Rwanda Interuniversity VCT Campaign Project(RIVCP)

 
$20
$17,246
Raised
Remaining

Summary

Who?University students in different universities and high institutions of Rwanda.How?Sensitazing and set up a Rwanda univeristy students forum coalition on HIV/AIDS prevention.Why?to stop HIV/AIDS.

What is the issue, problem, or challenge?

Problem addressing: Poverty reduction and reduce HIV to young people especially universities.We believe that if the spread of HIV in our community can be stopped and people living with the disease supported, it will be possible to concentrate on other important development issues that are neglected.Where? In 5 universities as pilot but the forum will cover all Rwandan Universities.The solution will be to educate them on HIV,to alleviate the anxiety on HIV to positive or negative HIV testing.

How will this project solve this problem?

Activities will be the training of volunteers and counsellers, opening conference to set up the forum coalition to fight HIV in universities,sensitization,VCT,evaluation activities and continuation activities by university forum coalition on HIV.

Potential Long Term Impact

The project will educate more than 50000 university students the issues of HIV and Young people are the hope for the future but remain vulnerable as a result of HIV/AIDS. Their vulnerability is perpetuated by social, cultural and biological factors.

Project Message

I Have been Coordinator of Fundraising committee in the regional conference on HIV in 2007 as well as Fundraising Officer of RVCP(www.rwanda-vcp.org) and now IPSF Regional Projects Officer in Africa.
- Cassien HAVUGIMANA, A person running the project

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $20

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 "Project Report" tab as they become available.

Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $20 .  The original project funding goal was $17,266.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

Resources

Funded

Combined with other sources of funding, this project raised enough money to fund the outlined activities and is no longer accepting donations.

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Organization

Rwanda Pharmaceutical Students' Association (RPSA)

Project Leader

Cassien Havugimana

President
Butare, South Province Rwanda

Where is this project located?

Map of Rwanda Interuniversity VCT Campaign Project(RIVCP)