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Named person(s)
Catherine Nyawere, Martha Theresa Abila
Date photo taken
15 February 2022
Partner organization
Reach Out Mbuya Community Health Initiative (ROM)
City/Town
Kampala
Province/State
Kampala
Country of origin
Uganda
Region
Africa
Photo credit
MCC Photo/Matthew Lester
Themes
Health
Description
Catherine Nyawere holds her 5-month-old daughter Martha Theresa Abila of Catherine Nyawere the ROM clinic in Kampala, Uganda.
Personal/Project impact
Martha Theresa Abila, has been crying a lot, so her mother brought her to ROM’s clinic to be examined.
Catherine Nyawere says she has learned a lot from Reach Out (ROM). A caregiver from ROM’s Mother to Mother program came to her house before the baby was born and helped her to set up a clean water station for good hygiene. They taught her about nutrition, such as greens. She has no husband and makes little money at a company that makes T-shirts. Her caregiver gave her supplies, such as bath soap and prenatal vitamins. They gave her transport money to come to ROM, where she also received medicine for HIV. She has learned how important it is for the mother to interact with her baby. “I play with her, so she feels like I am her mother.
Mothers learn the importance of strengthening their own health with good nutrition and improved hygiene before and after the baby is born. Babies are born without HIV to mothers who have HIV but are taking anti-retrovirals. Through the Mother to Mother community health workers, mothers improve the cleanliness of their home to protect the health of the family. Parents get health care too while the baby is in ROM’s care
Project Summary
MCC supports Reach Out Mbuya Community Health Initiative (ROM)’s maternal and child health services for parents in the slum areas of Nakawa Division of the Kampala District, Uganda.
The most vulnerable mothers, including those who are HIV positive and those who do not have HIV, but are experiencing extreme poverty receive antenatal and postnatal care and MAMA kits of supplies needed to deliver a baby in a public hospital. Children also receive continued health care and vaccines until they are two years old. Parents’ emotional and physical health is also monitored. The Mother to Mother community health workers are mentors for each family.