A Trusted Voice for Mothers
In Mutirithia, a small farming and livestock village in northern Kenya with roughly 300 households, Kaisa Legei, 64, has been responding to calls from women in the middle of the night for more than two decades.
Strengthening the Front Line of Maternal and Newborn Health
When women who are already trusted are given accurate information, practical skills, and the confidence to act, the impact extends far beyond a single birth. It reaches families, communities, and future generations.
THE VITAL ROLE OF TRADITIONAL BIRTH COMPANIONS
Thanks to the generous contributions of 15 individual donors, The Leo Project recently hosted a week-long training workshop for a group of Traditional Birth Companions (TBCs)