In a well-equipped hospital, a premature baby born at 1.4 kg is placed into a neonatal incubator within minutes. Monitors blink, doctors rush, and hope breathes. But in a tribal village deep in Madhya Pradesh, the same baby is born on a charpai. There’s no transport. No electricity. No incubator. And often, no chance.

This is the cruel geography of survival. One child lives because they were born near a facility. Another dies because they weren’t.

At Omvijay Foundation, we have made this unacceptable truth our daily fight. Our Premature Baby Care initiative doesn’t begin at birth — it begins before. In dusty villages where expecting mothers don’t know what folic acid is. In tribal homes where myths often replace medical facts. And in families who think that having no money means having no option.

We identify high-risk pregnancies in tribal areas, provide nutritional kits to expectant mothers, and most importantly — stay connected. When labour starts early, we are already on the way.

What follows is a race. A borrowed ambulance. A call to the nearest hospital that will treat a tribal mother with no documents. Volunteers waiting at 2 AM. Doctors who pick up because they know who we are.

And when that tiny life — pink, underweight, fighting — makes it into an NICU, we stay. We arrange funds. Translate for parents. Handle paperwork. Sit through the worry.

But our work doesn’t stop at survival. We also ensure these babies grow. Our postnatal care includes nutrition support, check-ups, and counselling — for mothers who’ve often never seen a weighing scale, let alone understood one.

You see, every tribal baby that survives a premature birth becomes a story — not just of life, but of equity. That your caste, income, or geography should never decide your chances of breathing.

We ask you to stand with us in this. To support not just a medical response, but a moral one. Because some babies aren’t just born early — they’re born forgotten. And it is our duty to remember them.