Nineteen-year-old Maheshwori Devi Bishwokarma poses with her daughter Manisha. Maheshwori struggled through a three day birth with her daughter, relegated to the floor of her cow shed. Nepal has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world. Each
year, more than 6,000 women die during childbirth. The aid of a trained birthing attendant and clean delivery supplies can help women and newborns avoid infection during home births such as these. (Nepal, 2009)
