Event Benefits Ugandan Mothers, Children
鶹avӳý hosts a 5K run/walk to benefit , an organization working to improve the lives of women in Uganda, on Saturday, May 16, at 9 a.m. Registration, which costs $15 for students; $25 for adults (free kids fun run), begins at the 鶹avӳý track at 8:30 a.m. Registration is also available online at . The event is co-sponsored by the 鶹avӳý Activities Council, 鶹avӳý Track and Field, and the 鶹avӳý Office of Global Education.
Sub-Saharan Africa and Southern Asia accounted for 85 percent of the 287,000 maternal deaths in 2010. In Uganda alone, there were 4,700 maternal deaths that year. “Save the Mothers equips professionals from a wide array of disciplines in developing countries to improve the health of mothers and babies,” says Cynthia Toms, 鶹avӳý director of global education. “Through their specific vocations, graduates of their Master in Public Health Leadership program become influencers for positive societal change, working to overcome preventable maternal death.”
鶹avӳý students have been involved with Save the Mothers, including senior kinesiology major Alex Fisher, who interned with the organization last semester on the campus of Uganda Christian University.
For more information, please contact Cynthia Toms at ctoms@westmont.edu.