Campaigner helped BBC with script
A CAMPAIGNER who worked with Call The Midwife on a storyline has launched a fundraising drive to help cut maternal deaths in Somaliland.
Nimco Ali, the co-founder of non-profit organisation Daughters of Eve, was the victim of female genital mutilation as a child and worked closely with show bosses on the BBC drama series.
Tonight’s episode of the show will highlight the plight of a Nadifa – a pregnant woman who is fighting for her life in the aftermath of an FGM procedure.
Ali is helping to raise £10,000 to provide a basic blood bank to help doctors in Somaliland help more mums who have endured FGM survive labour.