Some activities Mentor Mothers have been up to.
4MNet is thrilled to share Our Stories Told By Us – A book launch held on Thursday 25th of May at Positive East. Authored by five Black African women living with HIV in the UK including 4M Mentor Mothers Memory Sachinkoye, Rebecca Mbewe, Charity Nyirenda and Angelina Namiba. This book focuses on the UK HIV epidemic, and within that reflects on the HIV experience of African communities through individual stories and reflections.
Here is the link to the website www.ourstoriestoldbyus.com for details.
The Stepping Stones gender-transformative social norms change programme works with participants of communities across the genders and generations, to build a shared vision to overcome the complex challenges they face with regard to their sexual and reproductive health and well-being.
Where the programmes have been well adapted, in line with the structure and principles of the original programmes, participants have described multiple positive outcomes, included reduced violence against women and girls, greater care, respect and support for people living with HIV, and happier, healthier and safer children.
If you would like to learn more, the newsletter for International Women’s Day 2023 is available here.
Angelina Namiba was a guest speaker at the Womens HIV awareness day at the Royal Free Hospital in March 2023 providing information and support to Health Care Professionals caring for women with new or known diagnosis of HIV in pregnancy.
“From you I receive,
To you I give,
Together we share,
By this we live.” Satish Kumar.
When things fall apart- Alice Welbourn’s personal experiences of what she learnt about HIV, about herself and about others during her early years of living with her diagnosis. Please find her story below:
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/when-things-fall-apart/
First up is Angelina’s Pregnancy Journey Diary which can be found below
In this part one of Angelina’s pregnancy diary from 1999. Angelina describes her first feelings around expecting a baby.
Angelina’s pregnancy diary continues as she shares her journey through pregnancy and getting ready to meet her baby.
The third and last instalment of Angelina’s diary focuses on her last few weeks before meeting her baby.
We set up 4MNet to meet our priority of providing ourselves and our peers with psycho-social, perinatal support, as an essential part of our sexual and reproductive health and rights. This translates into positive outcomes for our babies, extended family and communities.
Core funding especially is an ongoing challenge for small women's rights organisations like ours and your support will go a long way in diversifying our income and sustainability to enable us uphold our Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights throughout our life.
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