Methods:

• Cognitive stimulation during the first five years of life is critical for proper childhood development.
• Prior community evaluations in rural Ghana have demonstrated that children in the Bibiani-AnhwiasoBekwai (BAB) district receive inadequate cognitive simulation.

Objectives:

• To characterize baseline child development in the BAB district.
• To obtain formative data for developing a mentorship program for first-time mothers and their children.