Orange Foundation Supports The Mama-Pikin Foundation’s Program for Pregnant Women.
Orange Foundation provides financial support for the Mama-Pikin Foundation’s Support for Pregnant Women program in multiple districts in Sierra Leone. From 14 to 16 March 2025, officials from Orange Foundation joined MPF to visit pregnant women in three of their supported healthcare facilities—Masongbo, Yengema, and Hanga Health Centers. During the visit, 390 pregnant women and […]
The Mama-Pikin Foundation celebrates Sierra Leone’s first locally trained OB/GYNs at the West African College of Surgeons Annual Conference.
Representatives from The Mama-Pikin Foundation attended the West African College of Surgeons annual conference in Mali to celebrate a historic milestone—the graduation of the first-ever class of specialist obstetrician-gynecologists trained in Sierra Leone! The Mama-Pikin Foundation played a key role in this achievement by supporting the Ministry of Health in establishing Sierra Leone’s first OB/GYN […]
The Mama-Pikin Foundation at the 1st African Urban Heat Summit.
The Mama-Pikin Foundation team presented our work at the 1st African Urban Heat Summit held in Freetown on 7 February 2025. Our Country Director, Leeann MaHota Rizk, introduced our new Climate & Maternal Health training tool, which we use to educate communities about the effects of climate change and extreme heat on pregnant women and […]
Raising Awareness on Female Genital Mutilation with the World Health Organization.
The Co-Founder & Executive Director of The Mama-Pikin Foundation partnered with the World Health Organization to produce a video raising awareness about Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). Released on the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (February 6, 2025), the video educates individuals and communities about FGM and discusses strategies to end this […]
Celebrating a Milestone: Sierra Leone’s First Class of Locally Trained OB/GYN Specialists
The Mama-Pikin Foundation congratulates the first ever class of Sierra Leonean specialist obstetrician-gynecologists trained in our country!
The Mama-Pikin Foundation Country Director Attends Research Network Meeting on Maternal Health in LMICs
The Country Director of the Mama-Pikin Foundation, Leeann Rizk, participated as a delegate in a meeting focused on developing research networks in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
Training Health Workers in Sierra Leone to Combat Maternal Deaths from Postpartum Hemorrhage
Our nurses, midwives, and doctors are working hard to decrease maternal deaths in Sierra Leone! This week, The Mama-Pikin Foundation supported the Ministry of Health to train 54 trainers who will then train health workers across the country to use the new medications Heat-Stable Carbetocin & Tranexamic Acid to prevent and treat postpartum hemorrhage.
New Research on Postpartum Hemorrhage (PPH) Prevention and Treatment: Special Collection Published in IJMA
We are pleased to announce the publication of a postpartum hemorrhage (PPH)-dedicated open-access Special Collection in the International Journal of Maternal and Child Health and AIDS (IJMA): Implementation Research Evidence for Prevention and Treatment of Postpartum Hemorrhage in High Burden Low-and-Middle-Income Countries.
The Mama-Pikin Foundation and Human Rights Watch Partner to Study Climate Impact on Maternal Health in Sierra Leone
The Mama-Pikin Foundation (MPF) was honored to welcome researcher Skye Wheeler from Human Rights Watch (HRW) to Sierra Leone!
Developing National Training to Combat Maternal Mortality: A New Era for Postpartum Hemorrhage Care in Sierra Leone
For the past 8 months, The Mama-Pikin Foundation has been supporting the Ministry of Health (MOH) in Sierra Leone to develop the National Training Package for the use of Heat-Stable Carbetocin and Tranexamic Acid to prevent and treat postpartum hemorrhage.
