Supporting Poor Families Affected by HIV/AIDS
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Summary
The project will provide 250 poor families affected by HIV/AIDS in Moi’s Bridge, Kenya, with basic necessities: nutritional foods, antiretrovirals, training, medical checkups and a source of income.
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Thanks to donors like you, a total of $32,000 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
In Kenya, three people die from HIV-related illnesses every five minutes. Families lack access to treatment, nutritional foods and care. In the rural villages of Kapkoi and Kambi in Moi’s Bridge, the situation is even worse. Over 68% of the families earn less than $1 a day. The only health center stocks basic drugs. Three in every 10 children are orphans. The project will strengthen the ability of PLWA guardians and individual families to cope with the effects of the scourge.
Activities
We will provide small-business loans to families affected by the disease; purchase antiretroviral drugs; offer bursaries to orphans; facilitate medical checkups for common infections; provide home-based care for PLWA and purify water for 50 families
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $32,000
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 $32,000 . The original project funding goal was $32,000.
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
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Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
To build a strong and functional network of grassroots social workers within rural communities who will provide moral, professional and psychological support to affected families and ensure that fundamental services are accessible to all.
Project Message
“I consider this program a 'resurrection'…a second chance to live. Though I’m HIV+, the program has given me another opportunity to serve my community, to prove that there is life after infection.”
- Reuben Mulongo, 38-year old project beneficiary, Kapkoi village
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Stella Amojong
Program Coordinator
P.O Box 630
Eldoret, Kenya 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 July 20, 2004
Latest Update from the Field
Thank You letter
By Joe - Communication Manager, December 05, 2006 05:03 PM
Many of our beneficiaries have undergone the full cycle. Kindly share a rare moment with one of our beneficiaries, Abel, a very creative and talented peer educator.
We are so proud of him!
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