Every year250,000newborns in Nigeriadon’t survive their first month.
Many could be saved by a simple, proven solution that few receive.
We ensure no child misses out on a lifesaving first embrace.
The World Health Organization recommends Kangaroo Care for every premature and underweight newborn.Nigerian national policy (2017) aims for 95% coverage by 2030.
18%
of vulnerable newborns do not survivethe neonatal period in Nigeria.
The reasons why are solvable.
What is Kangaroo Care?
- Skin-to-skin contact.
- Exclusive breastfeeding.
- Danger-sign education.
Kano State · since February 2026
Results
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60% of newborn deaths happen in the first three days of life.
77% of our newborns stay with us through them.
513 of 667 newborns whose stay has ended reached day 3 or beyond.
We have concluded our pilot in one of Nigeria’s highest-burden hospitals for newborns. We are continuing there and have now expanded to a second hospital.
We compare our outcomes against a prospective hospital baseline and national estimates. All data is shared with the Kano State Ministry of Health.
What do we do?
To our knowledge we are the only organisation supporting the government to practically scale it in Kano.
We equip existing wards to WHO standards and train dedicated nursing teams to run them in public hospitals.
Nurses deliver Kangaroo Care and log every session in a real-time monitoring system.
We work with government to make this the standard of care the health system delivers.
Why us
Built for this challenge. Led by those closest to it.
We unite global clinical experience with local systems expertise.
Advised by experts from
Support
$300 gives a newborn Kangaroo Care from birth to home.
Predictable funding lowers equipment costs through bulk procurement, so every dollar goes further. Donations in particular countries are tax deductible — contact us for information.
- $60
- Kangaroo Care for a vulnerable newborn on the day when they are most likely to not survive.
- $300
- Kangaroo Care from birth to home for one newborn.
- $2,000
- Kangaroo Care for a whole ward of vulnerable newborns for a week.
- $3,000
- A newborn life saved.
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