Big Give 2025
This Christmas – double the donation, double the difference
We have been selected to join the Big Give Christmas Challenge 2025!
This means, between NOW and midday on the 9th of December 2025, every donation you give will be doubled.
We can raise £45,000 thanks to our Pledger and Partner Festival Republic, and Champion Funder Reed Foundation,
And we need you to help us get there.
Donate now to double the difference.
Thank you.
Big Give 2025 impact
The money we raise will launch Team Dad in Garissa, Kenya – working with male partners to build safer, fairer communities and homes for pregnant women.
The problem
Garissa County, Kenya, has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the county
When pregnant women miss these appointments, dangerous complications can go unnoticed.
Here, less than a third of pregnant women attend enough antenatal appointments – the lowest rate in Kenya.
The solution
We want to work with dads…
In Garissa, men are considered the head of the family and often make key decisions about healthcare – including whether and when their partners seek care.
For pregnant women and infants to receive the care they need, it is vital that we bring men into the conversation around maternal health – and their role within it.
Team Dad does exactly this by bringing male partners together to talk and learn about maternal and infant health.
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Double your impact with the Big Give
Between the 2nd and 9th of December 2025, every donation you give will be doubled. Donate now.
The illustrations on this page were created by Naddya Adhiambo Oluoch-Olunya of Nalo Studios.
Hossein’s story
Hossein is a Community Health Worker in Garissa. His partner is also pregnant.
In Hossein’s village, many men are involved in pregnancy:
“That is our responsibility. Keeping them safe until the day they give birth.”
However, this is not always the case.
“Some of my brothers, who are not educated, or do not understand the help a woman needs, will not [help her]… He does not want to fetch water, or bring firewood, or cook food for lunch or breakfast. He says ‘no, I am not a woman.’”
Some men even refuse their wives’ permission to go to hospital, or be seen by a male health professional.
These delays in seeking care can be fatal.
“There’s a man I struggled with. His child was born with a disease but the man refused to take him to hospital – and the child died.”
Through Team Dad, Child.org will help train Community Health Workers to work with 750 male partners – championing more supportive environments for women and children.
Double the donation
£15 becomes £30
This can pay for one man to attend five community seminars on how to better support their partners during pregnancy and birth
£35 becomes £70
This can pay for the training sessions of one Gender Champion, who will promote the importance of male involvement in pregnancy and beyond within their communities.
£85 becomes £170
This can pay for the training of one health professional, such as a doctor or nurse, to promote male involvement at their health facility.