Building a Better World Through Safe Births and Secure Families
WE ENVISION
A world in which all children are given two gifts: The gift of a safe and healthy birth, and the gift of being welcomed into the arms of a mother and father who say to each other and their children,
“I am here for you always.”
Sub-Saharan Africa accounts for 38% of all Neonatal deaths.
SAFE PASSAGES
We believe that all women and babies ought to have a “Safe Passage,” a pregnancy and birth free of death, serious injury, and disease (like HIV infection).
Maternal Deaths Per 100,000 Live Births
A JOURNEY OF A THOUSAND DAYS
Stunting is the impaired growth and development that children experience from poor nutrition, repeated infection, and inadequate psychosocial stimulation in the first 1000 days of life
33% of children in East Africa are developmentally stunted
The first 1000 days of life is a critical and vulnerable time for human development. It is a time in which the human person is to a large extent “embodied,” becoming the integrated mind, brain, body and spirit that defines every human being.
A healthy 1000 days is dependent on weaving three things together: physical health, nutritional health and mental health.
TOGETHER WE ARE HEALTHY
We Believe
Health is Relational
THE FAITHFUL HOUSE
In order to be healthy we must have healthy relationships – between men and women, between husbands and wives, between parents and children and between communities and the health care institutions that serve them.
The Faithful House is a well-established and successful program of marriage formation and renewal that improves the health and well-being of couples and families, including improving food security, parenting, communication, respect for women, and reducing domestic violence, alcoholism and infidelity.
“Kenyan children from broken homes are significantly more likely to be malnourished and to miss out on key vaccinations compared to their peers from intact families.”
Eveline and Jude - Part 1
Eveline and Jude - Part 2
Eveline and Jude - Part 3
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