The Birthing Kit Foundation (Australia) is a humanitarian organisation that provides birthing kits and education in clean birthing practices to women birthing at home in remote regions of the developing world.
Annually, the club commits to undertaking the assembly of birthing kits.
The procedure is quite straight forward with each of the components (soap, gloves, gauze, scalpel & string) being added along the assembly line. The package is then rolled up and inserted in the plastic bag with the birthing sheet. The air is squeezed from the bag and then sealed. The completed birthing kits are then packed into boxes. The boxes are sealed ready for collection.
APRIL 12th 2026 the Rotary Club of St Peters is inviting partners, friends and community to participate in either of 2 sessions held on the day with the aim to pack 2,000 kits cost ($10,000). Participation is Free. Water, Tea & Coffee provided.
Register Here: https://www.trybooking.com/DIMOL
Session times: 9:30 - 11:30am. 1:30 - 3:30PM
Venue: St Peters Youth Centre, Linde Reserve. Stepney
Register Here: https://www.trybooking.com/DIMOL
Session times: 9:30 - 11:30am. 1:30 - 3:30PM
Venue: St Peters Youth Centre, Linde Reserve. Stepney
Birthing Kits are an internationally accepted intervention to support a clean birth. Each item in the BKFA Birthing Kit works to reduce infections at key high-risk moments of care during labour, birth and immediately post-birth for the mother, newborn and birth attendant.
The Clean Birth Kits are simple and effective tools for basic infection prevention and first-line childbirth care. Each component has been selected to support the 6 principles of cleanliness at birth for mothers, newborns, and birth attendants in high-risk and emergency settings.
All the birth kits are environmentally friendly. The plastic bag and sheets are treated with an organic compound and are biodegradable in microbe rich environments, such as landfill.
