SOCIAL INITIATIVE IN DEVELOPMENT · MEXICO
PREGNANCY AND EARLY CHILDHOOD

1,000 DAYS
OF SUPPORT.

From pregnancy to age two. For pregnant women or mothers facing vulnerability and their children under two. FEROZ Social proposes to connect funders with delivery organizations and coordinate continuity of support.

How it works Implementation pathway

Initiative in development. We seek to fund and undertake an initial ten-week study; no operating services or confirmed partnerships are announced.

Our commitment: care that continues.Each organization contributes a capability. Coordination helps the needs of women and children guide the entire journey.
01 / THE CAUSE

Care does not end
at birth.

Our target population is pregnant women or mothers facing vulnerability and their children under 24 months. The proposal connects pregnancy, birth and early childhood, with entry during pregnancy or after birth.

Vulnerability may include poverty or financial insecurity, violence, abandonment, lack of support networks and actual barriers to services. Individual assessment is essential. Indigenous identity or disability alone does not establish unmet need. Territorial gaps and available capacity require verification.

01

Listen first

Identify each woman’s priorities, support networks, and available services; participation is voluntary.

02

Support continuity

Connect pregnancy, birth, and early childhood through completed referrals and agreed follow-up.

03

Protect dignity

Apply confidentiality, child safeguarding, non-discrimination, and timely referral to qualified services.

02 / THE ROLE OF FEROZ SOCIAL

Identify. Connect.
Coordinate. Measure.

FEROZ Social is an initiative for connection and coordination. It would work with foundations and nonprofits providing direct services, identify needs, prepare projects and budgets with them, and introduce funding opportunities. Funders would transfer service funding directly to the delivery organization, which would manage it and report its use. FEROZ Social would not receive or manage those service grants.

01

Identify

Target population, needs, existing services, capacity and gaps to verify.

02

Structure

Technical proposals, budgets for expansion or new capacity and measurable targets, with providers.

03

Connect

Funders and providers negotiate, contract and transfer funds directly.

04

Coordinate

Shared practices, agreed indicators and follow-up within the contracted scope.

03 / THE JOURNEY WE AIM TO STRENGTHEN

A thousand days.
Connected care.

The first 1,000 days span approximately pregnancy and the first two years of life. This is the proposed continuity horizon: families may enter at different stages; it is not a promise of 1,000 full days of services for every family.

PREGNANCY

Listen and plan

Social guidance, safety, emotional support, and access to prenatal care.

BIRTH

A safer transition

Birth and postpartum planning with qualified staff, timely referrals, and support for the mother.

AGES 0–2

Family continuity

Nutrition, health, caregiver–child bonding, early development, and follow-up.

Clinical needs belong with qualified professionals and health services. A social network does not replace medical care or impose personal decisions.

04 / CORE DIFFERENTIATION

A network that learns
from itself.

The proposed differentiation combines territorial needs assessment, comparable budgets, direct funding connections and the transfer of good practices across organizations. Its additional value must be demonstrated through the study and any subsequently funded projects.

Specialist networks and organizations that train peers already exist. FEROZ would work with them and add coordination across services, finance, and shared measurement.

01

A common quality floor

Agreements on intake, consent, safeguarding, referrals, follow-up, and essential records.

02

Transferable practices

Local teams document what worked, with which resources and in what conditions; others test and adapt.

03

Regular learning

Working sessions, anonymized case reviews, and focused improvement cycles.

04

Shared governance

Delivery organizations and community representatives help shape priorities, criteria, and evaluation; FEROZ convenes and accounts for its role.

05 / IMPACT COMMITMENT

Results we can
verify.

Before a project starts, partners would agree a baseline, targets, sources, responsibilities and reporting intervals. Reports would distinguish each actor’s contribution and evidence limitations; causal attribution would require a specific evaluation.

These are proposed measures, not achieved results. We will not estimate “lives saved,” “abortions prevented,” or monetized social returns without a valid method and verifiable data.
AccessUnique women and children; households and service encounters counted separately.
ContinuityCompleted referrals and follow-up by cohort, entry age and stage of care.
QualityParticipant experience, timeliness, consent and safeguarding.
Well-being and developmentService-specific measures agreed with specialists, with consent.
ResourcesCommitments, transfers and expenditure distinguished without double counting. Providers report the use of funds under their agreements.
06 / INSTITUTIONAL RULES

Trust before
scale.

Autonomy and protection

Voluntary participation, clear information, non-discrimination, confidentiality and child safeguarding. Support must not be conditional on personal decisions.

Direct funding to providers

The funder contracts, transfers funds and requires reporting directly from the delivery organization. FEROZ does not receive or manage those grants.

Verified capability

Check staff, coverage, legal status, safeguarding, operational capacity and willingness to measure.

Governance and independence

Document decisions and conflicts, including any relationship with FEROZ Capital. Follow-up is not a financial audit unless specifically contracted.

ORGANIZATIONS TO EXPLORE

Knowledge already exists.

We propose exploring collaboration with VIFAC and Mater Filius for pregnancy support, and Un Kilo de Ayuda for child nutrition and development capabilities. Services, coverage, duration, funding needs and willingness to expand would be verified; none is assumed to cover the entire period.

These names acknowledge their publicly described work. This is not an announcement of an agreement, endorsement, permission to use their brands, or participation in FEROZ Social.

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Evidence and methods

References informing the cause and a measurable collaboration. They do not constitute evidence of FEROZ outcomes.

07 / INSTITUTIONAL CONTACT

Connect resources.
Sustain support.

We seek to connect funders and organizations to advance continuity of support for pregnant women or mothers facing vulnerability and their children under two.

Fernando Orozco, Ph.D.Founder · FEROZ Social
forozco@ferozsocial.org+52 81 1078 8308
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ORIGIN OF THE INITIATIVE

FEROZ Social stems from FEROZ Capital’s commitment to contributing to society. The initiative proposes to connect institutions and coordinate capabilities to strengthen continuity of care.

Discover FEROZ Capital ferozcapital.com
HOW SERVICE FUNDING WOULD FLOW

Funders would transfer service funding directly to the foundations and nonprofits providing care. FEROZ Social would identify needs, facilitate connections and coordinate follow-up; it would not receive or manage the resources allocated to those services.

Initiative in development. No confirmed partnerships or operating care services announced. This site accepts no donations.