Our Impact

MAKING A DIFFERENCE

100% of donations made to Merciful Hearts Foundation directly help poor pregnant women, infants, and children who do not receive medical care.

YEAR(S) 2022-2023

MHF conducted a community outreach program and enrolled 31 out of 156 women for pre-and post-natal care on ...
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Year(s) 2020-2021

November 2021/Merciful hearts foundation inc This year MHF carried out a community outreach program on November 13th, 2021. ...
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Year(s) 2019-2020

MHF carried out a community outreach program and provided medical services to 296 pregnant women and sick infants ...
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Year(s) 2018-2019

Merciful Hearts Foundation (MHF) provided pre and post-natal care and medical services to 68 pregnant women. Besides providing ...
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Year(s) 2016-2017

Merciful Hearts Foundation (MHF) provided pre and post-natal care and medical services to 120 out of 250 pregnant women who ...
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Year 2015

Merciful Hearts Foundation (MHF)  provided pre and post-natal care and medical services to 125 pregnant women. Besides providing pre and ...
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Year 2014

41 pregnant women received pre and post-natal care and other medical services 41 pregnant women 41 women delivered ...
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Year 2013

39 pregnant women received pre and postnatal care. 1 infant was jaundiced.1 infant was a premature baby.1 pregnant woman ...
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Year 2012

In March 2012- Emeka and Nweze carried out fundraising activities with Bergner’s Department Store. They sold $400-coupon booklets ...
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Year 2011

46 pregnant women receive prenatal supplements and medical services. MHF carried out a community outreach that provided medical ...
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The Stories

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Rose and Helen's Story

 

One woman, Rose was five months when she enrolled in the program. The nurses discovered during her first prenatal visit that her baby died weeks before she enrolled in the program. The doctors immediately induced her labor and delivered the baby. She would have died without MHF program, thanks be to God. Another mother, Helen was nine months pregnant when she enrolled in MHF program and was admitted in the hospital immediately because she had been leaking fluid due to premature rupture of membrane. The  remaining fluid was not enough to sustain the pregnancy. She was anemic with a hematocrit ( the volume of red blood cells to the total volume of blood) of 23% (normal range is 36 to 46% for females). She received two pints of blood transfusion. The doctors carried cesarean section and delivered twin baby boys one weighing 6.1 pounds and the other 4.4lb. We praise God for saving both mother and the babies.

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Blessing's Story

 

In 2021, two MHF children underwent lifesaving hernia surgeries. However, one of the stressful situations this year was when one of our MHF mothers, Blessing, refused the doctor’s recommendation for a third cesarean delivery. Doctors recommended a c-section since Blessing had two previous cesarean sections. It was due to God’s intervention that Blessing changed her mind and had a successful cesarean delivery, incidentally, the baby had an umbilical cord around her neck during delivery. Blessings’ refusal is based on the cultural stigma that delivery by cesarean is the woman’s fault.

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Chinwe’s story

 
Prior to the Merciful Hearts Foundation (MHF) outreach program in 2012, Chinwe had delivered two children by caesarian, however both children died at ages 9 and 11 months due to malnutrition each time. The doctor warned her not to become pregnant again. Despite this fact, she ignored the warning and became pregnant again because her husband planned to leave her and marry another woman if she did not try.
She was six months pregnant, malnourished, anemic, and afraid of dying when she was enrolled in MHF outreach program and had not received any medical attention. Chinwe's intention was to deliver her baby at home by local women due to poverty. MHF paid for pre and postnatal care and transportation to and from medical facilities, in addition to her surgery and other services. In October of 2012, she delivered a baby boy by caesarian section and received two pints of blood. Today Chinwe and the child are doing well, but without intervention by the Merciful Hearts Foundation, she would have died.