By Esther Hamilton | CEO
MAITS would like to thank all those who have donated so far to the life-saving infant feeding training in Liberia/Rwanda. We have now raised £2169 towards our goal of £21,689 to be able to deliver the infant feeding training in Liberia and the second stage of feeding training, which is training on weaning to our Rwandan master trainers.
We are putting in place plans which will enable us to start the project in Liberia and Rwanda later in the year and also to start the programme in Rwanda if we need to stagger the programme around when the funding comes in.
In the meantime, from the original infant feeding training that happened in Rwanda in February 2018, the numbers we have managed to reach has increased from 1900 mothers and babies at the time of the last report, to 2400 currently. Initial figures indicate that the infant mortality rate in the clinics and hospitals we have delivered the programme in, in Rwanda, has decreased from 11% to 8% in the time since we started the programme. The results of the first part of the programme were accepted as an abstract for publication in the American Association of Pediatrics professional journal.
This programme is life-saving and yet very low-cost. We hope to be able to replicate this success in Liberia and extend the programme in Rwanda with your help, so please do share information on this project with your friends and family!
Kind regards,
Esther
By Esther Hamilton | CEO
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