{"id":376,"date":"2019-12-13T14:44:17","date_gmt":"2019-12-13T12:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.babyheroesafrica.org\/?page_id=376"},"modified":"2022-08-14T15:52:12","modified_gmt":"2022-08-14T15:52:12","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/babyheroesafrica.org\/?page_id=376","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Increase the chances of survival of preterm  babies, while enhancing their quality of life as well as contributing to on-going developments in maternal health.  <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our Story<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Liam Tyler  was born 5th April 2012  weighing 1.1kg very unprepared  for this world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From  his mother&#8217;s womb his new home was a an incubator.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>It was by far the most emotionally grueling experience of Chengetai  Makuni&#8217;s life; yet he fought with all his might for that next breath; regardless of how unfair the odds were.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Liam made her realize that a baby can be my hero  and other little preterm baby heroes are fighting for their lives across the country. Chengetai  made a commitment to set up an organisation which will ensure that our little heroes will not fight alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She  shared her  vision with her dear friend and colleague Dr Norbertta Washaya who was just as passionate about supporting preterm babies and worked alongside them everyday  at a local hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> In 2015; the two women Chengetai Makuni and Dr Norbertta Washaya founded Baby Heroes Africa Foundation. Chengetai Makuni is  the organisation&#8217;s director today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.babyheroesafrica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/tai-and-baby-1024x832.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-438\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Increase the chances of survival of preterm babies, while enhancing their quality of life as well as contributing to on-going developments in maternal health. Our Story Liam Tyler was born 5th April 2012 weighing 1.1kg very unprepared for this world. From his mother&#8217;s womb his new home was a an incubator. It was by far [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":531,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"rise-blocks_excerpt":"Increase the chances of survival of preterm babies, while enhancing their quality of life as well as contributing to on-going developments in maternal health. Our Story Liam Tyler was born 5th April 2012 weighing 1.1kg very unprepared for this world. From his mother&#8217;s womb his new home was a an incubator. It was by far the most emotionally grueling experience..","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/babyheroesafrica.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/376"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/babyheroesafrica.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/babyheroesafrica.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/babyheroesafrica.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/babyheroesafrica.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=376"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/babyheroesafrica.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":545,"href":"https:\/\/babyheroesafrica.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/376\/revisions\/545"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/babyheroesafrica.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/babyheroesafrica.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}