Egypt faces a real challenge from the shortage of doctors and supporting bodies. There are doctors for 2000 citizens, and while more than two million are born annually, they are exposed to malnutrition and health and psychological problems such as stunting 21%, obesity 17%, anemia 27%, and cesarean section 63. In addition to the presence of many young people without Work, as unemployment in Egypt reached 10.76% in 2019, and among females, it reached 22.15%. Therefore, the family counseling staff trained in transformative training was the magic solution to these problems to prepare young people for marriage and parenthood, as well as raising awareness of the rights of children in similar care in early childhood, especially the golden thousand days, as well as the importance of the mother’s preparedness when the arrival I have to have children for a year before pregnancy, and therefore the spacing of 4-5 years becomes an inherent right for every child Empowering women economically and culturally through partnerships has a very important role. In view of the catastrophic increase in caesarean section births, the role of the doula was one of the most important roles to persuade and help women to give birth naturally and breastfeed, in addition to the role of midwives, whom the association works to train to solve the problem of unnecessary caesarean sections.

The results achieved by the project

Reducing stunting in the sample from 22% to 14%, reducing obesity and wasting by 20%, raising absolute breastfeeding rates from 13 to 52%, and reducing neonatal mortality upon leaving nursery by 25%. % And the use of an IUD immediately after birth in 340 cases - and raising parents’ awareness of the importance of the first thousand days in a person’s life in 23% of cases

< strong>The direct target group of the project:

• Young people of both sexes who are about to get married

• Couples And mothers of husbands who are about to give birth in the border regions and Upper Egypt. Tribal

• and poor areas and women 20-35 years old who 80% of births are born to girls aged 15- 19 years to prevent early marriage and pregnancy

The indirect target group of the project:

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• Clergy and influential figures in society such as the village sheikh And the mayor

• Nursery teachers and kindergarten teachers

• And women over 35 years old to prevent childbirth due to high disability

• Men of visual and print media

• Social media influencers

Introducing obstetricians, pediatricians, and nurses to innovative thinking so that they do not have a negative impact