HIV 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.
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.
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.
30 volunteers to attend a week-long training program in providing home-based care.
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
Total Funding Received to Date: $1,591
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 "Project Report" tab as they become available.
Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $1,591 . The original project funding goal was $11,000.
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