The Mama-Pikin Foundation will now be supporting Kondembaia clinic in Koinadugu district.
Every pregnant woman in Kondembaia clinic will now be supported with transportation assistance and provided the Mama-Pikin Foundation delivery bucket in labor.
The foundation’s interventions include:
- Providing a delivery bucket to every woman who delivers a baby at supported clinics. Each bucket contains a sheet of plastic to provide a clean surface area for delivery, a Lappa (cloth) to wrap the baby, and soap. The buckets have been very successful in decreasing maternal and neonatal infections, and in providing an incentive for women to come to the clinics to deliver. Dangerous home deliveries have decreased substantially in the areas served by the Mama-Pikin Foundation-supported clinics.
- Transportation assistance so women don’t have to walk many miles when in labor. The foundation reimburses motorcycle taxis who bring women in labor to the clinics.
- Nutrition support for pregnant women in birth waiting homes.
- Support for community health officers to promote delivery in clinics, breastfeeding, and identification of sick and at risk pregnant women and children.
