Where are the men?

Where are the men?

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.

Hope and Trust

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…

Improvisation to change lives in Last Mile communities

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.