Foundation supports mother of preterm twins with N500,000

 

The Well Being Foundation Africa (WBFA) has supported Mrs Fatimoh Akewushola, the mother of a preterm twins admitted at the Neo-natal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of the Kwara State University Teaching Hospital (KWASUTH) with N500,000 naira.

At the presentation of the cheque held on Friday in Ilorin, WBFA National Programme Manager, Mr Kehinde Akinsola said the support is under the foundation’s Mama Care 360 NICU+ programme.

He said the gesture was a follow up of a request for support by a mother whose preterm twins babies were admitted to the NICU for treatment of jaundice and other things .

”Upon inquiry, we discovered that the mother has hepatitis B and the babies couldn’t get Haemoglobin injection until after 72 hours instead of the recommended 24 hours.

”We also discovered that she has a bill of N368,000 to be paid already, so we rounded up the figure for her, to support her and bring a relief to the family.

”This is because presently the mother isn’t lactating, so the kids depends on formula which costs N19,000 per tin and they finish a tin within three days,” he said.

Mr Akinsola said the beneficiary is one of the pregnant women lectured during one of its Mama Care programme where WBFA midwives engage pregnant women on the do’s and dont’s during the nine months journey.

Head of Department, NICU KWASUTH,Mrs Seun Bamikole said the Mama Care programme has been helping mothers because WBFA provided the unit with breast pump and engage in regular health education of pregnant and nursing mothers.

”The breast pump has helped in augmenting what the mothers can produce naturally and the foundation also help them financially.

”We have seen a change in attitude of mothers, as they now see more reasons to prefer breast milk to formula and with the breast pump, they are able to express more,” she said.

WBFA Data Assistant NICU+ Programme, Miss Elizabeth Ebo said the programme has brought about great improvement as babies in NICU were discharged earlier as they now have access to breast milk unlike before.

”The whole initiative is to encourage mothers to feed their babies with their breast milk instead of using formulas.

”For the sake of mothers with difficulty in lactating or breastfeeding, we provided breast pump so that they can express their breast milk through it.

”With the provision of breast pump and lessons learnt during our classes, so many babies have been discharged on time because they have access to breast milk, so there is a great improvement for babies and their mothers,” she said.

WBFA is a Non-Governmental Organisation driving positive health outcomes and transformative wellbeing across Nigeria and the African continent.

Since its inception in 2004, WBFA has been implementing frontline programming and advocating for health and wellbeing while championing sustainable development initiatives.

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