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Nissima gave birth to premature twins, a boy and a girl. On her way to the hospital, her baby boy died. Her daughter was immediately placed in an Embrace incubator when she reached the hospital — and she survived. Nissima named her daughter Fortunate because she received a warm Embrace that saved her life.

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Latest Stories From Our Blog

Little Sparrow’s First Flight: How Warmth Helped Save a Newborn in Ukraine

Morning light spilled through the windows of a hospital in western Ukraine as doctors worked quietly to save a newborn boy they called Little Sparrow. He had come into the world far earlier than expected, his tiny body too fragile to hold its own warmth. His mother, Natalya, had already lost her home in Donetsk, but she refused to lose hope. Every day, she sat by his side, whispering that his brothers and sisters were waiting for him to come home. As his temperature fell, the

A Few Degrees Meant a Lifetime: Kelvin’s Story of Survival in Zambia

Kelvin entered the world too soon, too small, and far too fragile to survive on his own. Weighing just 2.5 pounds, his tiny body struggled to do what full-term newborns can do with ease: stay warm. At a rural health center in central Zambia, the skilled birth attendant who delivered him immediately saw the signs of danger. Kelvin needed urgent, specialized neonatal care. But the nearest hospital was hours away and, for a preterm baby, every minute of cold can be life-threaten

Honoring World Prematurity Day 2025

Every year, millions of babies enter the world too soon — their bodies fragile, their temperatures unstable, and their first moments shaped by circumstances far beyond their control. But each tiny heartbeat carries a story of courage. And today, on World Prematurity Day, we celebrate those stories. For newborns born prematurely or underweight, simply staying warm can mean the difference between life and death. Hypothermia is one of the most common and preventable threats thes

Embrace in the News

A nonprofit is racing to get its portable baby incubators into Israel and Gaza as crisis deepens

CNN - October 27, 2023

Acutely aware of the deepening crisis between Israel and Gaza, Chen is mobilizing her team at Embrace Global, a nonprofit she co-founded to help save babies’ lives, in a way that’s become second nature to her. Learn more

Portable Incubators Save Young Lives in Ukraine

UNICEF - July 29, 2022

Baby Sofia is just a day old. She was born in Sumy, Ukraine as air raid sirens wailed in the background. Now, against all the odds, she sleeps quietly in a warmer...The comfort and temperature of Sofia's little body is maintained by a special infant warmer. The American non-profit organisation ‘Embrace’ has provided 150 such devices* to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), which has already delivered them to hospitals in Dnipro, Sumy, Pokrovsk and other Ukrainian cities. Learn more

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Premature births have tripled in Ukraine. This nonprofit is donating portable incubators

Fast Company - May 9, 2022

‘These nurses are risking their lives staying with the babies so they can be in these incubators, meanwhile buildings are getting bombed all around them,’ says Jane Chen, CEO and cofounder of Embrace Global. Learn more

Humanitarian Heroes: Embrace Global sending portable incubators to pregnant women amid conflict in Ukraine

ABC News - May 6, 2022

Interview with Jane Chen, discussing doubling of rate of premature birth across Ukraine. Learn more