Thank you for visiting my Justgiving page. Last year, I bought a road bike for no reason other than to decorate my flat. But now I have found a reason - a way to challenge myself and to fundraise for the first time for a great cause!

I am cycling over 300km in 4 days in Malawi to support the amazing work that mothers2mothers (m2m) do in Africa to help eliminate pediatric HIV. The transmission of HIV from mother-to-child is preventable; the 1 million women reached by m2m, and the children who have been born HIV negative are proof of this. Just £5 helps provide peer education and supports 1HIV+ positive woman over the course of her pregnancy. £10 a month could provide peer education and support to 2 HIV+ positive women during pregnancy.

Effective and inexpensive medical interventions are available that can keep mothers and babies healthy. Without these interventions, up to 40% of infants born to HIV-positive mothers will contract the virus. With treatment, that number can be reduced to 2%.

m2m train, employ, and empower mentor mothers, who are mothers living with HIV, to work alongside doctors and nurses in understaffed health centres as members of the healthcare team. In one-on-one and group sessions, mentor mothers provide essential health education and psychosocial support to other HIV+positive mothers on how they can protect their babies from HIV infection, and keep themselves and their families healthy. Mentor mothers’ ties to the community and first-hand knowledge of HIV makes them highly effective peer mentors.

Have a look at the last image which is a promotional video from the last Cycle to Zero ride and please share on Facebook with your friends. I will appreciate any donation that you can make to support this great cause as it really helps!

Take care,

Sanjay