• Mother & Child program 2021 with the contribution of Otto Per Mille of the Waldensian Church.
• MAITRI Pre- and Post-natal Care program covers the provinces of Bodhgaya, Mohanpur, and Barachatti and has been in operation since 1997.
• MAITRI currently provides weekly drop-in clinics for expectant mothers.
• MAITRI provides mothers with free medicines, vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients.
• MAITRI provides expectant mothers with anti-tetanus vaccination.
• MAITRI provides expectant mothers with iodine-enriched salt.
• MAITRI provides expectant mothers with expert advice on pre- and post-natal care and any other assistance required at the time of delivery and afterwards both for themselves and for their babies.
• MAITRI pre- and post-natal care program is focused on poorer women.
• MAITRI provides free clothing, blankets, and food to those patients most in need.
• MAITRI pre- and post-natal care program employs a qualified doctor and local field staff.
• MAITRI Child Care program covers the provinces of Bodhgaya, Mohanpur, and Barachatti and has been in operation since 1997.
• MAITRI used to provide weekly drop-in clinics as well as mobile clinics solely for severely malnourished little children, mostly up to 12 months of age.

• Since February, 2003 MAITRI provides weekly drop-in clinics as well as mobile clinics also for children from one to five years of age with other complaints.
• MAITRI provides children with free medicines, vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients including milk.
• MAITRI child care program is focused on poorer children.
• MAITRI provides free clothing and food to those children most in need.
• MAITRI child care program employs a general doctor and local field staff.

• MAITRI has registered over 7,300 expectant women to date at its clinics.
• Over 5,600 healthy babies have been delivered thanks to prenatal care consisting of vitamin A/D, iron, iodized salt, and anti-tetanus vaccination.
• MAITRI treats severely malnourished little children below 1 year of age – 80%of which have been girls.
• MAITRI treats small children with other complaints.
• MAITRI treats small children with vital supplements and medicines.
• MAITRI provides children with vital milk formula and Ceralac in addition to nutritional supplements.
• The overwhelming majority of patients come from the lower castes such as Manjhis, Paswans, Chaudharies, and Ravidas.

MAITRI Mother and Child Care programs: the road ahead

• MAITRI is planning to build a mother and child Nursing Home at its headquarters.
• With your support pregnant women and new born children from rural areas can continue to receive basic health care including essential nutritional supplements.
• With your support more pregnant women and new born children, who currently do not have access to MAITRI’s program, will acquire a fundamental right – the right to have access to primary health care….