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This is my website dedicated to a new outreach to pregnant women in an urban slum in Baseco Manila. It is a new and budding minnistry...watch us grow!
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BirthingBetterBabies

English - Birthing, Missions, Manila
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BirthingBetterBabies · 5d ago

Eye Opening Philippino Statistics

PHILIPPINE’S QUICK STATSIndicator 1993 1998 2003 2008 Percentage of women with no education 2.1 1.5 1.4 1.2 Percentage of women with access to newspaper, television and radio 58.2 48.5 36.8 23.5 Total fertility rate (children per women) 3.7 3.5 3.3 Percentage of teenagers who have begun childbearing
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BirthingBetterBabies · 6d ago

The Hilot…….Olivia’s Story Continues

RIGHT FROM the beginning, we know how “Olivia’s Story” ends. A mother of nine from Barangay Tonsuya in Malabon, she died delivering her 10th child, under the care of a hilot or traditional birth attendant (TBA) in their community. Her mother revealed that Olivia sought a hilot’s services mainly to s
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BirthingBetterBabies · 1W ago

Olivia’s Tragedy……..one baby too many!

“In the Philippines 11 women die every day due to pregnancy and childbirth related complications” (Guttmacher Institute /UPPI Study 2009) Here is a short story that will actually “show” you what it is like for women and children to live in a world of poverty and deprivation, this Barungay is very si
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BirthingBetterBabies · 2W ago

New Friends in Baseco…..Likhaan

We have met new friends in Baseco…… I have been fairly committed and prayful about seeing some professional “legs” in Baseco, many many times help is needed when we (Mark, Christine especially) are not there. If BBB is to be truly effective there must be nationals that can impart to their own woman…
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BirthingBetterBabies · 3W ago

Elijah...Prophet of Fire

Reblogged from Markpedder's Weblog: Irenes new little boy. Born Friday night. 2.5 kgs. All fat and healthy. Mum and child doing well. Irene and Bonovic are some of the leaders in Jn14:12 many of you will have met them. Irene is such a gracious sweet lady....they have had another baby boy, a healthy
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BirthingBetterBabies · 3W ago

UNICEF…..Undeniable Facts on Undernutrition

Here are just some profound FACTS by Unicef about the correlation of malnutrition in the womb with infant and child health, mortality and intelligence…….and 90% of these instances occur in Africa or Asia. Note…..The baby pictured below Chris and I “discovered” on my recent trip to Baseco…..just when
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BirthingBetterBabies · 4W ago

Acts of Kindness Can Change Lives…..

When I first lived in Baseco in 2009 I met a lady called Lisa, she actually lived across from Praise House in the slum. She was heavily pregnant, she was never a regular in church and floated around the edges of the Christians…..but I suppose because she lived so close to the hub of Jn14:12 [...]
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BirthingBetterBabies · 4W ago

Marilyn’s Story…..she has 9 children……………

MEET MARILYN AGUILAR She is in her forties This is her story…………..as I recorded in her interview when i visited Baseco a month ago      BABY Baby Boy – Mark Christian 5months old in photo (Born Nov 2011) FAMILY HISTORY This is Marilyn’s 9th child! Her husband is a pedicab driver who earns only a [..
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BirthingBetterBabies · 1M ago

Prevention is Better……….

The women in this video are very similar to those  in Baseco even now! This scenario would not happen if women just like this had access to contraceptives I do not advocate abortion….. but I have great compassion and empathy with women who feel so so desperate and have been disempowered to such a st
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BirthingBetterBabies · 1M ago

Truth and Reality

Statistics do not lie. This is the reality our BBB sisters face everyday Source: World Health Organization, UNICEF, UNFPA and The World Bank, “Trends in maternal mortality: 1990 to 2008″, Annex 1 & Appendix 14, 2010. These are just some of the reasons we do what we do! Every day, 10 women in the Phi
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