Help Build A Maternity Ward for Our Impoverished Mothers
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In Tanzania, women usually give birth at home, surrounded by family and community members, but with no medical support. 3 in 10 young women (20–24) have given birth by age 18 . As a result, Tanzania has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world, with an estimated 11,000 women dying yearly due to complications in pregnancy and childbirth. Majority of these deaths are preventable with emergency obstetric care.
6 in 10 infant deaths occur in the first year of life.
With your generous support, we intend to build maternity facilities in Njoro Ward, Moshi. 23,771 people reside in this destitute area. The local health centre tends to around 360 pregnant women every year but the centre lacks the specialist maternity staff and equipment to effectively care for pregnant women and infants.
Many children lose their mothers' during childbirth.
The new maternity ward will help lower maternal and infant mortality rates by providing:
- Specialist maternity staff and equipment
- Labour beds
- Regular prenatal checkups
- Vaccinations
- Family planning guidance
- Advice on how to care for newborn infants
- Please help us save our mothers by donating today.
ZAKAT: This campaign is Zakat eligible in accordance with our policy published on our website: kijana-kwanza.org.
About Kijana Kwanza (Young People First)
Kijana Kwanza (Young People First) is a grassroots project based in Moshi, Tanzania that empowers children and young people with the skills and opportunities to prepare them for a future without poverty.
The organisation directly sponsors over 200 children and young people, most of whom are orphaned, abandoned or from single-parent families, who reside in the community, in foster care or on-site at one of our children’s homes or youth hostels. Most of our children and young people attend school or are enrolled in a vocational course at college, whilst some undertake apprenticeships or work-shadowing in local industry. Outside of formal education, we deliver an extensive programme of extra-curricular learning, which emphasises soft skills development, leadership training and digital inclusion.
Aside from direct student sponsorship, Kijana Kwanza delivers a variety of day services and social welfare provision from its HQ in Moshi Town, for the wider community of children, young people and their families. These include free and subsidised English language and Computer classes, a Study Café, hardship grants and interest-free loans, seasonal campaigns, community events and microfinance initiatives.
For a full list of our activities, visit www.kijana-kwanza.org.
For more information, you can also contact our UK Director (based on-site in Tanzania), Mohammed S Mamdani, by WhatsApp on +44 7903 986 022 or email mohammed@kijana-kwanza.org.
In Tanzania, women usually give birth at home, surrounded by family and community members, but with no medical support. 3 in 10 young women (20–24) have given birth by age 18 . As a result, Tanzania has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world, with an estimated 11,000 women dying yearly due to complications in pregnancy and childbirth. Majority of these deaths are preventable with emergency obstetric care.
6 in 10 infant deaths occur in the first year of life.
With your generous support, we intend to build maternity facilities in Njoro Ward, Moshi. 23,771 people reside in this destitute area. The local health centre tends to around 360 pregnant women every year but the centre lacks the specialist maternity staff and equipment to effectively care for pregnant women and infants.
Many children lose their mothers' during childbirth.
The new maternity ward will help lower maternal and infant mortality rates by providing:
- Specialist maternity staff and equipment
- Labour beds
- Regular prenatal checkups
- Vaccinations
- Family planning guidance
- Advice on how to care for newborn infants
- Please help us save our mothers by donating today.
ZAKAT: This campaign is Zakat eligible in accordance with our policy published on our website: kijana-kwanza.org.
About Kijana Kwanza (Young People First)
Kijana Kwanza (Young People First) is a grassroots project based in Moshi, Tanzania that empowers children and young people with the skills and opportunities to prepare them for a future without poverty.
The organisation directly sponsors over 200 children and young people, most of whom are orphaned, abandoned or from single-parent families, who reside in the community, in foster care or on-site at one of our children’s homes or youth hostels. Most of our children and young people attend school or are enrolled in a vocational course at college, whilst some undertake apprenticeships or work-shadowing in local industry. Outside of formal education, we deliver an extensive programme of extra-curricular learning, which emphasises soft skills development, leadership training and digital inclusion.
Aside from direct student sponsorship, Kijana Kwanza delivers a variety of day services and social welfare provision from its HQ in Moshi Town, for the wider community of children, young people and their families. These include free and subsidised English language and Computer classes, a Study Café, hardship grants and interest-free loans, seasonal campaigns, community events and microfinance initiatives.
For a full list of our activities, visit www.kijana-kwanza.org.
For more information, you can also contact our UK Director (based on-site in Tanzania), Mohammed S Mamdani, by WhatsApp on +44 7903 986 022 or email mohammed@kijana-kwanza.org.
