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Jaimee Lupton: Gingernut's Angels Founder on the foundation's efforts to remove the financial barrier to IVF and fertility treatments
Published 2 weeks, 6 days ago
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A Kiwi foundation is helping combat infertility around New Zealand.
Gingernut’s Angels, founded by Jaimee Lupton, was created with the goal of removing the financial barrier to starting a family.
It has raised more than $3.5 million and funded 197 grants to help families access IVF and fertility treatments since it was founded in 2024.
Lupton told Heather du Plessis-Allan that a single round of IVF can cost from $30 thousand to $50 thousand, which is just out of reach for so many families.
She says it look them five rounds and $250 thousand just to get their daughter.
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