This document builds on the June 2012 promises with an important addition: it extends the ideas and actions that were initially framed for children to mothers also to end preventable child deaths and support mothers. The Center for Interfaith Action (CIFA) and the World Faiths Development Dialogue (WFDD) to set out both what the promises mean specifically, and how faith communities are acting and could act to further the global effort.

The promises themselves are technically rigorous (best practice as certified by UNICEF and USAID) but they are also understandable and, we hope, inspirational. The document was conceived in the spirit of the many faith institutions that subscribed to the Ten Promises, and grew from a sense that tangible evidence could support a much broader effort and new energy and vigor in carrying goals into reality.