By Kudakwashe Dizha | Coordinator
Dear Friends
It is our greatest pleasure to inform you that Rozaria Memorial Trust is providing school fees assistance to a total of 70 children living with HIV; 55 are at primary level and 15 at secondary level. The advent and administering of Anti-Retroviral Therapy in Children Living with HIV has resulted in many of the children living a health a life. Rozaria Memorial Trust has taken upon itself to support these children to access education by paying their school fees and providing other related support that include learning material s and school uniforms.
We are happy that despite some financial challenges, we have managed to enroll one of our students for Advanced Level studies at St Pauls Musami High School in February 2014 after he passed with 8 subjects at Ordinary Level final exams.RMT is supporting him with school fees for boarding and other upkeep requirements at school. His parents died 10 years ago and since then, he has been staying with his grandmother who lives in Bere Village in Ward 17, Murewa.
We recognised that most of the guardians of these children are elderly grandparents, with most of them living in abject poverty. This initiative started in 2009 and is a practical approach of helping children and their families. It is an on-going school fees assistance scheme to all infected children.
Our desire is for us to support more than 100 children living with HIV with school fees related assistance by the end of 2014. Apart from this, we want to provide information to teachers and school authorities in 10 schools on positive living so that we have a supportive school environment for these children. These will reduce stigma and also enhances ART adherence by the kids at school.
We continue to seek for your support as it is positively changing the lives of YPLHIV through the provision of uninterrupted access to education for the kids. We have to cater for their school fees and other related necessities that include exam fees and school uniforms for term 2 and 3 in the year 2014. To meet our target, we need to raise at least $25 000, 00. Your support will make our dream to come true.
For suggestions, and any further information you may need in relation to this project, please get in touch with us at rozaria@africaonline.co.zw or rozariamemorialtrust@hotmail.com. Our phone number is +26-775-336291.
Best wishes
Kudakwashe Dizha
Coordinator
Rozaria Memorial Trust
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