Community-based maternal health support, closer to home
In hard-to-reach waterfront communities, distance, transport costs and limited access to trusted information can prevent women from receiving timely maternal healthcare. Grace Maternal Foundation works alongside women, families, community volunteers and health professionals to help close that gap.
Our approach is culturally grounded and community based. We provide practical maternal health education, follow up with pregnant women, support access to antenatal and postnatal services, and facilitate referrals to qualified healthcare providers when further assessment is needed. We do not replace hospitals, primary healthcare centres, midwives or doctors; we help women reach them.
Supporting mothers through pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period
Each programme meets a mother at a different moment: before birth, around it, and in the weeks that follow.
Our first outreach in Ikogbo
On 15 August 2026 the Foundation held its first community outreach in Ikogbo, a waterfront community in Ogun State: a health session on antenatal care and immunisation, and gift packs for pregnant women and mothers of infants.
- women registered
- 56
- pregnant women received gift packs
- 16
- mothers of infants received packs
- 40
Figures from the day of the outreach.
Maternal health stories, evidence and learning
Articles, outreach reports and the mothers we celebrate, as the work unfolds.
Mother of the Month, October 2026
Congratulations, Mama. Wishing you and your little one good health, love and beautiful moments together.
She joined our maternal health outreach while pregnant, and today we celebrate the arrival of her baby.
Read her story
The strength is already hers.
Registered, accountable and community rooted
Grace Maternal Foundation is a Nigerian non-governmental organisation registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission, CAC No. 9660386. Our work is guided by dignity, safeguarding, informed consent, responsible record-keeping and collaboration with qualified health professionals.
Questions, answered
The things donors, volunteers, and families ask us most often.
What does Grace Maternal Foundation do?
We work to improve maternal and child healthcare in Nigeria's underserved waterfront communities. That means connecting women to antenatal care, safe delivery and postnatal support, and sharing practical health knowledge in the language and settings mothers already trust.
Where does the Foundation work?
In Nigeria's waterfront communities, hard-to-reach settlements that sit beyond the reach of the formal health system.
Is the Foundation registered?
Yes. Grace Maternal Foundation is a registered Nigerian NGO with the Corporate Affairs Commission, CAC No. 9660386.
How can I support the work?
You can give through the donate page, volunteer your time and skills, or partner with us as an organisation. The contact page reaches us for anything else.
Why is it called Ìyá Àti Ọmọ?
Ìyá Àti Ọmọ is Yoruba for Mother and Child. The Foundation is named in loving memory of the founder's mother, Grace, and the Yoruba name is a deliberate act of cultural identity, always written with its correct tonal marks.
How are impact stories shared?
Only with consent. Photographed stories follow from the Foundation's outreaches, are shared with each family's permission, and use first names alone. We never present a stock photograph as a real beneficiary.
There is a place for you in this work
For mothers and families
Learn what support is available and how to contact the Foundation. We are not an emergency or clinical service: urgent health concerns should be taken to a qualified healthcare provider or emergency service.
For donors and corporate supporters
Help fund practical, accountable support that makes maternal healthcare more reachable in underserved communities.
For health, research and community partners
Work with us on community engagement, referral pathways, maternal health education, responsible research and programme learning.
Or volunteer your time
Stay close to the work
Occasional updates from the waterfront communities: what the outreaches found, what the Foundation is learning, and where the work goes next. No more often than we have something worth your time.