Providing Life-Changing Healthcare to 121 Families in Angola
Dec 2024mothers2mothers
Charity Partner
As we step into the new year, we are thrilled to share the life-changing impact your December donation is bringing to families in Angola’s Huambo province. In partnership with mothers2mothers (m2m), we are improving healthcare access for vulnerable communities, where only 42% of people living with HIV know their status, and mother-to-child transmission rates remain high.
Your generous contributions are funding two Mentor Mothers. These are local women living with HIV who will provide crucial healthcare, education, and support to 121 pregnant and breastfeeding women and their families. These Mentor Mothers will deliver essential services such as HIV testing, prevention of mother-to-child transmission, and maternal health education, ensuring families receive the care they need.
Thanks to you, we’re not only improving health outcomes for mothers and children but also empowering women to lead their families towards healthier, brighter futures. Together, we’re making a lasting difference in the fight against HIV and building stronger, healthier communities.
While tremendous progress has been made over the last decade to eliminate paediatric AIDS, nearly 400 children contract HIV each day in sub-Saharan Africa. mothers2mothers trains and employs local mothers living with HIV as Mentor Mothers, frontline healthcare workers based in understaffed health clinics and within communities. Their intimate understanding of the social and cultural challenges facing women living with HIV and HIV-negative women who are their peers makes them uniquely effective in providing education and support on HIV and other critical health issues. Since its founding in 2001, mothers2mothers has become a leader in global efforts to end paediatric AIDS, reaching over 11 million women and children under two in sub-Saharan Africa and creating over 10,000 jobs for women living with HIV. mothers2mothers’ Mentor Mother Model has been proven to reduce mother-to-child transmission rates, while also creating significant savings through averted HIV treatment costs.
