Maternal Life Tanzania

Paschal and Melania Maziku are the Directors of Maternal Life Tanzania. Paschal has a background in communications and Melania a background in early childhood education. As a part of their initial work with MLI, they conducted an extensive “needs assessment”, interviewing over 70 stakeholders from healthcare, pastoral, government, and Church sectors within the Dar es Salaam region. The needs assessment highlighted many of the challenges faced in improving maternal and newborn care and indicated a clear need for programs like those MLI provides. In addition to facilitating community-based training in “The Faithful House” program within Dar es Salaam, they provide rural outreach to outlying dioceses. They bring to the project their experience working with couples and families, and both facilitation and training skills. In addition to their outreach in person, they conduct a weekly radio program for families and couples via Radio Maria in Dar es Salaam and recently created and operate the “Maternal Life Tanzania” You-Tube station.