The Linda Kizazi Project: A Multi-Faceted Community-Based Approach to Promote and Support Exclusive Breastfeeding in Kibera Slum, Nairobi, Kenya

In Sub-Saharan Africa, roughly 12 of every 100 children die before age five.  Exclusive breastfeeding for six months is an effective way to save many of those lives but only about one-third of babies in the region are exclusively breastfed and in Kenya's Kibera slums, where poverty forces mothers to resume work soon after delivery, the rate is 2%.  The Linda Kizazi project will foster a Baby-Friendly Community in Kibera, creating both a personal saving plan for mothers and links to breastfeeding-friendly ways to generate income in those crucial first six months of their baby's life.