Our programs are designed to bridge the gap between lived experience and life-saving action. We work to prevent maternal deaths caused by hypertensive disorders in pregnancy by focusing on what matters most education, access to care, respectful treatment, and system-level change.
Through storytelling, digital campaigns, community dialogue, and policy advocacy, this campaign aims to make preeclampsia as well known as malaria mobilizing public awareness and political will to act early and save lives.
Our community-led outreach model brings life-saving antenatal services directly to women, especially in underserved areas.
Our sessions brought together nurses, midwives, clinical officers, counselors, and support staff, many of whom carry the daily weight of supporting women through pregnancy complications, newborn loss, and life-changing diagnoses.
The atmosphere was open, honest, and deeply reflective. Healthcare providers shared real stories of grief, resilience, and hope. They examined the emotional demands of their work and explored new ways to uplift both the families they serve and their own well-being.
The training focused on four key pillars:
Participants practiced delivering sensitive information with empathy, dignity, and clarity. We emphasized human-centered communication that supports both grieving and surviving families.
We equipped Healthcare providers with practical tools to manage emotional strain, compassion fatigue, grief, and burnout because caregivers themselves need care, space, and support.
We explored simple, realistic improvements that can be implemented immediately, without waiting for policy changes from communication protocols to ward culture to leadership support.
We addressed how healthcare providers can walk with families experiencing miscarriage, stillbirth, neonatal loss, or navigating a lifelong disability diagnosis ensuring they feel seen, heard, and respected.
One of the most powerful themes across all three facilities was Respectful maternal and bereavement care does not begin with new policies it begins with mindset, empathy, and leadership that values humanity inside the hospital walls.
Systems become stronger when the people who run them are supported, trained, and emotionally equipped.
Families heal better when providers feel confident, grounded, and compassionate.
Communities trust health facilities more when dignity guides clinical practice and the overall work environment.
We are incredibly proud of the healthcare providers who showed up ready to learn, reflect, and grow.Their willingness to engage deeply despite busy schedules, emotional fatigue, and complex caseloads speaks to their unwavering dedication to mothers and newborns.
We also appreciate the leadership teams in all three facilities who participated, listened, and affirmed their commitment to strengthening maternal and neonatal care.
Together, we are creating a future in Kenya where:
The RMBC program runs over six months, and the training marks just the beginning.
We now enter the implementation phase, where we walk alongside each hospital to:
This phase allows us to see how knowledge is being transformed into practice and how teams are building sustainable, compassionate systems of care from within.
The demand for respectful, compassionate, and equitable maternal care across Kenya is immense and growing. Our work has shown that with the right training, emotional support, and system strengthening, healthcare providers can radically improve the experiences of mothers and families.
But sustaining and expanding this impact requires strategic investment.
Your support can:
Together, we can build health systems that honor every woman, every baby, and every family with dignity, empathy, and respect.
If you would like to support this program or explore partnership opportunities, we welcome you to connect with us. Your contribution has the power to transform care and save lives.
Strengthening Respectful Maternal and Bereavement Care Across Kenya: A Transformative Training Initiative one Healthcare Provider, one Facility at a Time.Over the past two months, Zuri Nzilani Foundation, in partnership with Still A Mum Foundation, has had the privilege of leading Respectful Maternal and Bereavement Care (RMBC) trainings across three major facilities in three counties: Pumwani Maternity Hospital (Nairobi County), Machakos Level 5 Hospital (Machakos County), and Embu Level 5 Hospital (Embu County).
What made this journey especially humbling was the deep collaboration and openness shown by the county health departments, hospital leaders, and maternity teams who welcomed us into their spaces with trust and partnership.
Across all three hospitals, one truth was consistently echoed: Compassionate, respectful care is not only possible, it is urgently needed, deeply impactful, and within reach.
We remain grateful for the warm collaboration, the leadership buy-in, and the willingness of each hospital to champion respectful maternal and bereavement care for the families they serve.
Our awards spotlight healthcare providers and facilities offering dignified, respectful care.
Through a community-led nomination and review process, we motivate behavior change and reward excellence.
