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mothers2mothers is a multinational NGO located in nine countries in sub-Saharan Africa with 703 sites and counting.

An education, psychosocial mentoring and support organization, m2m trains and employs HIV-positive mothers who have already gone through our program. These ‘Mentor Mothers’ then provide peer education and psychosocial support to HIV-positive pregnant women and new mothers, empowering them to access life-saving treatment for their babies and for themselves. The Mentor Mothers become an integral element of clinical prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) care.

The mothers2mothers program promotes empowerment and companionship, assists women in combating stigma within their families and communities, supports a mother’s adherence to medical treatment, and reduces the likelihood that her children will become AIDS orphans.

mothers2mothers has developed a unique model at the community level that is cost effective, easily replicable, scalable and adaptable to any culture.