I recently posted this. Maybe a good alternative.
Dear Mums and Dad,
My lovely Midwife Odette, who helped me to have two wonderful births is doing something really good for people in need. I very much trust her and gave away all the baby cloths and equipment, I no longer need to help others.
Odette is a private midwife who runs Regents Midwifery and usually charges for her service. Currently however they are getting more and more enquiries from women living on benefits or a very low income who are struggling to make ends meet. That's why they offer a free service to a limited number of woman every month and have begun collecting baby cloths and equipment for them.
Anything unused will be forwarded to charitable birth centre in South Africa called 'Busfare Babies'. (
http://busfarebabies.blogspot.co.uk/) where woman living in difficult conditions (40% are HIV positive) pay the price of a bus fare for midwifery birthing centre. They can send baby and children's cloths, baby equipment and maternity cloths. They desperately need someone to sponsor their crates (postage) to be sent (approx £200) per year or to negotiate a good deal to send these items to South Africa.
Odette: 'My friend Karen Clarke in South Africa is trying to run her birth centre single handed and always puts women first and works tirelessly to make ends meet so we want to help. The woman using her birth centre have very basic facilities and when they arrive in labour they don't even have knickers or sanitary pads. There is a high rate of neonatal death and life is difficult for them.'
Odette's contact details are
Telephone: 07891 276 499
midwifeodette@aol.com
Regent’s Midwifery Practice
2 Varndell Street
Regent’s Park
London NW1 3RG