Africa

Alumni Spotlight: Raliat Sunmonu, 2016 cohort

Raliat Sunmonu, LGT Impact Fellow 2016Senior Director, Africa Program Management at Accion The LGT Impact Fellowship offers experienced business professionals the opportunity to work full-time for one year with impactful…more

12th April 2016,

LGT Impact Fellow

HIV-Positive Mothers working to eradicate pediatric AIDS

Meet four powerful HIV+ Mothers who are working to end pediatric AIDS. "Helping people helped me heal inside." – Viwe, Mentor Mother and Khayelitsha site coordinator My first weeks working…more

21st May 2015,

LGT Impact Fellow

m2m Hackathon

Mothers2Mothers is game changing and award winning NGO that focuses on prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV. It features an innovative "mentor mother" model where HIV positive women…more

12th October 2013,

LGT Impact Fellow

Africa, Tech Hubs, & GDP

The tech market in Africa is currently growing at an exponencial rate as the fiber optic cables reach the barren coasts from Senegal to South Africa. Tech hubs are sprouting…more

20th October 2012,

LGT Team

MBPT rollout @m2m

Monday was the big day for the mother baby pair tracking project where we rolled out 20 smartphones to five sites around South Africa in one of the poorest townships…more

8th August 2012,

LGT Impact Fellow

mHealth kick off @ m2m

This week I started the user acceptance training (UAT) for one of the largest rollouts of mHealth to date at mothers2mothers. The system will capture information through a smart phone…more

26th July 2012,

LGT Impact Fellow

Not My Typical Sunday

The power of the iCats fellowship hit me right away. My first assignment – literally – was to conduct site visits with members of the streetfootballworld network in Nairobi, Kenya.…more

22nd June 2012,

LGT Impact Fellow

m2m in action – photos

Enjoy some pictures from the sites where mothers2mothers works across Africa:more

20th June 2012,

LGT Impact Fellow

mHealth @ m2m

mHealth is defined as "Mobile eHealth or mHealth broadly encompasses the use of mobile telecommunication and multimedia technologies as they are integrated within increasingly mobile and wireless health care delivery…more

15th June 2012,

LGT Impact Fellow

Fringe Benefits – iCats Program

One of the great things working as an iCat in new countries, cities, and continents are the endless options for exploration. This last week I jumped on a plane and…more

16th May 2012,

LGT Impact Fellow

Site Visit Reality – Khayelitsha

Last week I went on my first "site visit" (sites are the clinics where the women from m2m work) with mothers2mothers after hearing so much about it. One thing is…more

11th April 2012,

LGT Impact Fellow

mothers2mothers wins Kravis Prize

mothers2mothers has won the prestigious 7th annual Kravis Prize for outstanding leadership. From my experience on the ground, this organization is made up of a strong and motivated group of…more

29th March 2012,

LGT Team