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Meredith Ward

Larapinta Trek

A Town like Alice

A few years ago…well, more than a few! I was lucky enough to be appointed as a Staff Specialist at Alice Springs Hospital in my very first consultant post.

This incredibly rich community, with its generous, welcoming, artistic and delightfully funny First Nations people, and my diverse and passionate colleagues, friends and neighbours, profoundly changed my understanding of health care, and the meaning of country. 

I hopefully brought some good things to Alice, and she repaid me beyond measure.

In a beautiful full circle moment, this year I will be walking the Larapinta trail along Alice’s beautiful MacDonnell ranges, to raise money for the Running for Premature Babies Foundation. 
This charity was founded by Sophie Smith, to support neonatal intensive care services. Many of you will know why this charity has special meaning for me. To see it take its reach out as far as the babies of the Territory, and to be able to support it, is an amazing moment in time for me. 

Thank you for following and supporting me on this journey. 

I'm trekking to save the lives of premature babies. Will you help?

Did you know that 26,000 babies are born prematurely in Australia each year, and many hospitals are in need of upgraded neonatal equipment to save their lives?

I’m heading to outback Australia to raise funds to support the wonderful work of Running for Premature Babies in giving these premature babies a better chance of survival, and I’d really love your support.

This charity was founded in memory of baby triplets, Henry, Jasper & Evan Smith, who were unable to overcome their prematurity when they were born in 2006. Since then over $9 million has been raised, providing 150 pieces of life-saving equipment that has directly benefitted over 10,000 babies.

Your donation will help keep me motivated on the trail, knowing that my trek is about so much more than the distance.

Any donation, no matter how big or small, will be greatly appreciated and will make a tangible difference to the lives of so many tiny babies.

Thank you so much for your support!

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reach my goal

Raised

$1,626

My goal

$3,500

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$42
$42 - Could provide a jaundiced baby with access to a phototherapy light for 3.5 weeks. Jaundice is very common in premature babies and if left untreated can cause brain damage
$60
$60 - Could provide a technologically advanced humidicrib for a sick or premature baby for 5 days. These humidicribs have been described as ‘the next best thing to the womb’
$187
$187 - Could provide a life-saving resuscitation cot for 23 babies born in distress and needing assistance to breathe.
$526
$526 - Could provide a state-of-the-art neonatal ventilator for 8 weeks with for a baby with underdeveloped lungs, weighing as little as 500g

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Thank you to my donors

$554.93

Meredith Ward

$263.75

Brendan For Little Jack Sparrow

Like you don’t already do enough for those babies! Good on you superwomen

$263.75

Sonya Harris

$150

Anonymous

$64.67

Maurice

$64.67

Emily Dollman

$64.67

Michele Batey

Good luck Meredith!

$54.12

Robert Hollow

As a very premature baby myself this is a cause close to my heart. Happy hiking!

$54.12

Kate

Enjoy the walk!!

$45.65

Anonymous

$45.65

Anne Carter

Great Charity, wonderful part of Oz