There are so many myths about sexual health. Don't Buy Them!
If you’re confused about what’s fact and what’s fiction, we’ll help you work it out.
We’re mothers2mothers – a charity helping young people understand the truth about sex, pregnancy, HIV, and other STIs. We’re run by women who truly understand these issues and challenges, because they’ve lived through them. We work in the community, for the community.
Visit your nearest mothers2mothers site and our mentors—young women who really understand what you’re going through—will be there to answer any questions you might have, and can get you the support and services you need.
Or you can get answers whenever you like by visiting our WhatsApp platform.
The online store that sells nothing. Except the truth.
Introducing the mothers2mothers Virtual Platform
Five simple steps to Your Health and Well-Being
- Open your phone contacts and save 0242 426 504 as m2m Ghana
- Search in WhatsApp for the m2m contact you’ve just saved
- Type hello in the text box and press send
- You’ll get a list of options in reply
- Select the desired option for the information you require
Bingo! Save the number to your contacts for future interactions.
In partnership with Ghana Health Services and the Early Childhood Network Ghana.
Call in to one of our sites
We’re a charity that works with government health services and other health professionals to help young people right across sub-Saharan Africa.
We are based at health facilities, and our teams are usually available 9am – 5pm, Monday to Friday.
Our mentors will advise you on everything to do with sexual health, HIV, STIs and pregnancy, in a friendly and easy-to-understand way, informed by their own experiences.
You can drop in at one of our sites (Ga West Hospital, Ashaiman Polyclinic, and Atua Government Hospital) , or you can call our office in Accra for more information: +233 (0) 57 048 5432.
The stall that sold nothing
Makola Market is one of the busiest in Ghana. In the week before Easter 2023, we hired a stall that deliberately sold nothing all week long. It was the ‘Don’t Buy it’ stall. All its merchandise – you can explore it here – was created to expose the myths about sexual health that are still so prevalent among young people.
In sub-Saharan Africa one in three adolescent pregnancies are unplanned1, and six in seven new HIV infections among adolescents aged 15–19 years are among girls2. Eradicate the myths, and you’ve taken an important step to eradicating the problems. Will you help us get our ‘Don’t Buy It’ message to this generation of teenagers?
The stall that sold nothing. Except the truth.
- Source: BMC Women’s Health, 2022
- Source: UNAIDS, 2022
About us
We’re mothers2mothers. A charity that works for a future full of healthy women, healthy families and a healthy, thriving Africa. Our mentor mothers are the best possible team to help young people take control of their sexual health and their lives. They are young mums who’ve had to confront these issues themselves—and have emerged determined to drive change in their own communities. Our team are all trained, paid health professionals, and we work with governments and other health professionals across the world to build strong partnerships.
Our stall in Makola Market was an important step to combating the myths about pregnancy, HIV and sexually transmitted infections. We want to get our ‘Don’t buy it’ message across with stalls in markets across the continent. But we can only do it with help. We are looking for sponsors and donations.
Donate to mothers2mothers
If your business would be interested in how you could support us and sponsor our stalls in marketplaces right across the continent, email [email protected].
And if you’d like to make a donation that will help us run more myth-busting stalls in the future, every penny helps.
