What We Do

The Foundation for Mother and Child Health (FMCH) aims to help children reach their potential by improving the health, education and skills of both mothers and their children.

It has long been known that mothers play a crucial role in ensuring the sustainability of programmes developed to alleviate malnutrition and poverty amongst children.

Educate a woman and the family gains enormously. A well nourished woman face fewer risks during pregnancy and childbirth, and her children are better developed physically and mentally: performing better at school, growing into healthier adults and able to give their own children a better start in life.

The World Health Organisation states that:

• Poor nutrition contributes to 1 out of 2 deaths (53%) among children aged under five in developing countries.
• 1 out of 4 preschool children suffers from under-nutrition, which can severely affect a child's mental and physical development.
• 1 out of 3 people in developing countries are affected by vitamin and mineral deficiencies and therefore more subject to infection, birth defects and impaired physical and psycho-intellectual development.

FMCH currently has programmes in Indonesia, India and Azerbaijan. In Indonesia we work in Jakarta and West Timor. In India we work in Mumbai. In Azerbaijan we work in Baku.

The Foundation for Mother and Child Health provides:

• supplementary feeding programmes for underweight children
• health, hygiene and nutrition lessons for mothers
• training programmes for community health workers
• early childhood learning for young children
• training programmes for preschool teachers
• scholarships for primary school children
• skills training for mothers to help improve their families’ income

For an in depth look at the programmes being carried out in each region please click below.

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