Teaming Up

Teaming Up is an iniative to build sustainable alliances between collegiate athletic teams and groups of women in the developing world to increase awareness and support for safe motherhood.

Every minute of every day, one woman dies during childbirth. Over 500,000 women die each year and 99% of these deaths occur in the developing world. These deaths are easily preventable with education and improved access to and utilization of care.

Teaming Up is working with member organizations of the White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood to expand an arts-based Safe motherhood project.

UbuMama is an arts based project that unites women in communities with the highest rates of maternal mortality to discuss the challenges and solutions to making motherhood safer in their communities. The UbuMama project includes educational workshops and meetings with trained midwives/ health advisors. Through this project, the women in each community also create a garment that illustrates the image of birthing in their community and a hope for a better future. The garment, each woman’s personal story and a message to the world are then contributed to the UbuMama traveling exhibit, which is used to raise awareness and support by broadcasting the authentic voice of UbuMama participants.

This year, the women’s ice hockey teams at Yale University, Princeton University and Quinnipiac University have launched awareness and fundraising campaigns on their respective campuses to support WRA member organizations in Bangladesh and Yemen.

Quinnipiac has nearly met the $5000 fundraising goal to ensure the participation of women in Bangladesh. With your support, they can meet this goal!

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