopting her two children from Ethiopia, Kristen and her husband Jeff learned about the lack of medical care in the rural region her children were born. In response, Kristen is asking other mothers to join her in providing the women of Tercha with a maternity ward. In the United States, a woman has a 1 in 4,800 chance of dying from complications due to pregnancy or childbirth in her lifetime. In Ethiopia, a mother risks a 1 in 27 chance.  This sub-campaign, Hope for the Women of Tercha, is part of a larger campaign to provide the people of Tercha with access to education, clean water and modern health care.  Click on the links to read more and be moved by the Greene's family story.