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INTRODUCTION
During the
course of a needs assessment on the care and support for children
infected by HIV/AIDS conducted by HFVCM community health division during
2009 March, its was revealed that most children presented with
opportunistic infections and had not received appropriate medical care.
Some showed growth
malnutrition and caregivers lacked adequate knowledge and skills to care for
these sick and infected children. It was noted that the sick children
does not get enough medical care in the health units because of lack of
counseling skills on the part of the health workers.
Among the twelve
(12) health units in the rural areas of Kasese district especially in
mountains and lake regions, only three (3) regions had only one (1)
staff skilled in caring after infected children. It was found that most
parents and caregivers
preferred looking after children at home to their
long stay with the sickness and also care takers having to look after
other family members and feeding for their families.
Many complained of
abject poverty at staying long at hospitals away from home becomes more
expensive. HFVCM home based care program has been looked at as an
ideal solution to address the about concerns.
PROBLEM
STATEMENT
HIV/AIDS
disease has been associated with shame and negative stigma resulting
into many infected children and Adults as whole.
Those who suffer
from the disease are frequently with out social support, financial
means, abilities including health insurance; those caregivers
and family
members have little and no ideal on how to care for HIV/AIDS children
victims provides need to pay more attention.
Our government
health centers in our district are not stocked with medical supplies,
manpower and drugs to match, the increasing number of HIV/AIDS patients.
In such situation patients can not afford to buy the needed medicines
and this leads to quick death.
The number of
children infected with HIV/AIDS is highly increasing. Information
searched by HFVCM community health service shows that an average of 32
children dies every year of HIV/AIDS in 21 sub-counties of Kasese
district.
This needs
empowering rural communities with knowledge and skills about HIV/AIDS
care and offering of home visits. Home based care program is a good
ideal to improve on the quality of life.
This high increase
of HIV/AIDS infection in our district came about by the great war that
hit our area (ADF) in 1996 because of running up and down and luck of
help during war times, girls and women were forced to get married to
armed personnel’s sexual abuse increased, rape and other sexual
harassment so this caused a high virus transmission.
Our district
Kasese being a boarder district with DRC and having lots of trading
activities practiced at the boarder, trailer drivers and traders from
various places of the continent led to high increase of sexual
activities, so this led many people into the HIV/AIDS infection.
Polygamy also in
our district and yet having little income generating activities has also
been quickest way of making AIDS disease rampant in our area.
Large families are
valued and yet the risk of having many children together presents areas
physical danger not only to women themselves but also to their families.
Most of the rural
households are poor that they can not get good or regular meals as
required and because of this poorness people can not afford the buy
standard drugs or get appropriate medical treatment and this fails them
at least get or enjoy a high quality life.
The communities in
Kasese district have a pressing problem of high increase in the number
of children infected by HIV/AIDS who in most cases have not received
health attention. A group of the children have been orphans and looked
for by their poor relatives and others are being cared for by their sick
parents.
OUR VISION OVER ORPHANS
AND HIV/AIDS INFECTED CHILDREN
To improve quality
of life in orphans and children infected by HIV/AIDS.
OUR MISSION OVER
ORPHANS AND HIV/AIDS INFECTED CHILDREN
To provide proper
care and support our orphans children infected by HIV/AIDS and empower
them for self reliance.
OUR AIM OVER ORPHANS
AND HIV/AIDS INFECTED CHILDREN
To improve on the
quality of life of orphans and children living with HIV/AIDS in the
communities through addressing and provision of services that on
supporting and caring for the homeless and HIV/AIDS infected children,
ensuring improving child welfare, health services, providing education,
fighting hunger, technical, agricultural advisory services, training in
tailoring, carpentry, computer studies and mechanics to orphans and
other vulnerable people.
ACTIVITIES
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Sensitize the
community about this killer disease and how to care and support
children infected by HIV/AIDS.
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Encouraging post
testing clubs and mobile clinics to extend health services near the
people.
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Train people
counseling and care skills.
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Support orphans
and children living with HIV/AIDS with food nutrients.
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Taking out home
visitations and check on children living with HIV/AIDS plus guiding
the care takers on how to take care over these infected children
(word of encouragement).
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Mobilization of
people living with HIV/AIDS in the community and sensitize them on
how to take care of themselves and human rights enhancement.
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Supporting and
promoting income generating activities through skills training
people and children living with HIV/AIDS and the whole community for
self reliance.
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Meetings every
after 36 days and analyze challenges, know the stages of the
project, feed backs and updates.
OBJECTIVES
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To promote quality life
for orphans and children living with HIV/AIDS
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To sensitize the community
about care, prevention on the side of those still free and support for
infected children.
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To promote quality life
for orphans and children living with HIV/AIDS by providing them
education.
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To promote their life
living in the word of God.
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To rescue and cut off all
their grieves and sorrows (orphans and children living with HIV/AIDS) by
planting in them hope, care and support.
CHALLENGES FACED BY
ORPHANS AND PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS:
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They lack proper medical
care
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They lack proper
accommodation
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They lack proper feeding
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They are always lonely
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They live in fear
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They lack education
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They lack proper care
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They always think about
death
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Lack of clothing /shoes
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Lack of parental care
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Lack of medicine and this
brings about a high rate of death in needy people.
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Disease attacks due to
poor feedings
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They are always
beggars
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They live a miserable life
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Lack of land
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Lack of job opportunities
because they are un educated
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They have no joy in life
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They always live in poor
hygiene
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Some take much alcohol so
that it should give them a peaceful mind
WHAT BRINGS ABOUT
ORPHANS AND HIV/AIDS INFECTIONS
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Severe wars
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Hopelessness
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Diseases
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Lack of education
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Domestic Violence
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Ungodliness
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Lack of Unity
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Selfishness
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Lack of Job opportunities
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Fornication
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Theft
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Poorness
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Lack of Parental care
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Drunkard ness
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Greed
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Love for money
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Unsatisfactory
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Unfaithfulness
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Jealousy
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Hypocrisy
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Unadvisable
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Rape
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Un-peaceful mind
We are a
Christian ministry helping people through spreading the Good News of our
Lord Jesus Christ to the entire world.
So dear ministers
of God as you have read the above detailed information by letting you
know about the bad situation we are living in here, we kindly request
for your support over this program of
ORPHANS AND HIV/AIDS
PROGRAM in order to enhance
or improve the quality of life for these suffering and hopeless or
helpless people.
Contact us:
Email:
hope4vulnerablechildrenministry@yahoo.com
Personal email:
richfrida@gmail.com
Tel: +256
752804445
+256
772965381
Hope for vulnerable
children ministry
P.O Box 319 Kasese
Uganda E. Africa.
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