LIFE SAVING MENTOR MOTHERS
Every day, in the remote, impoverished rural communities of the Eastern Cape of South Africa, One to One’s Mentor Mothers cover deep and undulating areas of more than 5,000 sq km. Living amongst the people of their communities gives them an innate understanding of the women and children living there. This allows the opportunity to ensure that health care services are provided at a moment’s notice and allows them to build strong relationships with our clients. Mentor Mothers also provide basic healthcare and wellbeing guidance, and ensure, for example, that people stick to their treatment regimens – essential for the effective treatment of HIV.
This gallery provides an immersive dive into the wonderful work of the Enable Mentor Mothers through the lens of Tate award-winning photographic artist, Lindokuhle Sobekwa, who spent two weeks immersing himself in their work, culminating in last year's exhibition.
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MEETING MENTOR MOTHERS
Our Mentor Mothers are at the heart of our peer-to-peer community engagement. Here you can meet some of them, and get a deeper picture of their work.
ZUKISWA NGETU
Zukiswa Ngetu joined One to One Africa in 2019. She is 30 years old and she’s married and has two children who are 7 and 5 years old. Previously, Zukiswa worked for Small Projects Foundation for 2 years and was based at Pilani Clinic. Zukiswa loves serving and improving the lives of the community.
Nosipho Mbava
Nosipho Mbava is a 35-year-old single mother of 2 girls aged 6 and 13 years. She joined One to One Africa in July 2016 when the programme started in Nyandeni. She is one of the first trained group on the Enable Model.
NOKWANDISA SITHONGA
Nokwandisa Sithonga is a single mother of 2 children. Prior to joining One to One Africa in August 2019, she worked in different community projects which included preschools, roadworks and volunteering in the local clinic.
Nosizwe Peter
Nosizwe “Mama” Peter is 53 years old. She is a widow with of 4 children aged 15, 25, 28 and 35 years old. She joined One to One Africa in July 2016. She previously ran a shebeen and also worked for community projects in her area.
Nokhanyile Dalingxolo
Nokhanyile “Mam’D” Salingxolo started working for Enable in July 2016. She is a 50-year-old widow with four children, who are 28, 26 (twins) and 18 years old. She previously worked in her community doing various programmes.
Nomsa Marutha
A qualified staff nurse with over two decades of experience, Nomsa Marutha joined One to One Africa in 2016 as a Nurse Supervisor; in 2019, she was promoted to manage the Community Health Workers arm of the Enable programme.
