Mother & Child Educational Care Project

MCEC (Mother & Child Educational Care) Project Started its Activities in February this Year.

MCEC Project is developmental project aims the development of Somali mother and child through targeted educational and health care activities with a special focus on eradicating the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM).

MCEC is implemented by Mogadishu University (MU) in cooperation with the Norwegian Nursing Association (NoNA), where in January 2006 the two institutions signed cooperative agreement after the visit of high level delegates from NoNA to Mogadishu University.

At the beginning of this month, 13 nurses received a TOT program (Training of Trainers) in Amira Hotel.

The training concentrated on several topics such as:

• Care of Mother & Child
• Breastfeeding
• Care of Children during Diarrhea
• Eradication of FGM
• Hygiene (Personal, Home & environmental)

The nurse group is trained on the implementation of the project activities and they will work as the field work members of the project.