December 30, 2013

Best of 2013

♥ HHI Training Available to Millions - for FREE !

HHI joined HealthPhone to provide video education via mobile phones to mothers of children age zero to three in India. Our instructional Baby Massage Video is now available online for FREE.

♥ Uganda has Outstanding and Lasting Outcomes

Our 4-year project in Uganda provided training to 15,000+ mothers, fathers and health workers, who care for 30,000+ young children. The outcomes? Incredible! Highlights include:

♦ Cognitive stimulation from parent to child increased from 30% – 76% (doubled!)

♦ Linguistic stimulation increased from 23% – 64% (tripled!)

♦ Showing affection during feeding (responsive feeding is important to
preventing malnutrition) increased from 54% – 91%

These findings (and many more) showed sustainability 1½ years AFTER we were there!
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♥ Namibia Welcomed HHI

A group of mothers in Namibia gathered with their babies to participate in HHI’s first ever training in their country, all thanks to a young woman who was determined to make it happen. - Read more

♥ Clinton Global Initiative Recognized HHI's Vision and Power

Every year, an exclusive (expensive!), invitation-only gathering takes place in NYC. Its not often that one of these $20,000 tickets is given away, but that is just what happened when CGI recognized HHI's value and potential to make significant positive changes around the globe. Read more

♥ The Fetzer Institute Sponsored Research on HHI

Recognized as an “Exemplar of Love”, HHI was awarded an $80,000 research contract to investigate our impact on child health and nutrition, maternal stress and caregiver-child interactions. The research took place in Odisha, India, with more than 700 mothers participating. The results will be available soon!

♥ Supporting Swaziland

HHI continued our work in Swaziland with World Education and the Ministry of Education & Training to create a formal training program for pre-school teachers and National Care Point caregivers (NCP) with relatively low-level literacy skills who work with preschool aged AIDS orphans in community day care and pre-school centers.

Donations double until midnight tomorrow and, get a tax credit

"Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do." ~ John Wooden

Donate by tomorrow night and your tax-deductible donation will be matched by the generosity of the Greenbaum Foundation!

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