Sydney was among our campuses pitching in to help with Zonta International's birthing kit assembly days recently.

In a joint project with Zonta, CQUniversity campuses have hosted volunteers assembling thousands of birthing kits destined for remote villages in Papua New Guinea.

The simple kits contain all the necessary items for a clean safe birth, which Zonta believes is the right of every woman.

There's a plastic sheet (for the mother to lie on), a piece of soap, latex gloves, cords to tie the umbilical cord, a scalpel blade and gauze squares, all within a sealed plastic bag.

CQUniversity supports Zonta's vision for a world in which all women have access to safe birthing practices, regardless of race, religion, culture, history or socio-economic status.

More information is available at http://www.birthingkitfoundation.org.au/