{"id":154113,"date":"2021-03-06T09:55:33","date_gmt":"2021-03-06T14:55:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samaritanspurse.org\/?p=154113"},"modified":"2026-03-03T13:32:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T18:32:05","slug":"international-womens-day-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samaritanspurse.org\/es\/medical\/international-womens-day-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"International Women&#8217;s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"           \r\n    <main>\r\n        <div id=\"eop\" class=\"trigger io\">\r\n            <!-- DO NOT MOVE. THIS IS USED TO TELL IO WHEN THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE IS IN THE VIEWPORT -->\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <header class=\"response\">\r\n            <hgroup class=\"space-small\">\r\n                <h1><span>Healthy Deliveries<\/span>Bring Joy to Displaced Moms<span>in Sudan<\/span><\/h1>\r\n                <div class=\"action-container\"> \r\n                    \r\n                    <div>\r\n<!--USE THIS DONATION ITEM FOR DEMOS AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENT ONLY-->\r\n                        <div class=\"donationItem donationitem-group\">\r\n                            <div class=\"diSlimWrap\">         \r\n                                <div class=\"diSlimTitleWrap\">             \r\n                                    <div class=\"diSlimTitle\">Women's Projects<\/div>\r\n                                    <div class=\"diSlimPC\">013977<\/div>\r\n                                <\/div>         \r\n                                <div class=\"diSlimAmt\">             \r\n                                    <div class=\"diDollar\">$<\/div>\r\n                                    <div class=\"diInput\">\r\n                                        <input type=\"text\" onblur='if(this.value==\"\") this.value=\"0.00\";' onfocus='if(this.value==\"0.00\") this.value=\"\";' value=\"0.00\" name=\"item\" class=\"donationitem\" data-item-description=\"Help Women Around the World\" data-allow-response=\"true\" data-response-limit=\"\" data-entity-attributes=\"\" data-max-qty=\"0\" data-authorize-only=\"false\" data-is-order=\"false\" data-item-value=\"0\" data-sku=\"013977\">\r\n                                    <\/div>         \r\n                                <\/div>         \r\n                                <div data-sku=\"013977\" data-item-description=\"Women's Projects\" class=\"diSlimBtn directCheckout green-button\">Give<\/div>   \r\n                            <\/div> \r\n                        <\/div>\r\n<!-------------------------------------->\r\n<!--USE SHORT CODE IN WORDPRESS--------->\r\n<!--[donation pc = 012000 fluff = 0]---->\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                <\/div> \r\n                \r\n                <div id=\"above-the-top\"><\/div>\r\n            <\/hgroup>\r\n            <figure>\r\n                <img class=\"lazy\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2025\/womens-day\/img\/2523SU-A3-1445__S.jpg 800w,https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2025\/womens-day\/img\/2523SU-A3-1445__M.jpg 1200w,https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2025\/womens-day\/img\/2523SU-A3-1445__L.jpg 1900w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2025\/womens-day\/img\/2523SU-A3-1445__S.jpg\" alt=\"\">\r\n            <\/figure>\r\n        <\/header>\r\n        \r\n        <section id=\"overview\" class=\"space\">\r\n            <header>\r\n                <h2>Our Field Hospital team has helped women deliver hundreds of&nbsp;healthy babies over the&nbsp;past few&nbsp;months.<\/h2>\r\n            <\/header>\r\n                   \r\n            <div id=\"has-sticky-sidebar\" class=\"space\">\r\n                <p>Samaritan's Purse serves vulnerable women around the globe through a variety of projects. Among them, we recently set up our Emergency Field Hospital in Gedaref, Sudan, to serve internally displaced women and children who've had to flee violent conflict. It\u2019s been an amazing opportunity to demonstrate God's love to people who can easily feel forgotten by the whole world.<\/p>\r\n                        \r\n                <figure>\r\n                    <img class=\"lazy\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2025\/womens-day\/img\/2523SU-A3-436__S.jpg 800w,https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2025\/womens-day\/img\/2523SU-A3-436__M.jpg 1200w,https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2025\/womens-day\/img\/2523SU-A3-436__L.jpg 1900w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2025\/womens-day\/img\/2523SU-A3-436__S.jpg\" alt=\"\">\r\n                <\/figure>\r\n                        \r\n                <p>As violence encircles them, millions of Sudanese people flee their hometowns seeking safety. They often leave with nothing and walk for over a week to find a safe place to stay. They cannot go home until there is peace.<\/p>\r\n                \r\n                <p>Gedaref is one of the places they have settled, doubling the city's population overnight and straining the local medical system.<\/p>\r\n                        \r\n                <p>Samaritan's Purse responded to these emergency medical needs with a fully self-sufficient, customizable tent hospital, which was loaded onto and delivered by the ministry's cargo aircraft. From this Emergency Field Hospital our medical team is providing lifesaving obstetric and pediatric care that otherwise would be inaccessible.<\/p>\r\n                \r\n                <aside class=\"sticky-sidebar\">\r\n                    <div class=\"card space-small\">\r\n                        <article class=\"space-small\">\r\n                            <h3 style=\"text-align: left\">Gedaref Field Hospital Totals <small style=\"display: block;font-weight: 400;\">(Christmas Day 2024&ndash;March 21, 2025)<\/small><\/h3>\r\n                            <ul role=\"list\" class=\"space-small\">\r\n                                <li>\r\n                                    <span class=\"number\">562<\/span>\r\n                                    <span class=\"desc\">Births<\/span>\r\n                                <\/li>\r\n\r\n                                <li>\r\n                                    <span class=\"number\">194<\/span>\r\n                                    <span class=\"desc\">Cesarean-Section<br>Deliveries<\/span>\r\n                                <\/li>\r\n\r\n                                <li>\r\n                                    <span class=\"number\">9,149<\/span>\r\n                                    <span class=\"desc\">Outpatients<br>Treated<\/span>\r\n                                <\/li>\r\n\r\n                                <li>\r\n                                    <span class=\"number\">1,405<\/span>\r\n                                    <span class=\"desc\">Inpatients<br>Admitted for Care<\/span>\r\n                                <\/li>\r\n                            <\/ul>\r\n                        <\/article>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                    <script>\r\n                        \/\/get height of element\r\n                        const stickySidebarHeight = document.querySelector('.sticky-sidebar .card').offsetHeight\r\n                        \/\/ set element height as css variable on <html>\r\n                        document.documentElement.style.setProperty('--sticky-sidebar-height', `${stickySidebarHeight}px`);\r\n                    <\/script>\r\n                <\/aside>\r\n                        \r\n                        <!--<p>Since opening on Christmas day, over 300 infants have been welcomed into the world at our field hospital; 4,800 outpatients have been treated; and 738 inpatients have been admitted for care. <\/p>-->\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                <!--#707e9e-->\r\n                <figure hidden id=\"crowd\" class=\"full-bleed\">\r\n                    <img class=\"lazy\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2025\/womens-day\/img\/2523SU-A3-436__S.jpg 800w,https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2025\/womens-day\/img\/2523SU-A3-436__M.jpg 1200w,https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2025\/womens-day\/img\/2523SU-A3-436__L.jpg 1900w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2025\/womens-day\/img\/2523SU-A3-436__S.jpg\" alt=\"\">\r\n                <\/figure>\r\n                \r\n            <div hidden class=\"space\">\r\n                <aside class=\"space-small\">\r\n                    <h3>Gedaref EFH Totals <small style=\"display: block;font-weight: 400\">(Christmas Day 2024&ndash;present)<\/small><\/h3>\r\n                    <ul role=\"list\" class=\"space-small\">\r\n                        <li>\r\n                            <span class=\"number\">300<\/span>\r\n                            <span class=\"desc\">Births<\/span>\r\n                        <\/li>\r\n                        \r\n                        <li>\r\n                            <span class=\"number\">115<\/span>\r\n                            <span class=\"desc\">Cesarean-Section<br>Deliveries<\/span>\r\n                        <\/li>\r\n                        \r\n                        <li>\r\n                            <span class=\"number\">4,800<\/span>\r\n                            <span class=\"desc\">Outpatients<br>Treated<\/span>\r\n                        <\/li>\r\n                        \r\n                        <li>\r\n                            <span class=\"number\">738<\/span>\r\n                            <span class=\"desc\">Inpatients<br>Admitted for Care<\/span>\r\n                        <\/li>\r\n                    <\/ul>\r\n                <\/aside>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n            <figure id=\"nurse\" class=\"full-bleed\">\r\n                <img id=\"nurse-p\" class=\"lazy\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2025\/womens-day\/img\/2523SU-A3-609__S.jpg 800w,https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2025\/womens-day\/img\/2523SU-A3-609__M.jpg 1200w,https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2025\/womens-day\/img\/2523SU-A3-609__L.jpg 1900w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2025\/womens-day\/img\/2523SU-A3-609__S.jpg\" alt=\"\">\r\n                    \r\n                <img hidden id=\"nurse-l\" class=\"lazy\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2025\/womens-day\/img\/2523SU-A3-938__S.jpg 800w,https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2025\/womens-day\/img\/2523SU-A3-938__M.jpg 1200w,https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2025\/womens-day\/img\/2523SU-A3-938__L.jpg 1900w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2025\/womens-day\/img\/2523SU-A3-938__S.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-position: right\">\r\n            <\/figure>\r\n        <\/section>\r\n        \r\n        <section class=\"space-large\">\r\n            <header>\r\n                <h2>Meet some of the new mothers who are experiencing expert care and Christian compassion from the Samaritan's Purse medical team in Gedaref.<\/h2>\r\n            <\/header>\r\n            \r\n            <div class=\"space\">\r\n                <figure id=\"samar-img\" class=\"content-trigger-img\">\r\n                    <img class=\"lazy\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2025\/womens-day\/img\/2523SU-A3-841__S.jpg 800w,https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2025\/womens-day\/img\/2523SU-A3-841__M.jpg 1200w,https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2025\/womens-day\/img\/2523SU-A3-841__L.jpg 1900w\" data-src=\"img\/2523SU-A3-841__S.jpg\" alt=\"\">\r\n                <\/figure>\r\n                <div id=\"samar\" class=\"content-trigger space\">\r\n                    <h3>Samar &amp; Farha<\/h3>\r\n                    \r\n                    <p>When a brand-new baby girl appeared from the operating room tent and Samar's grandmother learned both mom and baby were safe and healthy, she&nbsp;couldn't suppress her joy. Other women joined in with cries of excitement that drew smiles from everyone in earshot.  <\/p>\r\n                    \r\n                    <figure>\r\n                        <img class=\"lazy\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2025\/womens-day\/img\/2523SU-A3-846__S.jpg 800w,https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2025\/womens-day\/img\/2523SU-A3-846__M.jpg 1200w,https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2025\/womens-day\/img\/2523SU-A3-846__L.jpg 1900w\" data-src=\"img\/2523SU-A3-846__S.jpg\" alt=\"\">\r\n                    <\/figure>\r\n                    \r\n                    <p>Samar already has two sons, and now she has Farha, which means happiness.<\/p>\r\n                    \r\n                    <p>&ldquo;I'm familiar with the cesarean section,&rdquo; Samar said, &ldquo;but here it was a different experience. Even in the operating theater, I&nbsp;felt that everybody was taking care of me.&rdquo;<\/p>\r\n                    \r\n                    <p>Two days later, Samar was ready to go home, or at least, the&nbsp;place she is calling home for now.<\/p>\r\n                    \r\n                    <blockquote class=\"space-small\">\r\n                        <p>&ldquo;I'm going to share about my experience in the hospital with others. I'm going to tell people about the nice treatment that I received here.&rdquo;<\/p>\r\n                    <\/blockquote>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n                \r\n                <figure id=\"ayam-img\" class=\"content-trigger-img\">\r\n                    <img class=\"lazy\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2025\/womens-day\/img\/2523SU-A3-1006__S.jpg 800w,https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2025\/womens-day\/img\/2523SU-A3-1006__M.jpg 1200w,https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2025\/womens-day\/img\/2523SU-A3-1006__L.jpg 1900w\" data-src=\"img\/2523SU-A3-1006__S.jpg\" alt=\"\">\r\n                <\/figure>\r\n                <div id=\"ayam\" class=\"content-trigger space\">\r\n                    <h3>Ayam &amp; Baby Boy<\/h3>\r\n                    <p>In Sudan, it's common to have many children, and this little boy is Ayam's ninth!<\/p>\r\n                    \r\n                    <figure>\r\n                        <img class=\"lazy\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2025\/womens-day\/img\/2523SU-A3-1067__S.jpg 800w,https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2025\/womens-day\/img\/2523SU-A3-1067__M.jpg 1200w,https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2025\/womens-day\/img\/2523SU-A3-1067__L.jpg 1900w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2025\/womens-day\/img\/2523SU-A3-1067__S.jpg\" alt=\"\">\r\n                    <\/figure>\r\n                    \r\n                    <p>When we asked how she was feeling before giving birth, Ayam said, &ldquo;I'm not nervous.&rdquo;<\/p>\r\n                    \r\n                    <p>Her other eight children were all delivered at home, but a lot has changed for Ayam since coming to Gedaref eight months ago. She doesn't have a comfortable place to give birth here, and the local women's shelter suggested Samaritan's Purse Emergency Field Hospital.<\/p>\r\n                    \r\n                    <p>As Ayam labored, we spoke with her Aunt Nyagoa, who has come to help. She explained that in the public hospital she would be responsible for changing IV bags, sheets, and meals&mdash;anything the patient needed. Since everything is provided free of charge at Samaritan's Purse hospital, Nyagoa sits and chats about how much she adores little babies.  <\/p>\r\n                    \r\n                    <p>When Ayam goes back to deliver, she sits outside, listening expectantly&hellip;<\/p>\r\n                    \r\n                    <blockquote class=\"space-small\">\r\n                        <p>&ldquo;I was consumed by happiness when I heard the cry of the baby!&rdquo;<\/p>\r\n                        <footer>\r\n                            <cite>Aunt Nyagoa<\/cite>\r\n                        <\/footer>\r\n                    <\/blockquote>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n                \r\n                <figure id=\"najawa-img\" class=\"content-trigger-img\">\r\n                    <img class=\"lazy\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2025\/womens-day\/img\/2523SU-A3-830__S.jpg 800w,https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2025\/womens-day\/img\/2523SU-A3-830__M.jpg 1200w,https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2025\/womens-day\/img\/2523SU-A3-830__L.jpg 1900w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2025\/womens-day\/img\/2523SU-A3-830__S.jpg\" alt=\"\">\r\n                <\/figure>\r\n                <div id=\"najawa\" class=\"content-trigger space\">\r\n                    <h3>Najawa &amp; Baby Boy<\/h3>\r\n                    \r\n                    <p>Najawa's life has been full of difficulties since coming to Gedaref one year ago. Her husband hasn't been able to find work, and the family of seven live at a shelter for displaced people. Still, she was filled with relief and joy to hold her new son in her arms.<\/p>\r\n                    \r\n                    <figure>\r\n                        <img class=\"lazy\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2025\/womens-day\/img\/2523SU-A3-701__S.jpg 800w,https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2025\/womens-day\/img\/2523SU-A3-701__M.jpg 1200w,https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2025\/womens-day\/img\/2523SU-A3-701__L.jpg 1900w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2025\/womens-day\/img\/2523SU-A3-701__S.jpg\" alt=\"\">\r\n                    <\/figure>\r\n                    \r\n                    <p>During past cesarean-sections,\u200aNajawa said she was unconscious, but at Samaritan's Purse field hospital, she was able to meet her son right away and remembers everything from his birth.<\/p>\r\n                    \r\n                    <blockquote class=\"space-small\">\r\n                        <p>&ldquo;What I have found here is perfect. Thank you for what you have done. You spare nothing.&rdquo;<\/p>\r\n                    <\/blockquote>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n                \r\n                <figure id=\"majda-img\" class=\"content-trigger-img\">\r\n                    <img class=\"lazy\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2025\/womens-day\/img\/2523SU-A3-1444__S.jpg 800w,https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2025\/womens-day\/img\/2523SU-A3-1444__M.jpg 1200w,https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2025\/womens-day\/img\/2523SU-A3-1444__L.jpg 1900w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2025\/womens-day\/img\/2523SU-A3-1444__S.jpg\" alt=\"\">\r\n                <\/figure>\r\n                <div id=\"majda\" class=\"content-trigger space\">\r\n                    <h3>Majda &amp; Twins<\/h3>\r\n                    \r\n                    <p>When Majda learned she was expecting twins, she was not surprised. After all, her mother had not one, but two sets!<\/p>\r\n                    \r\n                    <figure>\r\n                        <img class=\"lazy\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2025\/womens-day\/img\/2523SU-A3-1546__S.jpg 800w,https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2025\/womens-day\/img\/2523SU-A3-1546__M.jpg 1200w,https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2025\/womens-day\/img\/2523SU-A3-1546__L.jpg 1900w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2025\/womens-day\/img\/2523SU-A3-1546__S.jpg\" alt=\"\">\r\n                    <\/figure>\r\n                    \r\n                    <p>As she prepares for her first cesarean section, Majda said she is a bit nervous, but she can't wait to hold her little ones.<\/p>\r\n                    \r\n                    <!--<p>Since Samaritan's Purse EFH opened in Sudan on Christmas Day, doctors have performed 115 cesarean-section deliveries in the operating room.<\/p>-->\r\n                    \r\n                    <p>After her successful surgery, we peaked in on Majda, and she waved us over to see her babies&mdash;a healthy girl and boy. She and her mother, sitting beside her, were both beaming.<\/p>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n                \r\n                <figure id=\"malik-img\" class=\"content-trigger-img\">\r\n                    <img class=\"lazy\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2025\/womens-day\/img\/2523SU-A3-708__S.jpg 800w,https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2025\/womens-day\/img\/2523SU-A3-708__M.jpg 1200w,https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2025\/womens-day\/img\/2523SU-A3-708__L.jpg 1900w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2025\/womens-day\/img\/2523SU-A3-708__S.jpg\" alt=\"\">\r\n                <\/figure>\r\n                <div id=\"malik\" class=\"content-trigger space\">\r\n                    <h3>Malik &amp; Baby Girl<\/h3>\r\n                    \r\n                    <p>When we showed Malik this photo of her with her first child, a daughter, tears began rolling down her cheeks. <\/p>\r\n                    \r\n                    <figure>\r\n                        <img class=\"lazy\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2025\/womens-day\/img\/2523SU-A3-717__S.jpg 800w,https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2025\/womens-day\/img\/2523SU-A3-717__M.jpg 1200w,https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2025\/womens-day\/img\/2523SU-A3-717__L.jpg 1900w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2025\/womens-day\/img\/2523SU-A3-717__S.jpg\" alt=\"\">\r\n                    <\/figure>\r\n                    \r\n                    <blockquote>\r\n                        <p>&ldquo;I always wanted to be a mother. I can't even describe my feelings. I'm overwhelmed by happiness.&rdquo;<\/p>\r\n                    <\/blockquote>\r\n                    \r\n                    <p>Sharing her birth story, Malik said that she had excessive bleeding after delivery, and she's grateful for the doctors and nurses who saved her.<\/p>\r\n                    \r\n                    <p>&ldquo;The whole team took care of me,&rdquo; Malik said. &ldquo;As your doctors have helped me today, I wish when my daughter grows up, she'll be a doctor so she can help others.&rdquo;<\/p>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n        <\/section>\r\n        <section class=\"space-large\">\r\n            <div>\r\n                <figure class=\"video-container\" style=\"width: 100%\">\r\n                    \r\n                <div class=\"video1\" id=\"video1\" style=\"position: relative; display: block;\">\r\n                    <div style=\"padding-top: 56.25%;\">\r\n                        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/players.sardius.media\/82aD088d0aAbEF4\/dotorg\/asset\/99Ad8d1F579a281BDe6FD0eD65bb\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; right: 0px; bottom: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%;border:0;\"><\/iframe>\r\n                    <\/div>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n                <noscript>\r\n                        <div>Please enable Javascript to watch this video<\/div>\r\n                <\/noscript>\r\n            <\/figure>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n            <header>\r\n                <h2>The Emergency Field Hospital brings hope to patients and doctors alike&hellip;<\/h2>\r\n            <\/header>\r\n            <div class=\"grid half\">\r\n                <div>\r\n                    <p>In the hospital, many of the Sudanese healthcare professionals and translators working alongside the Samaritan's Purse team are displaced just like their patients. Others who are from Gedaref still have not escaped the impacts of war.<\/p>\r\n                    \r\n                    <blockquote class=\"space-small\">\r\n                        <p>&ldquo;The love of God alters how we deliver medicine.&rdquo;<\/p>\r\n                        <footer>\r\n                            <cite>Dr. Becky Haak<\/cite>\r\n                        <\/footer>\r\n                    <\/blockquote>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n                \r\n                <figure>\r\n                    <img class=\"lazy\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2025\/womens-day\/img\/2523SU-A3-1456__S.jpg 800w,https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2025\/womens-day\/img\/2523SU-A3-1456__M.jpg 1200w,https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2025\/womens-day\/img\/2523SU-A3-1456__L.jpg 1900w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2025\/womens-day\/img\/2523SU-A3-1456__S.jpg\" alt=\"\">\r\n                <\/figure>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n            \r\n            <div class=\"space\">\r\n                \r\n                <figure id=\"dr-haak-img\" class=\"content-trigger-img\">\r\n                    <img class=\"lazy\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2025\/womens-day\/img\/2523SU-A3-1461__S.jpg 800w,https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2025\/womens-day\/img\/2523SU-A3-1461__M.jpg 1200w,https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2025\/womens-day\/img\/2523SU-A3-1461__L.jpg 1900w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/s3.theark.cloud\/sp-comm-arkfiles\/website\/images\/2025\/womens-day\/img\/2523SU-A3-1461__S.jpg\" alt=\"\">\r\n                <\/figure>\r\n                <div id=\"dr-haak\" class=\"content-trigger space\">\r\n                    <p>&ldquo;I saw very bad things,&rdquo; said Samah Lalgasmin, a local fourth-year resident who is working in labor and delivery at the Emergency Field Hospital.<\/p>\r\n                    \r\n                    <p>As people flooded into Gedaref, only five of Lalgasmin's cohort of 30 residents remained at the hospital. Many believed Gedaref could be invaded next and feared doctors would be targeted as hostages.<\/p>\r\n                    \r\n                    <p>Back then, Lalgasmin worked for two weeks straight, taking on four times her normal workload. She was no longer training but using all of her skills to save women who'd developed severe medical conditions on their journey to Gedaref. Sadly, many women who couldn't afford care were turned away.<\/p>\r\n                    \r\n                    <p>&ldquo;I'd want to cry,&rdquo; Lalgasmin said of that time. &ldquo;To be unable to help a woman who needs it is a very bad feeling. Here (with Samaritan's Purse), I can help a hundred with no problem. I'm so happy when I go home every day because I&nbsp;got to help and do a good job.&rdquo;<\/p>\r\n                    \r\n                    <p>&ldquo;She's extremely committed to caring for her people,&rdquo; said Dr. Becky Haak, the Samaritan's Purse OB\/GYN working alongside Lalgasmin. &ldquo;I give that such great honor, and I'll do anything I can to improve her skills and help her complete her training.&rdquo;<\/p>\r\n                    \r\n                    <p>With over 45 years of experience as an OB\/GYN, Dr. Haak has a lot of knowledge to share, but her ultimate hope is that her work can be a Christian witness.<\/p>\r\n                    \r\n                    <p>&ldquo;This is an opportunity to open their eyes to the fact that the love of God alters how we deliver medicine,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\r\n                    \r\n                    <p>Our teams show compassion for every individual, believing they are made in the image of God. Locals can see that, and note how our medical personnel treat the women and children in their care with unusual dignity. &ldquo;That's something maybe they've never seen before,&rdquo; Dr. Haak said.<\/p>\r\n                    \r\n                    <div><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/1928990\/episodes\/16746475-sharing-god-s-light-in-a-dark-place?client_source=small_player&iframe=true\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"On the Ground with Samaritan's Purse, Sharing God\u2019s Light in a Dark Place\"><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n                    \r\n                    <p><strong>Your gift to Samaritan's Purse Women's Projects will provide physical and spiritual relief to women in need. Our medical team finished its primary mission in Gedaref on March 21, 2025.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n        <\/section>\r\n    <\/main> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Healthy DeliveriesBring Joy to Displaced Momsin Sudan Women's Projects 013977 $ Give Our Field Hospital team has helped women deliver hundreds of&nbsp;healthy babies over the&nbsp;past few&nbsp;months. Samaritan's Purse serves vulnerable women around the globe through a variety of projects. 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