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The Mama Baby Fund is an emergency fund based in Karachi, Pakistan that provides women and newborns with emergency medical treatments and supplies.

Founded in 2015-the Mama Baby Fund serves as a rapid response fund for emergency needs that women and their families don't account for in maternal and gynecological care such as preterm birth, incubator fees, extra medicine costs, and multiple bags of blood. It also responds to in-kind needs with newborn clothes, diapers, baby oil, supplements for the mother etc. Mama Baby Fund in the news here:

http://tribune.com.pk/story/1044085/extraordinary-pakistanis-the-mama-and-baby-fund/

http://www.buzzfeed.com/sarahmunir/why-young-pakistanis-are-turning-to-the-internet

To learn more send us a Facebook message or email at mamababyfund@gmail.com

Donation details are as follows:
Title of account: Mama Baby Foundation
Ac # 1003-0981-083006-01-5
Bank Al Habib, Shahrah e Faisal branch
IBAN: PK89 BAHL 1003 0981 0830 0601

05/12/2025

Meet Maryam, who was born through our program and recently celebrated her first birthday. After a minor fall a few weeks ago, her parents brought her in for a brain imagine scan. The scan revealed an incidental finding of hydrocephalus, a congenital condition where excess fluid builds around the brain and puts pressure on the skull.

When she visited our clinic two weeks ago, we discovered she had tragically lost her vision due to the pressure on her optic nerves. Maryam is now under the care of pediatric neurologists and neurosurgeons at Ziauddin Hospital Kemari, where her medical team is assessing the next steps for a shunt procedure to help relieve the pressure on her brain.

This is a video of Maryam at her check up at our clinic. Despite the challenge of losing her eyesight, here she is being her usual cheerful self. We at MBF are committed to standing by and supporting Maryam and her family in their journey forward. We will be sharing updates of her case here as we get them.

If you would like to support Maryam’s medical care, please send us a screenshot of your donation with her name.

Your contributions, no matter how small, allow us to help those who need it most. If our work has ever resonated with you, regardless of where you are in the world, please donate now.

Donate now:
Account title: Mama Baby Foundation
Account Number: 1003-0981-083006-01-5
IBAN: PK89 BAHL 1003 0981 0830 0601
Bank: Bank Al Habib

In case you’re abroad, please donate from the link in bio!

[fundraising, maternal health, underserved communities, maternal care, lack of access, rural healthcare, reproductive justice, safe childbirth, hydrocephalus, medical care ]

02/12/2025

Today we’re sharing a different aspect of Baba Island: the animals that call it home. The animals of Baba Island include numerous cats, dogs, and goats! They wander through narrow lanes and along the shoreline, making homes in the same spaces the community does. Most of the animals born here are related to one another, and you can always spot a lone kitten or puppy as you walk down the thin streets. Most survive on scraps and make their home in the trash piles littered in corners. Often times, MBF founder Neha will bring over cat food and dog treats and feed them on the way to the clinic, and that’s where you see most of them congregated together.

Seeing the cats and dogs (and goats) of Baba Island is an important reminder that we share our planet with many other living creatures. The animals of Baba Island live alongside the community and share many of their experiences, especially in the space they live in. They feed on whatever is available and continue to survive. When we have the children join us in our animal feedings, we talk to them about compassion and understanding for all living things, and the concept of the one health since human health is so closely interconnected with animal and planetary health. Caring for the world around us ultimately means caring for ourselves, and is a simple but powerful part of our climate-conscious care at MBF.   Your contributions allow us to continue helping those who need it most. If our work has ever resonated with you, wherever you are in the world, we ask that you donate now!

Donate now:
Account title: Mama Baby Foundation
Account Number: 1003-0981-083006-01-5
IBAN: PK89 BAHL 1003 0981 0830 0601
Bank: Bank Al Habib

In case you’re abroad, please donate from the link in bio!

[fundraising, maternal health, underserved communities, maternal care, lack of access, rural healthcare, reproductive justice, safe childbirth, ]

30/11/2025

Join us in unboxing our winter care package for baby Azlaan!
 Every winter, we provide care packages to best equip mothers and their new born babies to stay healthy and cared for! Each care package has the following items:

1. 2 sets of warm clothes
2. 1 handmade fleece outfit
3. Warm hat for the baby
4. Warm vest to wear inside
5. A wrapping sheet (flannel) made for karachi winters to prevent overheating
6. A shawl for the mother
7. A packet of nappies for when they leave the hospital
8. A handmade quilt given to us by friends at .pk

If anyone wants to sponsor a winter package for babies at Baba island, or for our partners in Khairpur or Balochistan, each package costs PKR 2700. You can donate to us directly, or you can send in new items to include within the package!

Your contributions allow us to continue helping those who need it most. If our work has ever resonated with you, wherever you are in the world, we ask that you donate now!

Donate now:
Account title: Mama Baby Foundation
Account Number: 1003-0981-083006-01-5
IBAN: PK89 BAHL 1003 0981 0830 0601
Bank: Bank Al Habib

In case you’re abroad, please donate from the link in bio!

[fundraising, maternal health, underserved communities, maternal care, lack of access, rural healthcare, reproductive justice, safe childbirth, ]

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24/11/2025

This past week, we had the pleasure of visiting the recently established Early Learning Center on Baba Island, a part of the local school run by the Navy League. For years we have run a bi-weekly clinic at Baba Island which has cared for expecting mothers and newborns from Baba, Bhit, Shamspir, and surrounding coastal communities. Many of the tiny babies we once held in our clinic are now curious toddlers filling this center with learning and laughter.

Some of the biggest challenges faced by the coastal communities we work with is poor hygiene and sanitation on the islands, and bad nutritional awareness. This is thankfully changing under the dedicated care of Ms. Muneera Alavi, the head teacher at the Early Learning Center. Supported by MJAF, Martin Dow’s philanthropic arm, the ELC is a beautiful, warm, and thoughtfully designed environment for toddlers. From nutrition lessons and hygiene routines to early learning tools, toys, and books, the environment gives toddlers the foundation they need to stay healthy and develop good lifelong habits, and hopefully teach their families about healthy habits in the long term.

To see children we first met before they were even born and in their earliest days now confidently exploring, learning, and growing in such a nurturing space was incredibly meaningful for all of us at MBF. It is initiatives like the ELC, led by thoughtful people such as Ms. Alavis that remind us all why community-led care matters.

If our work has ever resonated with you, wherever you are in the world, please do not hesitate to donate now!

Donate now:
Account title: Mama Baby Foundation
Account Number: 1003-0981-083006-01-5
IBAN: PK89 BAHL 1003 0981 0830 0601
Bank: Bank Al Habib

In case you’re abroad, please donate from the link in bio!

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21/11/2025

Today, our team met Baby O from Rajanpur, one of the most devastating cases we have ever en countered

Today, we met one of the most devastating cases our team has encountered. Baby O was brought to us from Rajanpur in South Punjab after being shot by dacoits while on the way to pick up his mother from work 3 weeks ago.

The bullet pierced his pelvis, shattering it and severely damaging his bladder and re**um. He now relies on a colostomy bag, a urinary catheter, and has a dislocated leg due to the crushed pelvis.

We are working with a multidisciplinary team — including a pediatric urologist, general surgeon, gastroenterologist, and pediatric orthopedic surgeon — to determine the safest and most effective plan for his surgeries and long-term treatment.

We will continue to share updates as we understand his needs more clearly. Please keep Baby O in your thoughts as he begins this difficult journey toward healing.

If you would like to contribute to his immediate medical needs, please send a screenshot of your donation to us in DM with baby O’s name. You can donate locally with the following info:

Account title: Mama Baby Foundation
Account Number: 1003-0981-083006-01-5
IBAN: PK89 BAHL 1003 0981 0830 0601
Bank: Bank Al Habib

For international transactions, please donate from our link in bio.

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16/11/2025

Our October in Numbers - Over PKR 7.7 Million disbursed through our work!

This October, your support helped us reach even more mothers, babies, and families across Karachi’s coastal communities.

1596 women, children, and babies received care and support through Mama Baby Fund programs.
874 women received pregnancy support, covering hospitalization, investigations, and medication. 400 children received nutritious breakfast and lunch at Baba Island. 150 community members transported in emergencies through our boat ambulance. 19 families received life-saving blood products. 200 women and children cared for at our Baba Island Community Health Center.
43 safe deliveries covered. 19 babies supported through NICU and PICU hospitalizations.

Together, we covered medical and nutritional support worth PKR 7.7 million this month — every rupee making a real difference.

If our work has ever resonated with you, wherever you are in the world, we ask that you donate now!

Donate now:
Account title: Mama Baby Foundation
Account Number: 1003-0981-083006-01-5
IBAN: PK89 BAHL 1003 0981 0830 0601
Bank: Bank Al Habib

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09/11/2025

Aneela, a 26-year-old from Shamspir, overcame multiple health challenges in her very first pregnancy. She was first admitted to Lady Dufferin Hospital with gestational diabetes and symptoms of malaria, after which Mama Baby Fund arranged an urgent transfer to RIMS Trauma to ensure her safety.

At 33 weeks, Aneela went into preterm labor and delivered twin girls who were born at 1.7kg and 1.6kg each, and were in urgent need of NICU care. Aneela herself developed complications during labor and was diagnosed with dengue. Mama Baby Fund supported Aneela and her twins throughout their 10 day hospital admittance, and covered all costs including the 17 units of platelets and 3 units of packed red cells - a total amounting to PKR 820,000.

We are overjoyed to announce that Aneela and her twins were discharged home this week, safe and healthy and in a stable condition. Here is Anila with her twins, ready to go home.

Your contributions and donations are what allows us to continue helping people like Aneela, and ensuring that they have access to quality medical care that makes a difference. Your donations, no matter how small, allow us to change the lives of the people who need it the most.

If our work has ever resonated with you, wherever you are in the world, please do not hesitate to donate now!

Donate now:
Account title: Mama Baby Foundation
Account Number: 1003-0981-083006-01-5
IBAN: PK89 BAHL 1003 0981 0830 0601
Bank: Bank Al Habib

In case you’re abroad, please donate from the link in bio!

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28/10/2025

Mama Baby Fund’s September in Numbers!

This September, your support helped us reach even more mothers, babies, and families across Karachi’s coastal communities.

2,745 women, children, and babies received care and support through Mama Baby Fund programs.
999 women received pregnancy support, covering hospitalization, investigations, and medication. 1,200 children received nutritious breakfast and lunch at Baba Island. 300 community members transported in emergencies through our boat ambulance. 11 families received life-saving blood products. 150 women and children cared for at our Baba Island Community Health Center.
55 safe deliveries covered. 19 babies supported through NICU and PICU hospitalizations.

Together, we covered medical and nutritional support worth PKR 5,102,447 this month — every rupee making a real difference.

If our work has ever resonated with you, wherever you are in the world, we ask that you donate now!

Donate now:
Account title: Mama Baby Foundation
Account Number: 1003-0981-083006-01-5
IBAN: PK89 BAHL 1003 0981 0830 0601
Bank: Bank Al Habib

[ mama baby fund, fundraising, maternal health, underserved communities, maternal care, lack of access, rural healthcare, reproductive justice, safe childbirth, ]

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