Goats for children affected by HIV/AIDS

The American Foundation for Children with AIDS, through it's many years of working in Africa with families made vulnerable by AIDS, has developed and implemented various initiatives to assist such families to become nutritionally self-sufficient and self-reliant.

In Zimbabwe there are currently between 600,000 and 900,000 children that have been directly orphaned by AIDS out of a total 1.6 million vulnerable children. In the rural areas most of these young ones are being cared for by their extended families and grandparents which as you can imagine puts an enormous strain on household finances and food stocks.  AFCA, through it's goat and tree programs, provides some respite for selected families in that it teaches folk how to raise small livestock and fruit trees (both indigenous and exotic) for their own consumption as well as using them as a source of revenue.

Taking this a step further, AFCA has recently partnered with Bandage the Wounded Orphanage and an Aids support group named the Alpha Teens which are both located in rural villages in the Matabeleland South Province of Zimbabwe.  The objective of this partnership is to ensure that both of these organizations work toward becoming initially self-reliant in terms of food and then develop the capacity to sell their excess products to generate revenue to assist on housing, clothing and educating the children.

The team here at the American Foundation for Children with AIDS thanks you for supporting this project and the work we do for the children in Africa.  If you would like to learn even more about what we do or how you can meet some of the children you have helped, please contact Tanya Weaver at tweaver@AFCAids.org.