CUSTOM CHALLENGE; NIGERIA
PROVEN INTERVENTION TO BE DISTRIBUTED
Nutrition through exclusive breast milk feeding
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DISTRIBUTION MODEL INNOVATION
Sustainable Initiative for Nutrition & Development (SIND's) exclusive breast milk feeding (EBMF) and support campaign project aims to increase exclusive breast milk feeding rate by improving health facility and community breastfeeding support continuum for lactating mothers in Nigeria.
SIND’s model is training and engaging health workers, traditional birth attendants and community influencers to promote, protect and provide supportive actions as well as uphold learning and practice exchange of exclusive breast milk feeding (EBMF) for lactating mothers sustain EBMF for 6-month. SIND exclusive breast milk feeding (EBMF) and support campaign project creates a synergy for community collective actions to support lactating mothers and shared exclusive breast milk feeding responsibilities
PILOT AND SCALING GOALS
Reach 1800 mother-infant dyads within six months of pilot
Train and engage 35 (EBMF support group) champions to promote, protect and ensure lactating mothers practice exclusive breast milk feeding (EBMF) for 6-month
Fundraise $200,000 from new donors or investors in the first two years of operations
FOUNDING TEAM
Oderinde Michael - Founder/Program Director