Fighting Maternal Deaths in Kenya | Winnie Chelagat

In this moving episode of Her Space, we sit down with Winnie Chelagat, a development communicator and co-founder of Maternal Aid for Mothers in Africa (MAMA CBO).Winnie opens up about her personal journey—how getting pregnant and being diagnosed with Bell’s Palsy during that time changed her life. She shares how her mother, a birth trainer, inspired her passion for maternal health, and how that passion turned into purpose after her own birth experience.She takes us deep into the realities faced by women in East Pokot, where she and her mother trained local women on safe childbirth practices. Through her story, we meet Hellen, a fearless community health promoter, and learn the heartbreaking truth about maternal mortality rates in remote areas of Kenya—where women walk for miles just to give birth.This is more than a conversation—it's a call to action for women’s health, birth education, and ending preventable maternal deaths in Kenya.#HerSpacePodcast #MaternalHealth #WinnieChelagat #MAMACBO #WomensVoices #BirthStory #KenyaMoms #SafeChildbirth #BellsPalsy #CommunityHealth #EastPokot