Ye-Amak Lijoch Aras Bet (YeAB) is one of the four pillars under the umbrella of Ye-Amlak Lijoch Foundation (YLF). The program reaches birth term pregnant mothers in need to help them towards safe delivery. It also facilitates a safe home for the mothers and kids for the first six months of their breastfeeding. This significantly is believed to reduce maternal and infant mortality as well as child abandonment.
Our Vision
YeAB envisions being a model postnatal home demonstrating love and care by supporting homeless and destitute mothers in Ethiopia and beyond.
We aspire to open at least one Aras Bet at each sub-city in Addis Ababa and the major regional cities in Ethiopia.
General Objective
YeAB exists to support and rehabilitate needy mothers with newborns providing:
- Temporary post-delivery home and psychosocial support
- Small business training and seed money to help them engage in income generation activities.
YeAB has Specific Objectives to: –
Provide Postpartum/Postnatal care for poor and homeless mothers giving birth at Health Centers and their newborn by providing onsite services at the Health Centers and their referral networks by
- Providing a care package/mama bag (the bag which is filled with basic necessary items to address the critical needs of a mother and newborn) to Health Centers for needy moms to give birth with dignity (1 bag at 1300 Birr plus 200 Birr to cover cost of Bajaj)
Provide a time limited home environment and childcare services to poor and homeless mothers and their newborn to breast feed their newly born child at least for the first six months by
- Providing home for mother and the newborn for 6 months exclusive breastfeeding and life skill training and ensure livelihoods of the mother and children
Provide a time-limited home care services for two months critical time by buying basic grocery items and delivering to poor mothers who collected the bag from HCs and have shelter for herself and for her newborn by
- Delivering grocery items equivalent to 500 birr per week to their home/shelter for four consecutive weeks.
Ensure the Livelihood of Mom and their babies through YLF Livelihood Program by
- Linking mothers and newborns serviced through Aras Bet to YLF Livelihood Program and help them to establish sustainable life for themselves and their babies.
So far, we have been
- Serving 63 moms and 70 children out of whom 32 moms and 34 children were assisted in the Aras Bet (Post-delivery home) center.
- Supporting 9 moms and children at their places (shelters) through Home-to-Home Service.
- Distributing 72 pieces of care packages (Mama Bag filled with necessities worth 1300 Birr) through health centers to help needy moms deliver with dignity (we also provide 200 Birr to cover transportation costs after delivery).
- Giving life skill and business trainings to all mothers and 10 already engaged in their own business.
- Assisting 6 mothers to reconcile and reunite with their families.
- Creating connection for 11 mothers with their children to join new transition homes, daycares & livelihood supports.
- Documenting experiences for future learnings.