The Mira Azalea Maternal & Infant Health Initiative

The Mira Azalea Initiative helps families turn grief into healing by funding maternal and infant healthcare centers. Families can raise funds in memory of a lost child, with proceeds supporting high-need healthcare infrastructure such as maternity wards and newborn clinics.

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Why We Started the Mira Azalea Initiative

The Mira Azalea Maternal and Infant Health Initiative was born from grief — and from love.

Mike McEvoy, Executive Director of Construction for Change, and his wife Rachel lost their daughter Mira shortly after her birth. In the painful days that followed, they knew they wanted Mira’s name to stand for something more. They wanted her story to be a source of healing — not only for themselves, but for others around the world facing life’s most fragile moments.

From that desire came the Mira Azalea Initiative.

It’s a program that gives families the opportunity to honor a loved one by funding healthcare infrastructure in communities where maternal and infant care is desperately needed. Through personalized memorial campaigns, families raise money that helps build maternity wards, neonatal units, and maternal health clinics — projects that save lives, offer dignity, and stand as living tributes to those who are no longer with us.

Every campaign is personal. Every project is meaningful. And every building carries a name, a legacy, and a story of love transformed into impact.

“We created this initiative because we didn’t want our daughter’s life to be defined by loss. We wanted it to ripple outward into hope — for mothers, for babies, for families like ours.”
— Mike McEvoy, Executive Director, CfC