Continuity matters more than coverage
A child who receives the same care for ten years has dramatically better outcomes than a child who receives twice the services across multiple programs. Stability is the intervention.
Impact
Twenty years, measured in lives.
We measure success not by services delivered but by the trajectories of the children we serve. Here is what we have learned.
0Children served at founding
0Continuous work
0Community-based
0Cities reached
What we have learned
Local hands hold the work
Every program is run by people who live in the communities we serve. International involvement is a support function, not a steering one.
Research and service reinforce each other
The foundation’s relationships in Gondar made possible the research that produced the University of Gondar neonatal-mortality prediction score, which now helps clinicians beyond Gondar identify at-risk newborns earlier.