Nurse Helen

I received this touching email recently from Charles and Sara Lloyd.  I know you will enjoy it!

Helen Rogers Lloyd, my mother, graduated in 1926 as a Registered Nurse in Public Health. Her 49-year career serving others in the Birmingham, Alabama area was a continuing journey ministering to others to help them be healthy and free from disease and sickness. When she died in 1992 we wanted to honor her memory through a cause that paralleled her passion for public health issues.

 

In our conversations with Sherri and Jac soon after her death, they described a project for Zaire (Now, The Democratic Republic of Congo). Sherri envisioned training 20 Birth Attendants spread out in many villages who would help mothers and newborns come into the world with less complications and in more healthy surroundings. 

Today most of the original 20 are still active in the field delivering babies in their villages. This year, 2013, 6 of these Birth Attendants delivered 1,400 babies with no maternal or infant mortalities through early December. What an amazing accomplishment these ladies have performed

Nurse Helen would be so proud of these ladies continued good works and all the effort that Sherri and Jac are doing to help others. We are grateful for HealthEd Connect’s work that wisely invests in projects that provide long-term support to others through support and education.

 Sincerely,

Charles and Sara Lloyd