Mothers Ambassador Program: Map

The Mama Ambassador Program (MAP) is an initiative of Brick by Brick Uganda’s Babies and Mothers Alive (BAMA) Program to improve support for the 2,000 adolescent mothers each year in Uganda’s Rakai and Kyotera Districts. Through use of the BAMA Program’s existing community midwives and model mothers, Mama Ambassadors, the project will specifically identify, track, and provide both institutional and monthly peer-group support for adolescent mothers at Rakai Hospital to improve their well-being and stimulate their infants’ early brain development. Midwives and Mama Ambassadors will be trained in adolescent-friendly antenatal care (ANC), postnatal care (PNC), and infant development curricula to empower adolescent girls during their pregnancy and up to 12 months after birth. Skills and mentoring in essential practices for early brain development, such as breastfeeding, attachment and bonding, and play, will improve infants’ performance in key development indicators at 2, 6, and 12 months.