The Mother and Child Project

Raising Our Voices for Health and Hope

By: Melinda Gates

Narrated by: Rachel Held Evans, Natalie Grant, James Nardella, Kristin James, Devon O’Day, Stu Gray

Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins

Publisher's summary

In The Mother and Child Project, Melinda Gates, Kay Warren, Tony Campolo, Christine Caine, and Senator William H. Frist, along with other inspirational leaders, cultural icons, political experts, academics, and service providers, provide a personal yet fact-based narrative exploring the plight of women and children living in extreme poverty in an effort to educate and inspire the church to speak up in support of maternal and child health issues in the developing world.

Dozens of influential leaders have heard the pleas of mothers and children in developing countries. Raising their voices to inspire a movement to increase healthy pregnancies and lower death rates, Melinda Gates, Kay Warren, Bill Frist, Kimberly Williams Paisley, Michael W. Smith, and more speak out about why people of faith must get involved in The Mother and Child Project: Raising Our Voices for Health and Hope. Almost 287,000 women die each year because of pregnancy and birth complications. Many orphans are left behind in the wake of this tragedy, and without mothers many of those children die as well. If only enough people knew. We have the resources to prevent this crisis, but we must take action.

Fortunately, Hope Through Healing Hands, a nonprofit organization promoting awareness for healthy mothers and children worldwide, is already spreading the word. Not only can we save lives, reduce abortions, and decrease death rates but also we can help build healthier, thriving families and bring stability and sustainability to families, communities, and nations. The question is: Will you join them?

©2015 Zondervan (P)2015 Zondervan

The Mother and Child Project

This is an excellent book to read, especially, for those desiring to or working in undeveloped and developing countries. Women in these countries need to be treated with a lot more respect. Women in these countries need to take care of themselves more.