Joyful Motherhood
Home-based care for high-risk mothers and babies in Malawi
We provide home-based postnatal nursing care to high-risk women and babies in Malawi. What we do is unique, it is life-saving. Every donation - big or small - can make a difference for women and babies in Malawi.
Who We Are
Joyful Motherhood (registered as Chimwemwe mu’bereki Association) is a Malawian non-governmental organization, which provides home-based postnatal nursing care to high-risk women and babies. The current geographic focus is Lilongwe District (Lilongwe being the capital of Malawi). The organization was… Read More
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Baby Care Programme
Joyful Motherhood nurses identify vulnerable infants immediately after birth and provide these babies with home-based nursing care for at least one year. Because infant deaths (i.e. under one year of age) constitute such a large portion of child deaths… Read More
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Mother Care Programme
In Malawi, maternal mortality rate is one of the highest in the world with 634 per 100 000 live births (Worldbank 2011-2015), i.e. every 160th woman dies due to pregnancy-related causes. Joyful Motherhood‘s Mother Care Programme identifies critically ill… Read More
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