Bénin · Local women’s health NGO
A community-led maternal health outreach model in southern Bénin
Program DevelopmentMEL
The challenge/ Le défi
Antenatal care attendance was low in rural communes, and the NGO’s outreach lacked a clear program logic or a way to show results to funders.
The approach/ L’approche
- 1Facilitated co-design sessions in Fon and French with mothers, matrons, and community health workers
- 2Built a theory of change and a simple, paper-first indicator set
- 3Trained volunteers to collect and review monthly data
Results · Résultats
- 1
- shared theory of change adopted
- 12
- indicators, down from 40+
- 3
- communes using the model