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Myleene Klass met vulnerable pregnant women and healthcare staff during a visit to the Colombia border, saying she was 'blown away' by the lack of safety surrounding maternal health support.
The health advocate, 46, travelled to an emergency health unit in the La Guajira region, set up by charity Save The Children, of which she is a proud ambassador.
While in the country, the winner of I'm a Celebrity... South Africa threw herself into the activities, modelling a nursing vest and doting over the adorable newborn babies.
She said of the trip: 'As a mother I just cannot comprehend how pregnant women, so many pregnant women every week, are having to put themselves in danger, travelling for days, just to get the maternal and newborn healthcare they vitally need.
'I've been blown away by the care and compassion of the healthcare staff at the Save the Children's emergency health unit in Colombia, who are working tirelessly to ensure the mothers are supported and their children are born safely into the world.'
Save the Children ambassador Myleene Klass donned a nursing vest as she visited a breastfeeding clinic in Colombia on a mission to spread maternal education
Myleene met vulnerable pregnant women and healthcare staff during a visit to the Colombia border, saying she was 'blown away' by the lack of safety surrounding maternal health support
She continued: 'The mums I've met are all striving to provide the best for their children, despite the circumstances they have come from.
'I think the thing that binds us - the commonality that we all have as mums - is we just want the absolute best for our children.
'No woman should have to give birth alone and risk losing their baby or their life - it's shocking and totally unacceptable.'
She added: 'There is both a strength and fragility when it comes to giving birth. But what should be a sacred, nurturing time for most women is often an isolated, terrifying one.
'To see a hammock next to a 'western' bed with stirrups in this hospital was inspiring - knowing that the women from different communities who come here are thoroughly nurtured and cared for.
'The support of midwives and health workers here is so important and the passion they have for their patients shines through.
'When you're a mum irrespective of language barriers and jobs and situation you deserve to speak the same language - that's the one of motherhood.'
Joining the emergency unit in a bid to provide women with the vital support they need to give birth safely, she has also met hard-working midwives.
Myleene said: 'As a mother I just cannot comprehend how pregnant women, so many pregnant women every week, are having to put themselves in danger'
Opening up about one of the many brave women she had the chance to meet during her visit, she said: 'Making this journey is hard enough but thinking that mothers do this whilst pregnant is utterly heartbreaking'
