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Bristol Charity Advent Calendar 2025, Day 9: Child.org
“No mother or her baby should die from preventable causes.”
This is the belief at the heart of all work done by Child.org, a Bristol-based maternal and neonatal charity, working towards the welfare of mothers and their infants in Kenya.
Founded in 2019, the charity has since supported over 10,000 pregnant women in the African country through money raised by fundraising initiatives and grants in Bristol and other parts of the UK.
The charity’s work in Kenya is supported by fundraising initiatives across the country, including in Bristol – photo: Child.org
Cycle rides, runs, marathons, monthly contributions and more – funds donated to the charity in any form ultimately contribute to life-saving health treatments for pregnant women, new mums and other community members.
Team Mum, the charity’s flagship project, helps connect pregnant women from cities in Kenya to local authorities by encouraging women to attend antenatal and postnatal clinics and seek medical care when they notice worrisome signs during their pregnancy.
“Team Mum is about so much more than bringing women into groups,” said Martina Grant, CEO for the charity, in their impact report for 2025. “It’s about building women’s autonomy in taking control of their own health, and that of their babies; it’s about improving health systems and working with government teams to find localised solutions, and it’s about improving the health services women and babies receive.”
She continued: “We want to take these ambitious goals across the whole of Kenya over the next five years.
“We thought it would be possible with the right connections and funding from the institutions we know would be interested in this project, but with funding cuts and changing priorities, we’re now more reliant on our community than ever before.”
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Through Team Mum’s work in the cities of Meru, Narok and Garissa in 2024, the charity has helped women register for a pregnant women’s group, supported over 900 women through a mobile clinic and recruited more than 30 community health promoters.
With costs rising, the charity is hoping to raise more and more funds in Bristol and other places so it can continue supporting the women in Kenya.
Their ongoing fundraiser on Big Give, which ends on Tuesday, has already raised more than £51K.
Grant added: “You’ve helped us to survive over five years, now we’re asking for you to help us thrive.
“We’re on our way; we’ve got an incredibly competent and capable team who are dreaming big, but most importantly, working hard to achieve great things.
“We need your support, however you’re able to give it. Be it through fundraising, riding a bike, giving monthly, volunteering or sharing our work, it all helps us to grow our reach and therefore our impact. Thank you for everything; you’re making great things happen.”
Main photo: Child.org
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