IT was a long a day for the Zonta Club of Dunsborough on June 27 but the end result was well worth it.
Last month club members gathered to make 600 birthing kits to send away to developing countries.
Zonta is an international organisation which works towards advancing the status of women through service and advocacy.
President Lynley Scott said a woman dies every two minutes from a complication related to pregnancy and childbirth.
"With an estimated 385,000 women dying annually in childbirth, many from infections acquired during childbirth which meant there is a great need for our clean birthing kits," she said.
The birthing kits address the seven cleans needed for a safe delivery, which includes a plastic sheet, sterile scalpel blade, three cords and five gauze squares.
For more information about the club contact Lynley on 0409 279 907.