Kate Lysykh

Guest Writer·CEO, Helpster Charity

Kate Lysykh is the CEO of Helpster Charity, a technology-enabled nonprofit advancing equitable access to life-saving healthcare for underserved communities across Africa and South Asia. Under her leadership, Helpster has supported over 480 women in safely giving birth despite high-risk pregnancy complications through its transparent digital funding platform.

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Every Mother Deserves the Right to Survive Childbirth

An estimated 260,000 women still die each year from pregnancy-related complications, most of them preventable. Kate Lysykh, CEO of Helpster Charity, argues that safe motherhood must become a universal guarantee, not a privilege determined by geography or income.

18 March 2026·4 min read