Documentary film for CARE titled 'To Help Themselves'. CARE news 'Report on Conditions' from Chief of mission in India to CARE New York office. Indian woman who is also a midwife sticks cow dung cakes on wall of a hut in a village. Young Indian girl calls on the woman to check another woman in labor. Indian midwife helps mother to deliver a baby. Mother of the baby dies and Indian midwife woman covers her up with a blanket. Farmer in Greece plows field using donkeys. Greek woman holds a shovel.1950.
CARE 'Self Help' order for General Relief Midwifery in India is typed in New York office. CARE Midwife kit includes antiseptic soap, bowl and surgical instruments. American woman trains Indian midwives on the use of CARE midwifery kit at WHO Training center in Najafgarh Indian midwife is called upon to help deliver a baby. Indian midwife washes hand with soap. Midwife uses CARE midwifery kit to help mother deliver a baby.1950.