Prominent Homes Charitable Organization
This video, in a nutshell, describes the problems we’re trying to address and the obstacles we’re trying to help women overcome. As important as the main message is, it’s the video’s subtext that’s noteworthy. The original ‘Why did Ms. X…
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MJK-MCHC 2013 video!
I’m happy to present the MJK-MCHC 2013 video! It’s an overview of our work over the past year bringing high quality health care to impoverished rural women in Rajasthan, India.
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Village visits 2013
Over the past month the Mata Jai Kaur team has been busy conducting this year’s village visits. These visits are a continuation of last year’s MJK Mother’s Survey which had us visit the communities we serve, gather data to help with our planning and due diligence, and to let people know what we’re offering.
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The MJK-MCHC Annual Report 2012
It’s with great pleasure that I’m finally able to share MJK-MCHC’s first Annual Report, covering the years 2009-2012.
About
Prominent Homes Charitable Organization Ltd. (PHCO) is the charitable arm of Prominent Homes Ltd., a homebuilding company based in Calgary, Canada. Deep Shergill, the president and founder of Prominent Homes Ltd., established the PHCO in 2008 as a way to…
Mata Jai Kaur Blog
Here we share news and thoughts on maternal and child health, education and social justice.
Women's issues
International Women’s Day!
There’s been a bit of a hiatus on the MJK blog – I apologize for the lack of new material lately. But the lack of updates on the blog doesn’t mean that things haven’t been moving behind the scenes here…
On femicide and missing women II
In the last post I discussed how women are being systematically killed all over the world and the negative consequences this has for the health of society. I ended with a question: what does the concept of missing women look…
Why did Mrs. X die?
This video, in a nutshell, describes the problems we’re trying to address and the obstacles we’re trying to help women overcome. As important as the main message is, it’s the video’s subtext that’s noteworthy. The original ‘Why did Ms. X…
Due diligence – village surveys
This was a busy week at the Mata Jai Kaur hospital. At our weekly antenatal clinic, Sandeep – our volunteer nursing student – gave our patients a basic presentation on pregnancy and nutrition. On top of that, we started surveying…
