One Heart Worldwide
ONE HEART WORLD-WIDE (OHW) is a 501(c)3 organization with over 15 years of experience implementing maternal and neonatal mortality prevention programs in areas where women often die alone at home giving birth. OHW's aim is to improve access to, and utilization of, healthcare services to reduce the risk of maternal and neonatal mortality in the most remote rural areas.
In 1997 One Heart World-Wide founder Arlene Samen had a life-changing encounter with His Holiness the Dalai Lama when he asked her to help women and infants in the Tibet Autonomous Region
Maternal and perinatal mortality are considered key indicators for health and development. OHW specializes in improving the access to, and the delivery of essential healthcare services in regions where the need is the greatest. We work in remote areas with the lowest human development indexes, and where other organizations rarely operate. Pregnant women in these high risk-regions are often faced with little to no access to medical care. Socio-cultural barriers, limited personal resources, lack of information, geographical limitations, and inadequate healthcare services prevent pregnant women from receiving the essential care they need to have a safe pregnancy and childbirth. OHW addresses these barriers by improving access to much needed healthcare services to the doorsteps of people living in the worlds’ hardest to reach places. We deliver results, and drive systemic change, saving lives now, and in the future.