Now in her 80s, Dr Lillian Cingo remains the heart and soul of the One to One Mentor Mothers programme in South Africa 

Future Leaders programs are making a profound difference, breaking down barriers, and creating leaders who will have a positive impact on their communities and beyond.

Don’t miss our important art exhibition in Mayfair – with visitor slots extended due to high demand

One to One Africa is excited to unveil our new Mobile Clinic, generously sponsored by our women’s giving circle, Ithemba.

Naomie Harris says, “One to One’s 40 Mentor Mothers are my heroines. I’m delighted to see them celebrated in this important exhibition.

A lesser known, understood and oft overlooked human right is access to maternal health care. Without it none of us would be here. Yet it is deemed a women’s rights issue rather than a human rights issue.

Sir Terry Waite, a patron of the One to One Children's Fund for more than 20 years, has received a knighthood in the King's Birthday Honours.

We can never plan for serendipitous crossing of paths with other partners  on a different mission, sharing our commitment to the same communities we serve.

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.

Award-winning journalist, Hazel Friedman, has visited One to One’s Food Garden Project in the Eastern Cape. She has returned with an eye-opening account, in written and video form.

Award-winning journalist Hazel Friedman reports from the field on the life-changing impact of One to One’s Mentor Mothers.

One to One Executive Chairman, David Altschuler, looks back on an eventful year.

Through the lens of acclaimed South African Magnum photographer, Lindokuhle Sobekwa, visitors experience the world of One to One Mentor Mothers.

Our Early Child Development Programme (ECD) has achieved its target of working with 1,000 caregiver-child pairs, in just 5 months.

It was a sunny day in the summer of 2007, in Johannesburg. We were about to have a meeting we had anticipated for many years. We were going to have tea with Nelson Mandela.

Our Mentor Mothers as the name implies, are all women, and they work with mothers in their local communities. There is a missing element in this equation, of course, which is the fathers. In our latest report from the field, we include news of our new initiative which works with the men.

“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…

There exist many versions of idioms and sayings about walking in someone else’s shoes. But none hit home recently as this “Always put yourself in the other’s shoes, if it hurts you, it probably hurts the other too.”