Chamas for Change Truly Changes Young Life
AMPATH’s Chamas for Change bring together pregnant and parenting women for peer support, health education and economic empowerment.
Currently, there are over 450 groups with approximately 5,000 women participating across five counties. More than 16,000 members have graduated from the program in the last 7 years.
The results from an AMPATH study published in 2020 revealed that:
84.4% of women in chamas deliver their baby in a health facility, compared to 50.4% in a control group
75.8% of women in chamas had a health visit within 48 hours of birth, compared to 38.3% in a control group
64% of women in chamas had 4+ prenatal visits, compared to 37.4% in a control group
82% of women in chamas breastfed exclusively for six months, compared to 47% in a control group
Hear from two young woman whose lives were truly changed by their Chamas involvement and the support of community health volunteers (CHVs):