NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT FOR 2000 ORPHANS IN MUMIAS

 
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Summary

This project will support 2000 children in 400 household to get food by providing training to their care givers in crop husbandry and support 100 other families to initiate income generating activites

What is the issue, problem, or challenge?

HIV&AIDS prevalence in Kenya has subsequently declined in the last five years. National prevalence declined significantly from a peak of about 10% to under 5.1% in 2006. This trend is supported by data from national surveys which document changes in behaviour towards fewer partners, greater condom use and later age at first sex. The decline in prevalence does not mean that the problem is over. The figures based on statistics collected last year-2006, indicate that prevalence in males was 3.5 per

How will this project solve this problem?

Training 500 caregivers who support 2000 children in food crop production, provision of farm inputs land preparation, planting and harvesting and value added production. Train 100 care givers in small scale business ,provision of revolving fund

Potential Long Term Impact

1. This project will lead to increased number of meals per day in the caregivers’ households from one to three hence reduced malnutrition and school retention 2. Improved nutritional values of the meals in the caregivers’ households.

Project Message

’ Peter came to school with the rest of the students. At 10am he had collapsed. We rushed him to hospital for the doctors to only discover that he had low sugar level.He hadnt had food for 5 days."
- Elizabeth Efiketi, A teacher in a school where SAIPEH supports pupils

Funding Information

This project has been retired and is no longer accepting donations.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Excel file (projdoc.xls).

Resources

Retired Project

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Organization

Project Leader

Justin Mutobera

Executive Director
MUMIAS, KENYA Kenya

Where is this project located?

Map of NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT FOR 2000 ORPHANS IN MUMIAS