Now in her 80s, Dr Lillian Cingo remains the heart and soul of the One to One Mentor Mothers programme in South Africa
Young refugee and asylum-seeking mothers participate in new Future Leaders Cohort
Art shines a light on misrepresentation and achieves social justice
On the Move
Bond star Naomie Harris says, “One to One Mentor Mothers are my heroines”
The Rights Stuff
Arise Sir Terry. Knighthood for One to One patron Terry Waite.
Finding new pathways that bring clean water
There are more questions than answers…
Jonny Nash, in his worldwide smash hit single “There are more questions than answers” asked the question “what is life? How do we live? What should we take and how much should we give?” As I approach 18 months in my role as Executive Director at One to One Africa, it feels like a particularly apt time to consider these words.
Sowing the seeds of a more nutritious diet
Going the extra mile for communities living with HIV
Thanks to you, a truly impactful year
Life Saving Mentor Mothers exhibition
Enable Play Learning Programme hits target in rapid time
Feel inspired today - it’s Mandela Day!
Where are the men?
Hope and Trust
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed , it’s the only thing that ever has.” These words by Margaret Mead remain as true today as the day she uttered them in 1978 when receiving the Planetary Citizen of the Year Award.
This is a truth we live by at One To One Africa…
Beyond the halo
When a seedling brings life
Improvisation to change lives in Last Mile communities
by Gqibelo Dandala, Country Director, One to One Africa
Necessity is the mother of all invention, or so the saying goes. Thomas A. Edison said “If there’s way to do it better - find it.” Either way, the message is clear – when current problems do not have current solutions, thinking beyond what has always been done must become the norm.
And so it was that I witnessed ‘organic’ innovation in rural Last Mile communities around Tshani village where One To One Africa runs its largest project, the Enable program. Last Mile communities are literally villages furthest from the main tar roads. Tar roads are a linkage to urbanization, and by default resources, development and all that that represents. Conversely, distance from tar roads correlates with impoverishment; the greater the distance between a community and a tar road, the more severe the impoverishment. Last Mile communities are just beyond which there is nothing! No resources, no services, no development, no employment, just about nothing. We serve such Last Mile communities.