A fairer chance for every family
We believe the possibility of parenthood should not be decided by financial circumstance.
Pathway to Parenthood Foundation (PTPF) exists because medicine can offer a pathway to parenthood that many Nigerian families cannot afford to take. We help close that gap through responsible co-funding.
Why does PTPF exist?
Two people can receive the same medical advice. Only one may be able to afford to follow it.
For many individuals and couples, the barrier is not knowing what to do next. It is paying for it. Fertility treatment is expensive, it rarely takes a single attempt, and the cost often arrives at the same time as building a career, a home and a life.
PTPF exists for that gap.
Founded by someone who has walked this road
Pathway to Parenthood Foundation was born from a journey deeply understood, not merely observed.
Our founder and his wife tried for 13 years to become parents. They experienced the emotional weight, the uncertainty of repeated fertility treatments, and the profound financial constraints and sacrifices that came with each attempt.
Through that journey, one reality became impossible to ignore:
For many, the dream of parenthood remains unfulfilled not because a pathway does not exist, but because the cost of accessing it is beyond their reach.
That realization became the purpose of PTPF.
To bridge the financial gap between the desire to become a parent and access to the treatments that could make it possible.
Because financial barriers should never stand in the way of the dream of becoming a parent.
When medicine creates a pathway to parenthood, financial circumstance should not be what closes it.
Our mission
To make the pathway to parenthood possible where financial barriers might otherwise end the journey, by mobilising compassionate funding, trusted partnerships and responsible support for individuals and couples pursuing the families they hope to build.
Clear about our role
PTPF does
- Co-fund 30% to 50% of eligible, approved treatment costs
- Assess applications fairly, against published criteria
- Pay approved funding directly to treating providers
- Work with qualified fertility providers
- Support you through the funded journey
- Keep your information private
PTPF does not
- Pay the full cost of treatment
- Approve every application
- Give cash to individuals
- Diagnose infertility or prescribe treatment
- Guarantee pregnancy or a live birth
- Require you to share your story publicly
What guides us
Compassion
See the person before the application.
Dignity
Protect every person’s privacy and humanity.
Access
Narrow the financial barriers to appropriate fertility care.
Integrity
Do what is responsible, even when no one is watching.
Transparency
Account for every resource entrusted to us.
Evidence
Let credible medical and operational evidence shape our programmes.
Stewardship
Treat every donation as a responsibility.
How PTPF is governed
Pathway To Parenthood Foundation is registered in Nigeria with the Corporate Affairs Commission, RC 9684904.
- Funding decisions are made against defined eligibility criteria, not case by case.
- Approved funding is paid directly to treating providers, never to individuals.
- Every payment is recorded against a specific approved application.
- Applicant information is held privately and shared only with consent.