Family-based care for high-risk mothers and babies in Malawi
Chimwemwe mu’bereki – Joyful Motherhood
When a woman dies just after childbirth in Malawi, her healthy newborn often follows her in death. Not for a lack of love or care, but simply poverty. This second death is so common that it is expected.
Joyful Motherhood exists to ensure the survival of infants whose mothers die shortly after childbirth, other high-risk infants, and to care for women who experience significant chronic illness following birth.
Our Baby Care Programme provides nurse visits, formula, and care to vulnerable newborns for the entire first year of their lives.
Our Mother Care Programme provides in-home support to critically ill postpartum women.
Impact & Results
A donation of $1500 to Joyful Motherhood results in one death averted.
- In Malawi, 6% of children die before the age of 5 years. Of these, 68% die within their first year and 40% die within the first month.
- By targeting high risk infants ages 0-1 year we can have a significant impact on child survival.
- Over 95% of the babies enrolled in our program survive.
Our Mission
Joyful Motherhood exists with the core knowledge that the lives of all women and children are precious.
The ultimate goal is the evolution of an environment in which women are free to experience and appreciate the birth process and motherhood as one of the great joys of human existence.
Stories of Impact
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Merelina’s mother died when she was only two weeks old and most people in her community did not believe she…
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What happens when birth starts fast and furiously in a rural sub-Saharan African village but there are complications?
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Jaqueline’s twin boys were enrolled in our program this month. Our nurses found them crying from hunger at their grandmother’s…
