What We Do
Our Programs
Comprehensive support for preemie mothers — from hospital to home and beyond.
What We Do
Hospital Visits
We visit hospitals across central and western Uganda to meet mothers and their premature babies in Neonatal Intensive Care Units. We provide preemie kits with essential supplies, compassionate support, and spiritual encouragement.
Supporting Families in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) In our organization, we visit various hospitals in the central and western parts of the country to meet mothers and their premature babies in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs). We believe that every baby deserves the best possible star...
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Home Visits
Our work doesn't stop at the hospital. We do follow-up visits at mothers' homes, helping them safely transition from hospital to home. We teach them how to care for their babies without nurses and incubators.
For a preemie mother motherhood can come with extra challenges. Most mothers who have given birth prematurely will lose the support of their husband because to give birth prematurely comes with large responsibilities and is considered a curse. These mothers struggle to keep their preemies alive on t...
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Discipleship Program
We care for every aspect of a mother's life — physical, financial, spiritual, and emotional. Through discipleship classes, mothers learn about the Bible, Godly principles, and are counseled and prayed with.
We support and care for a mother in every aspect of her life. We do not only focus on the physical and financial wellbeing of a preemie mother, but we strongly care for her spiritual and emotional as well. We believe that God should always be first in our lives and that is why we have discipleship c...
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Economic & Financial Development
Caring for a premature baby is costly — medical bills, medication, transport, and formula. Many mothers are young, abandoned, or in tough financial situations. We help through skills training and our Manna Program.
ECONOMIC & FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT SKILLS Caring for a premature baby is not only a difficult task, but a costly one. Some of the costs that come from having a preemie baby are medical bills, medication costs, weekly transport fares to get to the hospital for checkups, and formula since some mothers h...
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Outreaches
We reach out to communities across the country, focusing on pregnant women to raise awareness on prematurity and preterm birth prevention. We also provide Mama Kits to ensure safe and clean deliveries.
Out reaches are when we reach out to different communities across the country. Our main focus is reaching out to pregnant women with the aim of raising awareness on prematurity, the risk of preterm births and educating them on how to prevent them. We also teach these women on how to care for a prete...
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Food Relief
Through our Manna Program, Mama Tulia provides monthly food packages to mothers with premature babies. Nutrient-rich food helps mothers with breast milk production, which is essential for their preemie's growth.
PREEMIE KITFOOD RELIEF (Manna Program) Mama Tulia provides monthly food packages to mothers with premature babies. While food is a necessity, it is oftentimes a struggle for our mothers to afford. A food package makes it possible for the mother and her family to have food to eat each day. By providi...
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Purifier Project — Gift of Safe Water
Access to safe water is a major challenge for people living in slums. Our mothers can't afford clean water, so they drink unpurified water that makes them and their babies sick. We provide water purifiers.
GIFT OF SAFE WATER (GSW) Access to safe water is a major challenge for people living in slums. Many people in these areas including our expectant women and preemie mothers find it very costly to have clean water in their homes. Alot of money is involved in buying charcoal to boil the water and conta...
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ROP Screening — Retinopathy of Prematurity
Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) is an eye disorder in premature infants. Mama Tulia partners with Dr. Iddi Ndyabawe to provide free ROP screening at Kawempe National Referral Hospital.
RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY (ROP) REPORT FOR JANUARY 2024 RIO Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP) is a complex eye disorder that can occur in premature infants, typically those born before 37 weeks of gestation. The condition is characterized by the abnormal growth of blood vessels in the retina, the ti...
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Stories Of Preemie Moms
Real stories from mothers who have walked the journey of premature birth. These testimonies share the challenges, hope, and transformation that come through Mama Tulia's support.
Every pregnant mother expects to successfully go through the 9 months of pregnancy in anticipation of a safe delivery. However, this is not the case for every mother and definitely not for two of my pregnancies. In 2014 I lost a baby who was born prematurely. Back then, I did not know a thing about ...
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