CINI's innovative mother and child sponsorship programme means your are helping children from before they are born - by teaming up with a mother - to help ensure she can give her child the best possible start in life.
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Maternal malnutrition leads to underweight births. Severely underweight babies are born malnourished, and therefore vulnerable to childhood diseases, permanent disabilities and persistent ill health.
Through CINI UK's sponsor a mother programme, you can help women access the nutrition and healthcare they need during pregnancy. They will also learn key skills such as how to make nutritious meals on a very tight budget, hygiene measures that can prevent their children from getting infections, and how to prepare effective re-hydration treatments for children with diarrhoea. This knowledge can help them break free of the cycle of poverty, malnutrition and ill health.
For £10 a month, you can sponsor a mother and touch not only her life, but also that of her family and neighbours.
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How will I know my support is having an impact?
You will be linked with a mother who will be your window in to the situation on the ground. You will receive reports explaining how she is benefiting from CINI's mother and child centred development work in her local area.
You will receive news on what is being done to ensure that a firm foundation is laid for the healthy development of her child. This will include annual photos, so you can share the joy of watching her child grow, knowing that by supporting this programme you are helping him or her move towards a better future.
If you are able to visit India, we would be delighted to arrange for you to meet the mother with whom you have been linked, and to take you to some of CINI's other programmes and projects so you can learn more about how your support is changing lives.
It is possible to sponsor either:
- in your own name (you will receive updates and photos)
- in the name of your mother as a gift for Mother's Day or her birthday or Christmas (in which case you will both receive progress reports and photos)
- in memory of your mother (you will receive updates and photos and your mother's name will be painted on a plaque at CINI's Nutrition Rehabilitation Centre in Kolkata).
Click here for the story of one mother helped by the sponsor a mother programme
Tell me more about how the sponsor a mother programme works
To sponsor now, call 020 7793 3714. If you get the answer phone, please leave your full name and phone number and we will get back to you as soon as possible. Alternatively, email your name and number to karenallonby@ciniuk.org and Karen will contact you.
Ten pounds is the minimum donation to sponsor a mother. If you want to give a smaller amount, it is possible to support CINI's work as a whole by calling the same number or email given above. If you want to give more, this is of course extremely welcome.
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