“We address core gaps in healthcare, education and psychosocial support in the most neglected and under-served communities, last mile communities, where there are no services, no development, no employment, just about nothing. We serve these last mile communities.” 

The natural, untouched beauty of the villages belies not only the abject poverty, but also the strength and resilience of the ordinary people therein. We believe that local people, especially women, with local challenges and experiences, are best placed to meet the needs of our beneficiaries in the communities we serve. This is why, rooted at the core of our approach, is a peer-led solution, which we deploy across our three flagship programmes to ensure beneficiaries access the appropriate care and treatment.

We recruit, train and support a network of inspiring local women to bring systemic change to their families and their communities. We call them Mentor Mothers; they provide proactive, ‘door to door’ care, preventing, identifying and dealing with a myriad of issues linked to maternal and child health including prevention and treatment of HIV and TB, nutrition, sex education and vaccine access and awareness before they become problematic.

The smiles on their faces don’t reflect the harsh realities of their daily work, walking many kilometres in harsh conditions to go door-to-door to each and every household in the village, bringing health education and advice to those households, their bright green shirts have become bright beacons of hope within the communities. The challenges they face in their work demand that innovation becomes par for the course.