Equipping poor families with HIV/AIDS life skills

Summary

We will provide home-based care to 250 rural families infected and affected by HIV, offer mobile VCT, provide orphans with economic and educational options to enable them increase their life options. progress report read updates from the field

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

In Moi’s Bridge, a rural location in Uasin Gishu, frail grandmothers have taken over parenting duties after the deaths of able-bodied parents. “At the end of the day, my grandchildren simply want food, they want to attend school, they need drugs…how do I tell them I can’t deliver anymore?” says Minayo, 84 years. We will empower grannies with agribusiness skills, provide them with food baskets while a community outreach program will emphasize behaviour change and reduce further HIV infection.

Activities

Training grandmothers on modern farming will sustain their food security and increase their financial prospects and ensure their grandchildren have access to nutritional foods, better shelter, education and a secure environment.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: £7,285
Remaining Goal to be Funded: £13,616
Total Funding Goal: £20,901

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

The project hopes to strengthen community safety nets by building strong family structures and empowering 250 vulnerable households through long-term skills-building to ensure poverty and HIV/Aids are both effectively addressed.

Project Message

“I always regret not having education. But I also know regret alone won’t assist me. That is why I’m fighting to have all my grandchildren attend and complete school. Only this will pacify me!”
- Esther Mudhasia, 78 years old, Project Beneficiary, caring for 11 grandchildren

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Stella Amojong,
Program Coordinator
Cherangany Road, Opp. NCPB, Moi's Bridge
P.O Box 1439
Eldoret, RIFT VALLEY , 30100
Kenya
+254-720-846605
Email:

Project Sponsor

Ashoka Innovators for the Public (nominal)

Organisation

Grassroots Empowerment Initiative (GEMINI)
Cherangany Road, Opp.NCPB, Moi's Bridge
P.O Box 1439
ELDORET, RIFT VALLEY PROVINCE 30100
Kenya
+254-720-8446605

Learn more about Grassroots Empowerment Initiative (GEMINI) and the project team.

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Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Kenya and can also be found under Health.

For more information about Kenya, read the Human Development Report on Kenya or the Wikipedia entry for Kenya.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on November 23, 2011.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on January 16, 2007.

Latest Update from the Field

Not yet over..!

By Stella - Director, November 23, 2011 01:29 PM

Njoki with her baby

Dear friends,

"My name is Njoki...I have been living with the HIV virus for the past 8 years. Luckily, my three children are not infected.

"My constant worry goes not to my children but to the hundreds of mothers who have little or no access to medication, treatment or drugs.

"Lack of transport and social support is slowly leading many women to desperation..increasing their chances of succumbing to the disease.

"I'm lucky I joined a support group that has been able to provide me with all the necessary support, encouragement and spiritual nourishment to enable me become stronger, more focussed and active. I have become a source of inspiration to other infected women and a voice of hope as they continue to struggle with their lives.

"I know most of you have been supporting us for years...providing us with the much-needed support to strengthen our lives. Thanks to all of you and I hope that your special touch will be instrumental in changing lives and positively affecting lives, especially in our rural areas.

"On behalf of all beneficiaries, I feel honoured to specially express my gratitude for whatever support you have been providing us. When I go to sleep, I can at least assure my children on tomorrow's hope...

"Thanks for your encouragement and donations. A simple Thank you, I know, is not adequate enough to express what we feel..

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