Working to eradicate the hidden poverty in Ethiopia
Latest newsletter
Graduation ceremony; visitors and new staff; cactus training in Amhara; how to sponsor.
Feb - May 2009 newsletter (PDF, 302Kb)
Special edition newsletter for Annual Mum's Day (PDF,220kb)
Previous newsletters
Community Centre for the Elderly
Helping older women in the community - our new project commenced in 2008 and is progressing. Read more under Current Projects.
New Building Update
The creche is now open - read about our new centre in Current Projects (which you can find under About Us).
Featured Case Study
Yirgalem, 27, got married at 17. Five years into the marriage, her husband started abusing her. After coming into contact with a Mums for Mums, she became a Mums for Mums Family Health Promoter.
Download this case study (PDF)
Mums for Mums is an NGO based in Mekelle in the region
of Tigray in northern Ethiopia.
It is dedicated to working with some of the most marginalized and
forgotten members of Ethiopian society - young single women
and people living with HIV and AIDS.
Find out more about our objectives and our activities.
Find out more about our organization.
Find out how to donate to Mums for Mums.
In pursuit of our goals, the main activities of Mums for
Mums are as follows:
1. Providing skills training to young women
to enable them to become financially independent and self-reliant.
2. Addressing under-nutrition in Tigray by teaching people
the value of cactus, which grows freely, as a nutritious food for human
consumption.
3. Providing HIV/AIDS counselling and awareness building through door to
door visits and group sessions in Mekelle and other districts of Tigray
(such as Maichew, Adigrat and Adua).
4. Running a
free VCT (Voluntary
Counselling and Testing) centre for HIV/AIDS.
5. Home-based
care for AIDS sufferers and training family members to continue this
care
6. Providing
reproductive health counselling and a family-planning service.
7. Providing a family support programme to allow single
mothers to support themselves and their family until they become
financially independent.
8. Providing an
education support programme to enable young women to get further
education.