Kangaroo Mother Care (Global Development Group - J788N)

Kangaroo Mother Care is a Global Development Group (GDG) approved aid and development project (J788N). Based on the way that Kangaroos care for their joeys, Kangaroo Mother Care is a very simple concept that is helping to save babies in countries where medical equipment is a distant luxury. By placing the babies skin to skin on their mothers chest, this acts as a natural incubator and provides the babies with:
 
- Warmth
- Security
- Bonding
- Protection from infection
- Exclusive breastfeeding and increased weight gain
- Greatly improved morbidity and mortality rates
 
With one of the highest mortality rates in the world, the tiny babies born in Tanzania begin life with the odds stacked against them. Kangaroo Mother Care is giving hope to these babies and their mothers.
 
In a ward created in September 2012, over 300 of the country’s most vulnerable babies have made their way through the doors. Weighing between a tiny 750 to 1300 grams, these babies are amongst the smallest. With the support of Kangaroo Mother Care every one of these precious babies has survived and continues to thrive today. It truly is amazing! Mothers around Tanzania have heard of the successes of Kangaroo Mother Care and are now coming from far and wide to enter this ward which give them hope. There simply is not enough facilities to accommodate all these women and their babies.