Ghanaian villagers care for homebound HIV patients
AIDS in Africa
SummaryHIV rates are growing in Kakum Village due to prostitution and a lack of sex education. Home-based care is needed for patients who are too sick to work and cannot be accommodated by hospitals.
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Thanks to donors like you, a total of $1,591 was raised for this project. |
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
Kakum Village in central Ghana is a tourist site with many drumming festivals and entertainers. Local children drop out of school to beg for money and prostitute themselves to tourists. Though the virus is spreading, sex education is taboo, and many people don't believe HIV is transmittable. Hospitals are not equipped to provide long-term care for patients, most of whom are too ill to work and have no income. Support is needed to improve opportunities and for local education.
Activities
Learn to feed and care for HIV patients, work with social service organizations, collect used clothing and food, visit patients at home, and hold public awareness events to educate the public on AIDS.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $1,591
Funding Information
This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available.
Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $1,591 . The original project funding goal was $11,000.
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
30 volunteers to attend a week-long training program in providing home-based care.
Project Message
The quality of life for HIV patients is very poor. They have no money for food and medicine. These volunteers will make sure they have what they need, bringing them dignity and peace.
- Alice Eshun, President
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Alice Eshun
President
Kakum Village Organization
P. O. Box 932
Cape-Coast,
Ghana
011-233-21-780476
Email:
Project Sponsor
Organization
African Women's Development Fund
AWDF P.M.B CT 89, Cantonments,
Accra,
Ghana
011-233-21-780476
http://www.awdf.org
African Women's Development Fund's Funded Projects on GlobalGiving
Where this Project is Located
Country
This project is located in 
Ghana
and can also be found under 
Health.
For more information about Ghana, read the Human Development Report on Ghana or the Wikipedia entry for Ghana.
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on November 6, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on June 1, 2004
