At Humanity for Children, we believe every new life deserves a safe beginning. In the remote regions of Maasailand, Tanzania, many mothers traditionally give birth in homes made of mud and dung, far from medical assistance. To change this, we’ve created an initiative that is as simple as it is powerful.

We offer expectant mothers a YEYO Bag (meaning "mama")—a kit of essentials given to those who choose to deliver their babies in the safety of a professional birthing center. The most cherished item in that bag? A hand-knitted hat provided by a volunteer like you.

These hats are more than just warmth; they are a symbol of care and a powerful incentive that encourages mothers to seek the healthcare they and their babies need. When you contribute a hat, you aren't just sending a gift; you are helping to lower mortality rates and celebrate a new life.

Experience the Connection

We believe the hands that make the gift should meet the heart that receives it. By tagging your hat with your name and email, you invite a beautiful connection. When your hat is given to a mother, we work to send you a photo of the newborn and the story of their birth—bringing the impact of your kindness directly back to you.

Join Us

We are always looking for volunteers to help us fill our YEYO Bags for upcoming trips to Tanzania. Whether you knit or crochet, your time and talent can provide a safer future for a mother and child half a world away.

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Along with Loibor-Siret Sustainable Education Forum, HFC has been working to identify the major factors that cause death and illness among Maasai mothers and infants, and then create an innovative model to address these problems.

This project is in partnership with the Rotary Club of Fulton (Missouri-USA) and the Babati Rotary Club (Babati District, Manyara Region, Tanzania).  With a Rotary Foundation Global Grant, these clubs are working with HFC and LSEF on the following initiatives in the villages of Loibor-Siret and Kimotorok:

• Training traditional birth attendants (TBAs) on safer-birthing practices

• Distributing safe-birthing-kits to TBAs and local clinics

• Installing solar panels on the clinics

• Installing a Solar Suitcase in both clinics

• Establishing a basic clinical laboratory in each clinic for the diagnosis of diseases

• Developing an experimental medical transport service using Basic Utility Vehicles

• Distributing malaria preventing bed nets

• Developing a series of educational videos that can be taken into the field

• Constructing latrines at clinics, schools, and marketplaces

• Training mothers in the “First 1,000 Days” – a child survival initiative

Future projects to increase mother/newborn/infant survival include:

• A birthing center/mothers’ waiting house close to each village clinic

• A rainwater treatment initiative in Kimotorok to bring clean water to the area

• A community mapping program to help medical transport drivers find the remote bomas (homesteads)