Summary
Local groups in Kenya and Tanzania working with World Neighbors address prevention, screening, nutrition and antiretroviral therapy, in addition to the social stigma, livelihood strategies and orphans
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The infected rate in these local communities is upwards of 20%, much higher than the 6% and 8% of Kenya and Tanzania, respectively. This is due to migration, lack of access to health education and services, gender violence, stigma and taboos. Many children in the community have lost both their parents. The population is approximately 5000 in these three areas.
Training of community health workers in HIV/AIDS; education within the community at schools, churches, community meetings; partnering with mobile VCT clinics; distribution of condoms and microbicides (when available); support for orphaned children.
This project has been retired and is no longer accepting donations.
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
The goals are to: reduce the number of people newly infected; to help people who are HIV+ to live longer and healthier lives; to provide orphaned children with financial and emotional support; and to support the communities as they address HIV/AIDS.
I am very open about my HIV+ status. I want to encourage others not to be ashamed to go for a test. We should encourage people to to go for testing. In this era, people shouldn't die of HIV/AIDS.
- Risper Ogogo, Community Health Worker, Nyanza, Kenya
Ruth Okowa
Health Coordinator, World Neighbors East Africa
Ruth Okowa
2nd floor Old Waumini House, Westlands
Nairobi,
Kenya
011-254-20-444-2387
Email:
World Neighbors East Africa
2nd Floor Old Waumini House P. O. Box 14728-00800
Westlands, Nairobi,
Kenya
No postal
Kenya
011-254-2-444-2387
 Micro-enterprise Development in East Africa |
 Economic opportunities for East African villages |
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.
This project was last updated on November 6, 2009.
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on August 24, 2006
By World Neighbors - Interview with Risper Ogogo, July 20, 2007 05:32 PM
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