Mothers First
“We do something extraordinary. We give food to pregnant mothers when they are clinically malnourished”.
Pat Mc Mahon, Founder of Mothers First
Mothers First was established in November 2004 when a registered nurse from Ireland called Pat Mc Mahon found a child called Tiza critically ill due to hunger in Varanasi, Northern India. His response was to act. 18 years later, Mothers First has a call to action that we would like to share with you.
The power of Collective Actions to Transform people’s lives.
Collective action can transform small acts of generosity into meaningful changes in people’s lives.
The problems of the world seem insurmountable. Any individual action can seem to be a drop in the giant ocean.
Many are paralysed into inaction. Drops in the ocean are for many individuals their entire ocean.
For just 5 euros/ month, you could be 1 of 200 donors to fund our 5th camp.
You can be part of something beautiful!
Mothers First have no administration costs in Ireland. This means that all of your generosity will directly impact mothers and their unborn babies in India.
Hope lies in our ability to act.
Perhaps the most difficult journey yet, Our founder Pat Mc Mahon will attempt to run the Dublin City Marathon on Sunday the 30th of October Barefoot.
153.8 million women around the world are malnourished.
We’re on a mission to change that.
Why prioritize nutrition in mothers? UNICEF highlights that ‘undernourished girls have a greater likelihood of becoming undernourished mothers who in turn have a greater chance of giving birth to low birth weight babies, perpetuating an intergenerational cycle'
By prioritizing maternal nutrition, we’ve been working to break this cycle since 2004, and because of your generosity, we’re getting closer every day. Mothers First is a targeted nutrition project in communities around Varanasi in Northern India. Alongside of practical help, we advocate for global nutrition policies on the neglected issue of maternal nutrition around the world.
Our Work
In September 2022, we saw
28
New mothers enrolled in our nutrition program
227
Mothers receive nourishment + medicine
17
Healthy babies born into the program
34
Healthy mothers + babies discharged
It is the simplicity that makes our work so beautiful and impactful.
One in every four pregnant mothers that are assessed by our team as clinically undernourished.
Targeting means that we are delivering food to the most vulnerable mothers and their unborn babies.
Be part of a beautiful collective action.
Founded in 2004 when Pat Mc Mahon, a nurse from Ireland found a child on the streets dying of Malnutrition.
The evolution centres our care around mothers. Targeted food packages when mothers are chronically hungry make a difference in birth weight and lifelong health and learning capabilities.
Our program follows the science and implements that science with abounding love, care and compassion.
Nutrition Programs
Mothers First works in slums and villages around Varanasi in Northern India. Our community based programs provide nutrition to malnourished pregnant mothers and their children. Our efforts are breaking the complex cycle of malnutrition as we prioritize maternal nourishment.
Advocacy
Since 2015 Mothers First began working within the United Nations as a Independent advocate through international advocacy.
Our primary advocacy focus is on extream food insecurity. We seek to integrate human rights with policy development and resource mobilasation
About Us
Find out about our mission, methods, and the dedicated team behind Mothers First.
Take Action
Change a life today. As long as poverty, injustice & inequality persist, none of us can truly rest. It doesn’t take much to change a life, start making a difference now.
Bharat’s Story
We found Bharat in critical condition when he was only 5 pounds at 18 months old, alive only by his own desire to survive.
Mothers First intervened and began treatment. After months of rich nourishment and medical care,