What We Do

With Mona-woh, redefining relevance is a bi-directional effort where mothers are intentionally prioritised to work on themselves first so as to effectively nurture their children and those around them.

• Psycho-social support

With the aspect of brokenness, no matter how it happened, come guilt and shame that usually comes from either the family members or the community. Given the weight of this health matter relating to one’s mental wellness, Mona-woh partners with trained professionals that offer specialised and quality services to its members.

Besides providing the emotional, social and psychological help to individual mothers enhance their wellbeing, Mona-woh provides customised training to equip them with both life and entrepreneurial skills. It is in these life skills sessions that single mothers form social support systems as well build resilience to enable them face life challenges and eventually overcome guilt and shame.

• Open space for personal growth

Failure to have something that you ever dreamt of and desired to have usually makes one feel ashamed or embarrassed before others, especially those that have succeeded where you failed. Mona-who is here to assure you that, ”You are not the only one; that is not your fate; And it is nothing to be embarrassed about.

This we do by ensuring that a shame-free, judgment-free environment is provided.

Again, challenging the ordinary process of self-discovery of individuals aligning their lives with inner values and true nature; that being done without one rotating their lives around God- their life source- where does their true nature originate from? That is why the spirituality aspect is brought into the wholeness equation of life to bring fulfillment and satisfaction.

• Learning opportunities

Related to the skills mentioned in the psycho-social support earlier, this refers to self-directed and practical sort of knowledge acquisition that puts into consideration the uniqueness of these mothers. This is where tools to form better and improved attitudes are handed over, as they learn to prioritise their wellbeing and don’t feel guilty about it. 

Besides the greatly desired financial independence, true and effective empowerment embodies new knowledge, skills and attitudes. Here, learning is both formal- where sessions are conducted, and informal learning that is continually pursued from observation and story-sharing of authentic life experiences.

• Parenting support services

This is one other approach that engenders social connection; and is driven by the relationships we build for both us and our children along the way. Unless if the relationship with the father of your children was proved toxic, it is the first connection a mother needs to work on and put things in order for the appropriate nurturing of your children.

Before looking outside, the best support system a mother can make is from within her own home/family- that is the children’s father and the children themselves; your immediate family and friends and then the like-minded community you either create yourself or join an already existing one.

• Retreat and Entertainment

Under the sun, we all work off the same time radar- that is the 24 hours for 7 days. It is unfair for the single mother to say she has no time for herself but always busy working for her children/family. If no intention is given for taking a break to have a “Me time”, stress and burn-outs are inevitable in the life of one meant to give life to others.

For a great parenting job to be done, a mother needs to take a break that allows her some kind of rest that restores her internal resources. The high stress levels that single mothers experience are due to neglecting their energy and mental tanks for some good years! Mona-woh therefore encourages and offers this service, planned to be taken away from home, for purposes of replenishing those motherly-nurturing tanks and making them more useful and relevant.

Why one allows staying in a solitude space to confirm the society prejudice of a failure is yet something that calls for deeper observation. Clearly, it is within your individual power to make decisions that will help you come out rather than sinking in.