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Home » Innovations » 1707-05824

Bridge to Empowerment for Girls in Nairobi (BEGIN)

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Start Date: 31/03/2017- End Date: 30/06/2019


The project will provide 500 teenage girls who are pregnant and/or nursing children between the ages 0-3 years living in Mukuru Slum of Nairobi with knowledge and skills to promote their children’s brain and overall development, through a three-pronged approach incorporating scientific, social and economic interventions. The project will utilize an Early Childhood Development (ECD) framework that will take teenage mothers through a process of ECD awareness, knowledge acquisition, action, accountability, assessment and access to services. Initial parenting workshops will promote self-esteem and positive parenting, and share key ECD messaging, followed by groups that promote support, learning and action. Outcomes measured will include parent knowledge, attitudes, practices and access to services, along with child developmental outcomes using the Ages and Stages Questionnaire and BMIs.

  • Innovation Overview
    Program

    Saving Brains

    Institution

    HOPE Worldwide Kenya

    Institution Country

    Kenya

    Implementation Country

    Kenya

    Implementation Region

    Sub-Saharan Africa

    Priority

    Caregiver Wellbeing, Creating Nurturing Environments for Child Development, Family Planning, Maternal Conditions, Reproductive Health

    Platform

    Behaviour Change Communication, Non-health provider training, Peer education, Public-private partnership, Service Delivery

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