Friday, March 20, 2009

The Blessing

'M'e Mathakane (pronounced Maw-ti-kan-a) is an amazing woman I've had the pleasure of getting to know through my work at the hospital in Mafeteng. Her daughter, Blessing, was born HIV-negative because of Mathakane's adherance to a program designed to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV.

She now works with Mothers2Mothers, an organization which teaches HIV-positive women about the importance of adhering to treatment, how to deal with stigma and how to adopt good breastfeeding practices.

Check out a short YouTube video of Mathakane's story by clicking here.
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1 comments:

Lipsmack Studio said...

Great video to understand what it is like where you are. It is a sad thing that people have this disease, but encouraging to see how far we have come to prevent mother to child transmission. I have had a few friends die form HIV and this encouraging.

March 26, 2009 10:45 PM

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