Pathfinder International

02/20/2026

Don’t miss this upcoming Climate x SRHR Frontline Leaders in Action webinar!

Join Pathfinder International, Panorama Global, International Conference on Family Planning, and the PERCC Initiative to explore how climate change affects women’s and girls’ health worldwide. In this one-hour webinar, implementers will share learnings and innovative solutions drawn from their frontline advocacy, research, and capacity strengthening work across Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Nepal.

Register today: https://bit.ly/46MFknh

02/19/2026

In Pakistan's Sindh province, communities are weathering increasingly severe natural disasters from fatal lightning strikes to damaging coastal floods.

Women are stepping up to sow the seeds of strength and recovery.

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02/18/2026

It’s Day 1 of the 2026!

For the next 30 days, we're coming together as part of a global coalition with to support mothers and babies to have healthier pregnancies and healthier lives. Your boosted donation today helps deliver:

✅ Healthy pregnancies
✅ Safe births
✅ Dignity and hope for mothers and babies everywhere

Will you support us today?
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Pathfinder International is a 501(c)(3) organization and donations are tax-deductible. As a donor, you'll receive updates on how your gift helps the communities we serve. Any amount you give will help provide health care and opportunities to the families we serve. EIN: 53-0235320

02/16/2026

In Kourfey, Niger, a problem was weighing heavily on Moussa Tahirou. As a teacher, he noticed that many of the young girls enrolled in primary school would suddenly disappear from the education system. The reason was almost always the same: early marriage.

“I realized that girls’ education was seriously threatened in my community, and that this was jeopardizing not only their future, but also that of the entire community,” said Moussa.

Unable to stay silent any longer, Moussa mobilized young people around him and formed the Association of Young People for Sustainable Development in Kourfey (AJEDDUK) to drive community action in favor of health, education, and sustainable development. In 2024, AJEDDUK joined Pathfinder's J-Matassa project, which seeks to reduce early marriage, unwanted pregnancies, and maternal mortality and strengthen women and young people’s financial autonomy.

With training from J-Matassa, Moussa has reached 51,718 people across 340 villages and rallied support from the government, village chiefs, religious leaders, health workers, school principals, and women’s groups.

Learn more about Moussa's impact on the fight to end child marriage:

In Kourfey, Niger, a problem was weighing heavily on Moussa Tahirou. As a teacher, he noticed that many of the young girls enrolled in primary school would

02/12/2026

Our Senior Country Director, Dr. Joseph Komwihangiro, sat down with The Guardian Tanzania and Daily News Tanzania to share why investing in women's health is one of the smartest economic decisions a country can make.

From the conversation: "Closing the women's health gap could inject $1 trillion annually into the global economy. Women reinvest up to 90% of their income into families and communities. Women's health is infrastructure, not separate from economic development - it's foundational to it."

Joseph discusses Pathfinder's work in Tanzania, the recently launched project addressing FGM, and how we build sustainable models beyond donor dependency.

Read more: https://bit.ly/46u5Npz

Investing in women’s health is one of the smartest economic decisions a country can make, says Dr Joseph Komwahingiro, Senior Country Director, Pathfinder Tanzania. He notes that closing the women’s health gap could inject 1 trillion dollars annually into the global economy, and that women reinv...

02/11/2026

This Friday, we're honored to join the African Union's Department of Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development at the 39th Ordinary Session of the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa. Our Ruth Ngechu, Director of Advocacy and Engagement, will speak at the high-level side event "Digital Health Technologies for Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health in Africa" and take part at the AU CARMMA Plus website launch. Ruth will spotlight our groundbreaking GeoST4R project in , which enhances through geo-enabled solutions to support data-driven planning.

Learn more about how GeoST4R leverages digital tools like the Geospatial Microplanning Toolkit and the Snackable Chatbot to improve health care delivery to mothers and children at the side event on Friday - or visit our website for more information: https://bit.ly/4raOOkD

02/10/2026

Every pregnant mother should be able to give birth safely. Solutions are available, and they are easy to use. They should reach mothers everywhere.

We're proud to announce our partnership with Every Pregnancy for the return of the . Pathfinder’s pilot program, which would provide critical vitamins and nutrients to mothers-to-be, aims to reach 50,000 women across Egypt.

Learn more about Pathfinder’s pilot project here: https://bit.ly/49Uga8q

02/09/2026

In a new op-ed published in The EastAfrican, our CEO, Dr. Tabinda Sarosh, reflects on her recent visit to Tanzania and a critical question facing the development sector: Are we building systems that last, or temporary fixes that collapse when funding ends?

From the piece: "Over seven decades, Pathfinder has worked alongside governments, communities, and local partners. We've responded to what women and girls consistently say they need: access to care, protection from violence, and the ability to make decisions about their bodies and futures. The results are real: lives saved, pregnancies planned, health systems strengthened.

But we've reached a plateau where 'more of the same' won't get us to the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. Wherever health gains aren't paired with real economic power and local ownership, they remain fragile."

Dr. Sarosh explores the shift toward new models where women co-design and own solutions. The evolution required, she writes, is fundamentally about humility: moving from models where success depends on external funding to models that sustain beyond donor cycles.

Read the full op-ed: https://bit.ly/3ZlQiMF

From maternal health to ending FGM, women are moving from beneficiaries to owners of the systems that shape their futures.

02/05/2026

Launching the Her Future partnership in Tanzania on the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Ge***al Mutilation signals our collective resolve to build a world where violence against woman and girls is no longer tolerated.

02/04/2026

We are proud to join the to save mothers and babies this Ramadan. From Feb 18-March 20, we will join Every Pregnancy to support life-changing maternal and newborn health programs globally.

Learn more about Pathfinder’s pilot project we are raising funds for here: https://bit.ly/49Uga8q

02/02/2026

Our CEO, Dr. Tabinda Sarosh, recently visited our teams and partners in Tanzania. While in Morogoro, she met a dedicated taxi ambulance driver, part of the m-mama digitized emergency transport system, and a mother who reached urgent care just in time thanks to this life-saving connection.

Through m-mama, local taxis are digitally tracked and pregnant women with emergencies are transported directly to government health facilities for immediate care.

Since 2023, m-mama has responded to 10,500+ emergencies.

Pathfinder has been part of the m-mama partnership model in Tanzania.

01/30/2026

After a hiatus in 2025, our Country-Led In Action newsletter is back! We explore how our country-led strategy translates into sustainable approaches that improve the health, resilience, and leadership of women and girls around the world.

In this Q&A, we hear from Dr. Amina Dorayi, based in Abuja and serving as Pathfinder’s Regional Portfolio Director, West and Central Africa.

Read the Q&A: https://bit.ly/4qZcyb2
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Amina Dorayi on how our country-led strategy translates into sustainable approaches that improve the health, resilience, and leadership of women and girls around the world.