Every year, 250,000 newborns in Nigeria don’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 evidence
The World Health Organization recommends kangaroo mother care (KC) for every premature and low-birth-weight newborn, with its highest level of certainty. Only 5% of them receive it.
The reasons why are solvable.
What is kangaroo mother care?
Kangaroo mother care is continuous skin-to-skin contact between a parent and their newborn. It keeps the baby warm, stable, and feeding — and dramatically improves survival for premature and low-birth-weight babies. Press play to see how it works in under two minutes.
Pilot · Kano · since February 2026
Our pilot
We have concluded our pilot of our model in one of Nigeria’s highest-burden hospitals for newborns. We compare outcomes against both the hospital baseline and national and subnational baseline estimates. All data is shared with the Kano State Ministry of Health.
75% of newborn deaths happen in the first week of life. Most of our babies stay with us through it.
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Our model
We embed kangaroo care in government hospitals
Nigeria aims for 90% of newborns to receive kangaroo care by 2030. We are the only organisation supporting both government and public hospitals in implementing KC in Kano.
We set up WHO-aligned kangaroo care wards and train dedicated nursing teams to run them.
Nurses deliver kangaroo care and log every session in a real-time monitoring system.
We work with government so over time they can manage programs as we assist them technically.
Why us
Built for this challenge. Led by those closest to it.
We unite global clinical experience with local systems expertise.
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$200 protects a newborn through the most dangerous week of their life — from birth to home.
Predictable funding lowers equipment costs through bulk procurement, so every dollar goes further. All donations are tax-deductible.
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