Blog Stichting Koroboi – April 2026
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A healthy start requires joint steps
In our previous blog, we wrote about how important a good start is for newborns and young children. This first period of life is vulnerable, but also of inestimable value. It is precisely for this reason that this remains a subject that receives our particular attention.
With the support for the new maternity ward in Kibara, and later also for its furnishing with beds, mattresses, mosquito nets, and lockers, significant and concrete steps could be taken towards better care for mothers and babies. We are grateful for this. At the same time, we also recognise that good care doesn't stop at pregnancy and childbirth alone. Especially in the period that follows, it is of great importance that young children receive the right attention, nutrition, and medical care.
Therefore, we are currently in discussion with the hospital board about the possibilities of jointly looking at a more targeted approach to malnutrition in young children, a so-called malnutrition plan. We consider this a worthy and important subject to support, precisely because a healthy start in the first years of life can mean so much for a child's further development.
As with everything we try to do at Kibara, we want to approach this subject carefully and step by step. Not to start too big, but to look together at what is needed, what is feasible, and what can truly be of value in the longer term. We consider close collaboration important in this: with the hospital itself, but also with others who have knowledge and experience in this area, such as the University of Valencia and other local hospitals in the region.
For Stichting Koroboi, this way of working fits with who we want to be. We believe in equality, in listening to what is needed locally, and in small, focused steps that can grow into improvements. Sometimes this starts with something tangible, such as a bed or a department, or working on a joint plan.
This is how we hope to continue building better care for mothers, babies, and young children in Kibara, step by step.
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