Resolve Looks Like This:

Help Save Mothers’ Lives in Sierra Leone
Every dollar you give is matched until December 24.

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A pregnant woman stands outside a blue and white building, smiling warmly as she rests her hands on her belly. She wears a long blue dress with red and white accents and sandals, leaning slightly against a white column. The scene feels calm and hopeful.
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Hi, I’m Karli, the wellbeing scientist.

A lot of us talk about wellness as if it’s something we can Pinterest-board our way into. Sleep, sunlight, journaling, hydration. But here’s the truth: wellness is political. Your ability to survive childbirth, access care, or get treated with dignity isn’t just shaped by personal habits. It’s shaped by systems. 

And what I learned about the maternal health crisis in Sierra Leone stopped me cold.
Mothers are dying, not because they are less strong, or less responsible. But because structural violence has shaped a health system that has been neglected for generations, making childbirth far more dangerous than it should be.

That’s why I’m raising funds to support maternal care in Sierra Leone, and every dollar you donate is matched 1:1, doubling the number of mothers and newborns we can reach. 

Karli Elizabeth, Wellbeing scientist

“Medicine should be viewed as social justice work in a world that is so sick and so riven by inequities.” - Dr. Paul Farmer, PIH Co-founder.

  • Mother and Baby Icon
    100x
    more likely to die in childbirth than a woman in Canada
  • Maternity Child Health
    1 in 20
    babies in Sierra Leone won't survive their first month
  • Problem stat
    Most deaths
    are entirely preventable

Partners In Health is transforming maternal care in Sierra Leone through the Maternal Center of Excellence.

This is what it looks like when we choose resolve over despair.
When we choose people over the systems that failed them.

Your donations are matched so, your impact doubles.

  • $15 → $30 supports prenatal vitamins for 4 mothers
  • $60 → $120 provides prenatal care for 4 mothers
  • $150 → $300 supports 2 high-risk pregnant women with food, accommodation, and medical care needs at one of our maternal waiting homes for up to a month before they deliver.
  • $240 → $480 provides life-saving NICU medicines for 2 newborns and their mothers
Karli Elizabeth x Partners In Health Canada collab

Giveaway Details

Every donation to this campaign is an automatic entry to win 1 of 5 prizes:

  • Prize 1: Shared in-person dinner experience with Karli (in Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
  • Prize 2: Virtual Coffee Chat with Karli (35 min, Global)
  • Prize 3: Best-selling book “Mountains Beyond Mountains” by Tracy Kidder (Canada ONLY)
  • Prize 4: PIH-branded mugs, pins, stickers, notebooks, or greeting cards (Canada and the US)
  • BONUS PRIZE: If you can’t donate, share the fundraiser on IG & be entered to win 1-year paid Substack subscription to thewellbeingscientist (comment SHARED so we can track your entry!)