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Mother And Child Rights

Also known as: MAC Rights

Country
Scotland
Charity number
SC044961
Status
Not Submitted
Registered
July 1, 2014
Legal form
SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

Address

Address
29 Scott Brae
Kippen
FK8 3DL

Contact

Website
mother-and-child-rights.org

Activities

'It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals','It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations','It carries out activities or services itself'

'the advancement of education','the advancement of health'

Beneficiaries: 'Children or young people','People with disabilities or health problems'

Objectives: a) To promote the advancement of health and the saving of lives by: Creating partnerships in Malawi and other nations to improve the health, education and human rights of children and their mothers. These partnerships will emphasize the promotion of more healthy communities, with lower rates of maternal mortality and HIV infection. b) To promote the advancement of education by: Improving knowledge amongst children and teachers regarding children?s rights to survival, protection, participation and development. Providing Reproductive Health Education using a Rights-based approach with a view to promoting gender respect to/for children, young adults, midwives and traditional birth attendants Building in-country capacity so that training can continue, and in time improve within the local population. To promote this, Malawian graduates in midwifery, teacher training, and public Health will receive teacher training at the University of Strathclyde and Midwifery training at the University of West of Scotland. Visits to schools in Scotland will be required. Forming links, and subsequently partnerships with a Malawian NGO (Adolescent Girls Literary Project or 'AGLIT') as well as local schools and colleges.

Geography

Main operating location
Stirling
Geographical spread
UK and overseas

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure
June 30, 2017 £0 £0