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Saving lives – twice as much!

Saving lives – twice as much!

Nirmala, our midwife in the house where Gamtha was born, speaks urgently to the mother-to-be. "Sharmila, you are too weak for this exhausting twin birth. The babies are not conveniently located, there could be complications [...]
Cut off from the rest of the world – no salvation

Cut off from the rest of the world – no salvation

Winter in the high mountains, 2014: due to the persistent bad weather in Mugu, a young woman paid a very high price [...]
So that you get bigger and stronger – our nutritional advice

So that you get bigger and stronger – our nutritional advice

Balanced nutrition for babies and toddlers is important to us. Due to poverty and hard physical labor, many mothers do not have enough breast milk for their babies [...]
6 Sets of Twins

6 Sets of Twins

Twins are always something special. For midwives, this means providing close prenatal care to identify any complications early on and support women through a safe delivery [...]
Proximity creates security – our baby massage courses

Proximity creates security – our baby massage courses

The baby massage is said to have many positive properties: In the cool season it is said to warm, the blood circulation is stimulated, also the muscle formation is promoted [...]
Why a birth house in the mountains is vital

Why a birth house in the mountains is vital

By Wolfgang Langenkamp, who donated the Jima Birthplace in Mugu and twice made the adventurous and arduous journey to Mugu himself, at the start of construction and at the inauguration [...]
From woman to woman: our midwives help directly

From woman to woman: our midwives help directly

There is a lot of help behind these figures: 18 birthing centers, 57 employees, including 38 midwives, 19 assistants and 2 health officers. All these women are from Mugu and all of them are there in Mugu for women, children and families [...]
The 1500. Back to Life baby is here!

The 1500. Back to Life baby is here!

Born on the Nepalese Mother's Day 2020 in our birthplace Nakharji. From our teammate [...]
How to wash properly has to be learned – our baby bath training

How to wash properly has to be learned – our baby bath training

Back to Life supports the mothers with various training courses so that they can care for the newborns in the best possible way. This includes "baby bath training" developed by our midwives for new mothers [...].
Birthcenters for Mugu Nepal

Birthcenters for Mugu Nepal

Stella Deetjen tells the story of Sushila, who made building birth centres Back to Life's core mission. Without this encounter we would probably not have built our 15 birth centres.
Help for those who don’t get help

Help for those who don’t get help

It only takes seconds and the weather changes. Thick fog blocks any view of the Kolti airstrip in Mugu [...]
Family planning is not magic

Family planning is not magic

Our midwives ask women about contraception. The reactions are almost always the same: the women cannot believe at first that it is in their hands whether they want to get pregnant or not [...].