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Moments That Matter: Strengthening families so young children can thrive

Start Date: 31/12/2018- End Date: 30/06/2021

Project Lead(s): Samuel Owusu-Afriyie

Moments That Matter is an integrated community-led parenting empowerment program that aims to sustainably catalyze change among families directly affected by HIV/AIDS and other vulnerabilities in Zambia and Kisumu County in Kenya. Moments that Matter focuses on the critical 0-3 year age period. Its aim is to strengthen the primary caregiver-child relationship as well as the child’s cognitive, language, motor skills and social and emotional development.

Innovation Overview
	Program Saving Brains
	Institution Episcopal Relief & Development
	Institution Country Ghana
	Implementation Country Kenya, Zambia
	Implementation Region Sub-Saharan Africa
	Priority Antenatal care, Breastfeeding, Caregiver Wellbeing, Complementary feeding, Creating Nurturing Environments for Child Development, Developmental, Economic, Equal participation & decision-making, Food and Nutrition, Food security, Gender Equality, HIV, Home Environment for Child Development, Infectious Diseases, Maternal Conditions, Mental Neurological and Substance Use Disorders, Newborn Conditions, Non-communicable Diseases, Post-natal care, Social Justice, Social Protection
	Platform Behaviour Change Communication, Diagnostics / Diagnostics, Non-health provider training, Nutrition, Other, Peer education, Service Delivery

Bold Ideas with Big Impact®

Project Lead(s): Samuel Owusu-Afriyie

Bold Ideas with Big Impact^®