One to One Children's Fund

Enormous thanks to the many hundreds of collectors and supporters who visited Dualities: Women's Empowerment in Africa. You have helped us enormously to expand healthcare throughout the remote Eastern Cape. Special thanks to Bernard Jacobson for so graciously hosting the exhibition. And to curator Susan Ansley Johnson for her vision, passion, and determination. Pulling this exhibition together was a heavy lift, that fell to her shoulders. She has borne it with indefatigable finesse and charm. Brava! Also the awesome Gabriella Saven - there every step of the way carefully putting all the jigsaw pieces into place. And to many others who have worked so very hard to ensure the exhibition's success: Sharon Jackson Hazel Friedman Gqibelo Dandala Nomaza Nongqunga Coupez David Altschuler Catriona Fox Bernard Jacobson Gallery Undiscovered Canvas One to One Africa

Today, we join the ILO and communities worldwide in celebrating the essential role of care and support in building resilient, gender-responsive societies. At One to One, we see firsthand how investing in local women as community health workers - our Mentor Mothers - brings life-saving care to South Africa’s most underserved areas. Our Mentor Mothers work at the heart of the “care economy,” providing critical healthcare and support to vulnerable mothers and children, while challenging gender norms and expanding opportunities for women in the workforce. Let’s recognize and support care work as essential to our shared future. Together, we can build a stronger, more inclusive society that values care and empowers those who provide it. #InternationalDayOfCareAndSupport #CareEconomy #OneToOneAfrica #GenderEquality #MentorMothers #SouthAfrica #EasternCape #development #SDG

Today is International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. The Eastern Cape, where we work, faces the highest rates of multidimensional poverty in South Africa, and it is women who bear the brunt of these challenges. The UN has stated, “Poverty has multiple dimensions, some visible and others hidden, but all interlinked.” We couldn’t agree more. That’s why at One to One, our Mentor Mothers address a range of challenges facing their communities, including education, healthcare, nutrition, and economic opportunity through a holistic, life-cycle approach. This way, we can empower women, children and men at every stage of life, breaking intergenerational cycles of poverty and creating lasting change for their families and communities. Together, let's eradicate poverty by 2030, in line with the Sustainable Development Goals. #EndPoverty #MDP #EmpowerWomen #OneToOneAfrica #BreakingTheCycle #SDG1 #EasternCape

Today, on International Day of Rural Women, we recognize the pivotal role that rural women play in sustaining and developing their communities. At One to One, we see firsthand how these women are not just caregivers, but also leaders, health workers, educators, and entrepreneurs. Through programs like Mentor Mothers, we support rural women as they navigate and address the toughest challenges facing their families and villages—from accessing healthcare in remote areas to creating sustainable livelihoods. These women are the heartbeat of community resilience. By empowering rural women, we’re unlocking the potential for real, lasting change. 🌾👩🌾 #InternationalDayOfRuralWomen #EmpoweredCommunities #WomenLeadingChange #OneToOne #RuralResilience #RuralDevelopment #CommunityDevelopment #WomensEmpowerment

At One to One, we have been studying and addressing the relationship between child health and nutrition for almost a decade. Despite widespread poverty and malnutrition, we’ve enabled 81% of children under our care to receive child support grants. Through partnerships, we directly combat malnutrition, having already provided over 11,000 clients with nutritional support, enhancing their children’s futures. Amongst babies born underweight in our programme, we have a 90% rehabilitation rate. For more info on the findings of the Gates Foundation and to learn how One to One is making a difference, go to our links in bio. https://lnkd.in/egAsxzaV

Let's kick off the New Year with a reminder of our Mayfair exhibition in November, curated by Susan Ansley Johnson, through this lovely article by Lee Sharrock. Surging interest in African art has created the ideal conditions for One to One to raise the profile of women and maternal rights through our association with artists and curators. One to One Africa Nomaza Nongqunga Coupez https://lnkd.in/eNuifnjh

Just a few more hours left for anyone who wants the chance to triple their support....

Just 36 more hours to have your donation tripled! https://lnkd.in/eiSGyDq9 The results speak for themselves. Only a few years ago, expectant mother’s with HIV lived in fear of passing on the virus to their unborn child. Now we are seeing mother-to-child transmission rates of almost 0%* across the 39 villages where we work. That’s 1,700 babies born over the past 6 years, free from HIV whose lives could have been very different. But we cannot celebrate until mothers and children in every Last Mile community are able to access this same support. Please help our Mentor Mothers and us to go even further. Support the Triple It Appeal and have your gift matched twice-over by a small number of generous private donors. But don't hang about: Triple-It closes on 15 December. https://lnkd.in/eiSGyDq9 * only 2 cases of transmission in 1,700 pregnancies over the past 6 years - in a region where 27% of the population has HIV.

Up until the 15 December, donations to One to One Children's Fund will be tripled – meaning £1 from you becomes £3 for us. By raising funds in dollars and pounds and spending it in rands, donations go a long way, allowing us to care for 5,700 mothers and children: https://lnkd.in/eiSGyDq9 Or for more information please contact: sharon@onetoonechildrenfund.org

"One to One Mentor Mothers are out there saving lives every day, as they walk that difficult terrain from home to home. They are my heroines." Naomie Harris, One to One Ambassador Mentor Mothers not only serve Last Mile Communities in the Eastern Cape, they are recruited as members of those same communities. They have been trained and empowered to provide integrated, door-to-door healthcare: Delivering HIV education, anti-retroviral medication and a vital community service. Please support them before 15 December and have your donation Tripled!! https://bit.ly/triple-it