We are a registered non-profit association, founded by parents who lost a baby. We bring together support, information and remembrance for families after pregnancy and baby loss, in every country we can reach and in the languages families speak.
To help every parent who has lost a baby find support, information and a place to remember, wherever they live and whatever language they speak.
A world where good bereavement care is not a matter of where you live or which language you speak, and where the loss of a baby is spoken about openly.
Support after loss exists, but it is scattered, hard to find in the first days, and usually in one language. Many parents only learn what was possible when it is too late to ask for it.
Parents should be able to see, in one place, the help available where they live: hospitals, associations, helplines, their rights and what to ask for. We are building country guides one by one, checked against official sources.
Find help in your country →Many families live in a country that is not their own. In the hardest days, a local language can stand between parents and the care they need. Our guides are written in English and, step by step, in the language of each country.
Grief does not end when the first weeks pass. We explore how art, music, writing and nature help parents carry their love for their baby over years and decades, through the Journal, seed letters, music and the memorial garden.
Read the Journal →Many people cannot say what a stillbirth is, or how often it happens. We raise awareness of pregnancy and baby loss, of what can be prevented, and of what good care looks like, together with hospitals, researchers and partners.
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Victoria founded MIMATIS after the stillbirth of her daughter Maya at 34 weeks, in the Netherlands, in 2022. Living far from her home country, she saw how hard it was to find clear information and support in the first days after loss, and how much depended on language, place and chance.
As founder, she leads MIMATIS, sets its direction and builds partnerships with hospitals, associations and researchers across Europe. She brings more than ten years of experience in sales and client relationships, and the perspective of a mother of three who knows this loss from the inside.
Her aim is simple to state and hard to reach: that every parent, in any country, can find what they need after the loss of a baby, and that every baby is remembered.
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Robert has spent his career in technical support and enterprise client services, roles that require precision, reliability and the ability to hold complex systems together. A father of three, he experienced the loss of a daughter to stillbirth. He is committed to ensuring the organisation is run with the care and rigour the families it serves deserve.
Journalist, documentary writer, philanthropist and mother of two. Svetlana has spent years giving voice to experiences of grief, loss and resilience. She believes every child’s life, however brief, deserves to be remembered, and every bereaved parent deserves to be heard.
Based in Paris, Oksana brings extensive experience in marketing and communications. A mother herself, she believes that how an organisation communicates shapes whether bereaved parents feel seen. She is committed to helping MIMATIS reach every family that needs it, clearly and across borders.
For Maya, and every baby
who came before and after.
Asociación MIMATIS · Registered non-profit association in Spain, no. 633.864