"Umama Bora: Empowering Mothers, Building Futures" (Swahili for "Good Motherhood")

The "Umama Bora" project is a comprehensive maternal health initiative designed to improve maternal and newborn health outcomes in [Target Region/Community]. This project recognizes that healthy mothers are the cornerstone of healthy families and thriving communities. It addresses critical gaps in maternal healthcare by providing access to quality services, empowering women with knowledge and agency, and strengthening community health systems. The project focuses on a continuum of care approach, encompassing pre-pregnancy, pregnancy, childbirth, and postnatal periods. It integrates essential health services with community-based education and support, ensuring that women receive the care they need throughout their motherhood journey.

1. Reduce Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR): To decrease the MMR in the target region by [Specific Percentage or Number] over the project period. This will be achieved by improving access to skilled birth attendance, emergency obstetric care, and postnatal care. 2. Improve Newborn Survival: To reduce neonatal mortality rates by [Specific Percentage or Number] by improving access to essential newborn care interventions, including skilled birth attendance, immediate newborn care, and management of newborn illnesses. 3. Increase Access to Quality Antenatal Care (ANC): To increase the percentage of pregnant women receiving at least four antenatal care visits by [Specific Percentage] by ensuring availability of ANC services, training healthcare providers on updated ANC protocols, and raising awareness about the importance of ANC. 4. Promote Family Planning: To increase the uptake of modern family planning methods by [Specific Percentage] by providing access to a range of contraceptive options, counseling services, and addressing cultural barriers to family planning. 5. Empower Women through Education: To empower women with knowledge about maternal and newborn health, their rights, and available services through community health education sessions, support groups, and targeted communication campaigns. 6. Strengthen Community Health Systems: To strengthen the capacity of community health workers (CHWs) to provide essential maternal and newborn health services, including health education, risk identification, and referral to health facilities. This will involve training, supportive supervision, and provision of necessary resources.

Expected Timeframe: The "Umama Bora" project is designed for a duration of five years. This timeframe allows for: • Year 1: Project setup, baseline assessment, community mobilization, training of CHWs, and initial implementation of key interventions. • Years 2-4: Intensified implementation of all project activities, including service delivery, community education, and ongoing monitoring and evaluation. • Year 5: Project evaluation, documentation of lessons learned, sustainability planning, and handover of project activities to local partners.