Nutrition and peer support for HIV+ patients

Our Nutrition and Peer Support Program encourages weekly group gatherings with shared meals. Clinic patients will gather and cook a meal to feed their families, doctors and other individuals at our clinic. The primary goal of these weekly meetings is to encourage community togetherness, and reduce the stigma associated with HIV. 

A primary aspect of healthcare that GAIA Vaccine Foundation seeks to address is a patient’s access to doctors and specialists. Our program has been able to establish an HIV clinic at a local community clinic in a suburb of Bamako, which provides increased access to people living in rural areas of Mali. This clinic also provides care and education about HIV for those living with the diagnoses, with the goal of reducing stigma and improving HIV prevention in the village in which the clinic is based. 

Many of our patients that come to our Nutrition program have experienced the loss of loved ones and partners due to HIV. With a potential many mouths to feed, our program seeks to alleviate some stress that comes from this burden. With a donation of $10, you would be providing one weekly meal for one HIV+ patient. With a donation of $30, you would be providing a weekly meal for one mother and three children. With a generous donation of $100, you would be providing a weekly meal for 25 HIV+ patients. We thank you for your continuous support of our ongoing programs!