What is happening around the world

Yuma Regional Medical Center, Yuma, AZ, USA

Yuma Regional Medical Center NICU is holding a Kangaroo-a-thon for two weeks to celebrate mother's day and International Kangaroo Care Awareness Day. There will...

Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center - Reno, NV, USA

We begin May 1st with the Kangaroo Challenge which will run until May 15th. We will have a prize awarded to a randomly chosen...

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta - Scottish Rite NICU - Atlanta, GA, USA

Scottish Rite NICU at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta We are going to have an I Hop breakfast theme Staff members will wear Kangaroo Care...

Banner University Medical Center, Tucson, AZ, USA

I am an RN in a NICU at Banner UMC. I am also a developmental care specialist who encourages and promotes kangaroo care with...

Parents as Advocates Listeners & Support Group, Lansing MI, USA

We are a non-profit organization volunteer group. Parents of preemie babies that all have spent time in the NICU at Sparrow Hospital, wanting to...

Miami Valley Hospital, Dayton OH, USA

This is our second year hosting a kangaroo-a-thon on our 60 bed unit

Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Stanford, USA

We are hosting a Kangaroo Care Awareness Day celebration where we will be encouraging kangaroo care within our neonatal units. There are a lot...

King Fahad Medical City, Saudi Arabia

NICU King Fahad Medical City Riyadh,Saudi Arabia is continuously advocating Kangaroo Care by education of staff and parents in the unit.

Focus on Renewal, McKees Rocks, PA, USA

Our Early Head Start home visiting program is featuring a KC page in our May newsletter and will be partnering with our library to...

Barnet Hospital, London, UK

We are taking part in a two week kangarooathon. We are celebrating in the following ways: Biscuits/cakes Handouts/display table Simulation training Raffle for parents...

Hand to Hold, Austin, Texas USA

Leading up to Kangaroo Care Awareness Day on May 15th, Hand to Hold is helping facilitate kangaroo challenges at the hospitals we serve in Austin,...

North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, UK

We are holding a fund raising cake sale. We have purchased soft toy kangaroos and kangaroo story books for the babies. And we are...

Care National Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

We will prepare this day as a hospital event , we will have a whole day event. We will decorate the reception area ....

Who is in - globally in 2018

If your organization is participating in Kangaroo Care Day and is not included here, please make sure to sign up and give permission to...

NEWS! Mercyhealth NICU to participate in Kangaroo-A-Thon

Rockford Register Star Posted Apr 27, 2018 at 5:42 PM ROCKFORD — The Mercyhealth Neonatal Intensive Care Unit is participating in a Kangaroo-A-Thon beginning May 1 to encourage families...

May 11-13, 2018 | India | Kangaroo Mother Care Foundation

Kangaroo Mother Care Foundation in India is conducting a National Conference on 11th, 12th and 13th May 2018 as a part of International Kangaroo...

2017 India - Kangaroo Care Awareness Day

by Dr. Sashi Vani On 15th of May 2017, we celebrated the awareness cum training session for nurses and doctors. Post graduate students from different...

Success in Bulgaria - NICU celebrating Kangaroo Care Day

Hi, I am a psychologist in NICU Ruse. Having a psychologist in a NICU is a rare case in Bulgaria and I am very...

International Kangaroo Care Awareness Day Celebrations - around the web

Send your photos and description of your plans or what you did in previous years to info@kangaroo.care or contact us to be featured! ...

Bulgaria - "Our Premature Children" Foundation

by Nina Nikolova, Bulgaria “On the 15 of May The first Bulgarian foundation “Our Premature Children” marks the beginning of the International Kangaroo Care Awareness...