By Daniel Marungu | Project Leader
80% of adults and young people living with HIV/AIDS are now well informed about their illness and how to manage it. They know how to access medical services, how to use Anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs .They are likely to have overcome the stigma of their diagnosis and be living peacefully in the community.
Previously many people with a diagnosis of HIV/AIDS were withdrawn and in denial; they kept their diagnosis a secret, which in turn increased the spread of this illness throughout our community, with tragic consequences.
Tiba Africa Foundation played a key role in working with this group of people, aiming to empower them to overcome the challenges of their diagnosis, control the spread of HIV/AIDS, start their lives again and live it to the fullest. We have had a number of personal empowerment courses for people living with HIV/AIDS. These courses included Breathing Techniques, life coaching, nutrition, small scale business training and other self healing modalities. This has been of great relief to our community since many more people are now informed and are living positively.
Recently during National Day for People living with HIV/AIDS, it was shocking to find two other groups of people highlighted that are living with HIV/AIDS with minimal attention and support given to them: elderly persons and school-aged children.
According to Kenya’s national campaign for HIV/AIDS the people who posed a threat in the spread of HIV/AIDS were sexually-active adults and young people.
Yet there are two key groups who have been ignored. Not a threat in the spread of HIV/AIDS but in need of care, support and services. Children are discriminated at school by other children. They do not have friends since other children feel that by associating with them would make them vulnerable to becoming ill themselves. Tiba Africa Foundation is committed to team up with other organizations to inform school children about HIV/AIDS. By so doing we hope to reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS and improve the lives of children living with it.
Poor elderly people living with HIV/AIDS are often ill informed and need advice and support and information about how to access health care. Those who cannot access health services need someone in the middle to link them to the services; either by collecting medication or bringing them to the awareness of social workers. Tiba Africa Foundation plans to adopt a liaison role linking people to services.
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