By Irene Wambui Mwangi | Project Leader
The Women and Youth Support Project (WOYOSU) has since changed name to The Uzima (Swahili for Health) Programme The project has continued to grow. About 600 people who include 417 women are currently receiving support through this project. An additional project site has been opened in partnership between Ebony and Family Health International (FHI) an American International NGO. This site is located in a town known as Naivasha about 80 km west of Nairobi. We are working with Fountain of Hope a group of people affected by HIV/AIDS.
By 30th June 2007, Ebony had disbursed some Kenya Shillings 516,000 (US $ 7,818) for small business start up loans and Kenya Shillings 129,000 (US $ 2,182) in education and health grants total of Kenya Shillings 645,000 (US $ 10,000) to 70 beneficiaries who include 52 women. Some 156 children who include 90 girls and 66 boys have been able to continue accessing formal education and some 186 children have access to proper medical services as their parents are able to afford health care.
72 families who have HIV/AIDs affected family members have been supported in setting up and expanding income generating activities and are now able to provide improved care to the sick.
Ebony targets to support an additional 100 family within the next 3 months and we need to raise some Kenya Shillings 1.5 million (US $ 22,727) and it is our hope that the GlobalGiving family will continue to support us.
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