For our End of Year Giving appeal we are asking you to please support HOPE’s Mother & Child Care Unit
The Mother and Child Care Unit, established by HOPE in 2010, is a short-stay care unit which provides safe shelter to mothers and their children who were abandoned by their families and/or experienced domestic violence from their husbands and were compelled to leave their homes and take shelter on the streets, pavements and platforms of Kolkata.
Mothers and children, once placed in the Mother and Child Care Unit, receive holistic care for their physical and psychological well-being. These interventions are carried out through prenatal and antenatal care for pregnant and lactating mothers via nutritional support and screenings to monitor the health of both mother and child. This has resulted in safe labour, reduced mortality rates and satisfactory post-natal care. The unit also conducts regular training and counselling for mothers on issues such as breastfeeding, infant care, family planning, nutrition, and healthy practices. Need-based immunisation initiatives are also carried out through networking with local hospitals, HOPE Hospital and ward health centres.
HOPE reunites the mother and child with their family wherever possible and continues supporting the child’s education through home-based sponsorship. The mothers who have been restored and their families are provided with counselling to ensure a sustained reintegration. The mothers in need of long-term care and support are placed in other organizations that provide long-term refuge, rehabilitation, care, and support for them and their children.
