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Moments That Matter: Strengthening families so young children can thrive

Start Date: 31/12/2018- End Date: 31/12/2020

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 ERD
	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^®