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Home and Thriving: 3 more Babies
Greetings in the Joy of Christ from Rwanda, Africa, Burundi, Africa, and Florida, USA. We have 3 additional babies and their mothers from our Rwanda and Burundi Christmas 2025 outreach, to whom we are dedicated to providing support for establishing financially self-sustaining businesses within their communities. I am asking you to consider making a financial donation to Early Lift Ministry now to meet the urgent need above. 2024 outreach Mamas Sewing as self-sustai
Edwin Herd
May 222 min read


Empowering Families in Rwanda and Burundi: Supporting Mothers, families and Babies Towards Self-Sustainability as well as a Faithful Walk with Jesus.
The journey from hospital to home is a critical moment for families with premature babies in Rwanda. All of Early Lift's Christmas 2025 Outreach babies and their mothers have recently been discharged from the hospital and returned home, marking a hopeful new chapter. Yet, the rainy season brings challenges, especially for families relying on agriculture and livestock. The first of the 5 Rwandan Outreach families now has a shelter for a dairy cow; the cow was purchased and de
Edwin Herd
Feb 24 min read


Edwin Herd
Jan 270 min read


Christmas Day Five 2025: A new group of 5 Premature Infants, Their Mothers, and Families.
A joyful Rwandan mother, surrounded by village children, eagerly anticipates the arrival of her new community member. On this Christmas Day 2025, five prematurely born babies will be receiving life-saving treatment in a hospital in Rwanda, Africa, while their mothers recover from delivery. Each mother will stay in the hospital and provide care for as long as their baby has to stay, even if it's weeks to months in duration, even if other children, elderly family members, live
Edwin Herd
Nov 13, 20251 min read


Want to feel encouraged today?
We are at a place and time where we see and hear of people's lives changed for the better!! The planning, prayer and perspiration behind...
Edwin Herd
Apr 16, 20252 min read


From hospital to Home!!
Good News!! Lots of good news this month for the Christmas day outreach babies, their mothers and their families. The pic is Adi, who in...
Edwin Herd
Feb 15, 20253 min read


First Outreach: Christmas Day 2024
Dr. Eddie Herd, MD Director of Early Lift Corp, a 501c3 ministry to mothers and families of prematurely born babies in Africa Aloha from...
Edwin Herd
Jan 22, 20253 min read


Early Lift's Impact on African Families:
n many parts of Africa, families with premature newborns face immense challenges, both emotionally and financially.
Edwin Herd
Nov 13, 20241 min read
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