By Roger Pitman | Project Leader
In our first report we shared details of a new arrival Baby Alvin, born in April 2025, and admitted to NOTDEC for care following the death of his mother, due to a serious haemmorrhage following his birth. There were no extended family available to care for him.
When he arrived he was 2.5kg, now he's a healthy 16month old weighing 11kg.
The housemother reports:
Alvin is just one of 14 babies currently receiving support under the NOTDEC Save Life Programme. This programme provides:
Nutrition milk (Nana or cow and gate) for a maximum period of 6 months to the children
We also continue supporting these children after 6 months with nutrition foodstuff (soya,millet, maize flour) for a period of more 24 months until such a time when the child would be weaned from breast milk.
Currently, we have 16 children on save life program, 7 (0-6 months, 9 (7-12 months)
a) A child of 0-6 months consumes 12 tins of nutrition milk (Nana or cow and gate) per month on condition that the baby is healthy and growing normally.
b) A child of 7months and over consumes 15kgs of mixed flours of Millet, soya and maize per month depending on their needs
c) These children are always susceptible to diarrhoea and on average 3 children/month get sick and require treatment
d) To ensure proper care of the babies from the community, Notdec ensures that the caregivers are trained on proper care of the infants and the institution conducts routine monitoring of the caregivers through the social workers
The annual cost for this provision is approximately:
15,000 US$ or £11,000 for the items listed under (a-c)
There are significant additional costs involved in maintaining contact with families in the community with our social work team.
Once these costs are taken into account the real costs to NOTDEC are: 17,000 US$ or £12,500 per year, or 1400 US$/month or £1040/month
PLEASE SUPPORT US IN ANY WAY YOU CAN
By Roger Pitman | Project Leader
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Saving Babies in remote Western Uganda – 1st Quarterly Report
We are currently supporting 11 babies with formula milk until the age of 12 months old. The total cost for each baby for a year is approximately 1600US$. Care may be in the community with extended families or at NOTDEC children’s home.
This must cover not only the cost of the milk, which is usually a combination of powder milk and some soya milk. Training is provided to carers who look after the babies in correct feeding techniques. Social workers from NOTDEC are also required to visit homes every month to monitor progress where babies on baby milk are being supported.
Baby A and was brought for admission at NOTDEC for care.
The mother of baby A (24 years) died on 25th April 2025 after giving birth due to Hemorrhage shock that was caused by postpartum hemorrhage from uterine agony.
The district probation officer immediately recommended that since there was no one to take care of the child because the grandparents are chronically ill and everyone around was too emotional caused by the grief for the loss, the child should be admitted for care at NOTDEC children’s home.
Baby A is now under the care of Mother Jesca in house 6 and has been put on Cow and Gate powder Milk for his nutrition, and he is growing well generally.
Thankyou
Roger Pitman
NOTDEC UK