GMP’s History

The  Grandmother Project grew out of a series of successful experiences involving grandmothers as resource persons in community health programs in Laos, Sengal, Mali, Uzbekistan, Albania, and Mauritania.
Each of these experiences was carried out in collaboration with different non-governmental organizations with the assistance of GMP resource persons. In each case it was found that involving grandmothers contributed to increased results related to maternal and child health, and also to improving the perception of grandmothers on the part of both community members and of health and development workers.
GMP was established in 2005 with the support of a group of professionals from around the globe, committed to promoting the health and development of communities in Africa, Asia and Latin America.