Encourage Rural Communities Know their HIV Status
AIDS in Africa
Summary
The project seeks to reach out to an estimated 3,000 high-risk and vulnerable people who are unable to access health facilities to know their HIV status and thus seek treatment and social care.
How Donors Like You Helped
Thanks to donors like you, a total of $120 was raised for this project. Other Projects Run By Grassroots Empowerment Initiative (GEMINI) That You Can Help
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
The campaign will use mobile caravans to reach out to otherwise unreachable populations in rural areas and other high-risk urban settings. Clients will be tested for HIV and referred to health institutions where they will receive further treatment. GEMINI will then establish Home-Based care models that will offer nursing, clinical and psychosocial support to HIV+ persons
Activities
We will test clients for HIV through mobile clinics and also provide post-test services e.g. antiretroviral drugs, home-based care and psychosocial support
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $120
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 $120 . The original project funding goal was $25,000.
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
The project will enable 3,000 people to know their HIV status and facilitate their access to treatment, home-based care and psychosocial support, facilitate training of 50 health workers on Home-Based care and formation of 12 social support groups
Project Message
"I sold all my land to buy drugs thinking I had been bewitched! But after attending one of these mobile HIV clinics, I'm not even ashamed to state that I'm HIV+ because they renewed my hope to live!"
- Jecinta Obure, Project beneficiary
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Stella Amojong
Program Coordinator
OLOO STREET, 64 ARCADE, 1st Floor
P.O Box 630
Eldoret, RIFT VALLEY PROV 30100
Kenya
+254-53-2061269
Email:
Project Sponsor
Organization
Grassroots Empowerment Initiative (GEMINI)
Market Street Siro House, 2nd Flr, Room 207
ELDORET,
RIFT VALLEY PROVINCE
P.O Box 14
Kenya
+254-720-8446605
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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 November 6, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on August 16, 2007
Latest Update from the Field
Special Appeal
By Stella Amojong - Director, June 17, 2008 06:24 PM
GEMINI has always tried to keep you informed of how your donations are being spent. Every step of the way! The aim is to make you own part of the process and feel actively involved in empowering poor communities.
We thank all of you for your continued support.
After the post-election violence in Kenya, a lot of women/girls were, unfortunately, sexually abused. Most continue to languish in camps, with little medical and psychological support.
With your donations, we responded to the crisis. Now that its over, we need to reach out to all the survivors of sexual violence with confidential, free HIV testing.
We are carrying out a Special Appeal that seeks to mobilize funds to set up a specialized VCT center that will provide women/girls with these services.
But we need you help.
We are kindly requesting you to read the attached newsletter that provides some background information on this very important project.
And we are also requesting you to act and make a donation to any of GEMINI projects to enable us accomplish our goal.
Thanks so much and please, remember, any donation will be highly appreciate.
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