Empowering Berna



It is very important to empower infertile women by providing treatment so they can bear children as part of their human rights. But for those who cannot be treated anymore, Merck More Than a Mother’s initiative ‘Empowering Berna’ helps to train them to establish their own small business so that they can be independent and re-build their own lives. We truly believe that a woman is a lot more than just a mother!

Watch video, Visit of Dr Rasha Kelej, CEO of Merck Foundation with The African First Ladies to Jackline Mwende, victim of infertility stigma from Kenya.
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Merck Foundation More Than a Mother Heroine story of Senica Maponga from Zimbabwe
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Merck More Than a Mother Heroine Story of Jenneh Sumo from Liberia.
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Merck More Than a Mother Heroine story of Linda Haiduwa from Namibia
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Stories of Childless women from Zambia ~ Merck Foundation.
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Merck Foundation - Stories of childless Ugandan women after meeting Merck More Than a Mother
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Watch story of Mawuli Quaynor a childless woman from Ghana~ Merck Foundation
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Watch Jharna Mandal’s story, a childless Bangladesh woman~Merck Foundation
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Watch Niger Childless woman Aissata Mai Doukiya story ~ Merck More Than a Mother
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