Communities in East Africa respond to HIV/AIDS

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Summary

Local groups in Kenya and Tanzania working with World Neighbors address prevention, screening, nutrition and antiretroviral therapy, in addition to the social stigma, livelihood strategies and orphans progress reportread updates from the field

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

The infected rate in these local communities is upwards of 20%, much higher than the 6% and 8% of Kenya and Tanzania, respectively. This is due to migration, lack of access to health education and services, gender violence, stigma and taboos. Many children in the community have lost both their parents. The population is approximately 5000 in these three areas.

Activities

Training of community health workers in HIV/AIDS; education within the community at schools, churches, community meetings; partnering with mobile VCT clinics; distribution of condoms and microbicides (when available); support for orphaned children.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $2,030
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $22,970
Total Funding Goal: $25,000

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

The goals are to: reduce the number of people newly infected; to help people who are HIV+ to live longer and healthier lives; to provide orphaned children with financial and emotional support; and to support the communities as they address HIV/AIDS.

Project Message

I am very open about my HIV+ status. I want to encourage others not to be ashamed to go for a test. We should encourage people to to go for testing. In this era, people shouldn't die of HIV/AIDS.
- Risper Ogogo, Community Health Worker, Nyanza, Kenya

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Ruth Okowa,
Health Coordinator, World Neighbors East Africa
Ruth Okowa
2nd floor Old Waumini House, Westlands
Nairobi,
Kenya
011-254-20-444-2387
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Project Sponsor

World Neighbors

Organization

World Neighbors East Africa
2nd Floor Old Waumini House
P. O. Box 14728-00800
Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya No postal number
Kenya
011-254-2-444-2387

Learn more about World Neighbors East Africa and the project team.



Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Kenya and can also be found under Health.

For more information about Kenya, read the Human Development Report on Kenya or the Wikipedia entry for Kenya.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on July 20, 2007.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on August 24, 2006.

Latest Update from the Field

Risper Ogogo

By World Neighbors - Interview with Risper Ogogo, July 20, 2007 05:32 PM


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