Sr Ivy Khoury

Support to people living with HIV and AIDS and their families in Africa

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2. SUPPORT TO PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV AND AIDS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN AFRICA
3. HIV IN SUB SAHARAN AFRICA UNAIDS REPORT 2013 • 33% decrease new HIV infections since 2001. • 29% decrease in AIDS related deaths (adults and children) since 2001. • 52% decrease in new infections in children since 2001. • 52% increase access to antiretroviral therapy from 2002-2012. • In Sub Saharan Africa there are 1 million fewer people who have acquired HIV. This a drop of 40%. In 2001 there were 2.6 million. In 2012 there were 1.6 million.
4. STEPPING UP THE PACE • How can we support the millions of people throughout Africa who are living with HIV and AIDS? • What resources do we need to “step up the pace?” • What is Caritas Australia doing to “step up the pace?”
5. HIV and AIDS EDUCATION ZAMBIA
6. Food Security for PLWHA
7. HIV and AIDS Sensitisation Program in the DRC The program improves the accessibility and quality of HIV/AIDS care and treatment services by building the capacity of local communities in the 3 targeted areas in Nord Kivu. This includes advocacy and awareness campaigns, self-help groups for PLWHA, and psychosocial support to combat stigma and discrimination among those infected for a sustained, locally-driven response to the epidemic
8. Key Outcomes • Caritas Australia through its partner has been able to reach over 5,000 people through the awareness raising campaign and through education sessions conducted by trained peer educators in schools and parishes. • Caritas provided $100 loans to PLWHA to start their own business in Goma. This is working well and the community were able to open an account at the local cooperative, and are now able to service the new members
9.  40 Young people received training in sewing. They are able to sew skirts, blouses, shirts, pants etc.  16 beneficiaries are producing liquid soaps and have started selling them.  87 women have access to ARVs treatment through the sensitization of the program.
10. Sexual Gender Based Violence Program • Gender-based violence (GBV) constitutes a major public health issue in the DRC. Exposure to physical and sexual violence and power inequity in relationships may contribute to poor health outcomes and put women and girls at risk for new HIV infections.
11. Key Outcomes to date  Workshops for strengthening capacity of mediators, counsellors and staff of SGBV & HIV/AIDS programmes on Financial management for income generating activities has been conducted.  2, 684 people have been reached through awareness sessions. Change in behaviour towards survivors are noticeable through the increase number of reported cases.  28 mediation sessions were organized to support the survivors and their families.  Through local organisation 176 people have been sensitised on protection, HIV&AIDS, child rights and disabilities.
12. SOUTH SUDAN NEW MOON SUPPORT GROUP New Moon group started in November 2012. It has a membership of 456 members all who are HIV positive, 30 peer educators and 10 home based care givers trained in HIV and AIDS prevention and stigma and discrimination.
13. s School teachers trained on basic knowledge of HIV and AIDS
14. Trained Peer Educators in Comboni Secondary School - Yambi Trained Peer Educators have set up HIV clubs in their schools to carry on awareness and behavioural change activities. Every Monday and Friday general assembly’s discussion on specific HIV&AIDS topic/issues.
15. SPORTS AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS SPORTS TO ENHANCE AWARENESS ON HIV/AIDS IN TAMBURA- YAMBIO • The project targets the 16 parishes in the diocese of Tombura-Yambio. The project’s major components focuses on prevention through use of sports awareness campaign initiatives, advocacy, and capacity building of the local structures in diversified use of awareness strategies
16. Supply of drugs- Prophylaxes to treat opportunistic infections Provision of specified medicines & vitamins to PLWHA has helped them have improved health status enabling them contribute positively in their families and communities.
17. The healing of healers’ sessions helped in ensuring reduction in the spirit of stigma and discrimination hence many PLWHA joining HIV/AIDS Support groups. This has helped to increase community access to information and knowledge on HIV and AIDS, increased risk perceptions and behavior change leading to reduced rates of new infections and re infections.
18. Bee Keeping Program in Zimbabwe
19. INCOME GENERATING ACTIVITIES
20. Home Based Caregivers for PLWHA
21. NUTRITION PROGRAM for PLWHA
22. HERBAL GARDEN FOR PLWHA
23. STREET CHILDREN HIV and AIDS Program in KENYA
24. VOCATIONAL TRAINING HAIRDRESSING
25. MOZAMBIQUE - WORLD AIDS DAY FBO’S Platform Inter-religious for participatory Governance
26. MATUBA CHILD CARE CENTRE FOR CHILDREN LIVING WITH HIV AND AIDS
27. CHILDREN IN MATUBA
28. VOCATIONAL TRAINING CARPENTARY
29. Franciscan Missionaries of Mary Child Care Centre Namaacha
30. NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR OVC’s
31. SOUTH AFRICA CARING SCHOOLS PROGRAM
32. Support of OVC’s in 23 schools
33. Integrated Food Security Program Uganda PLWHA and their families are included in food security programs and income generation training. These families have learnt to increase and vary their food production to improve nutrition. The HIV/ IDS group also participate in a heifer scheme which increases household wealth and provides milk for consumption. The families have created a village savings and loan scheme which helps them save money for medical services.
34. HIV EDUCATION in Malawi Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT), songs, drama, and poems spread preventive messages to 3,908 people reducing silence on the disease as well as discrimination and segregation of PLWHA.
35. M Mainstreaming HIV and AIDS Tanzania Training in poultry management has enabled PLWHA to earn an income in Mbulu, Mahenge and the Health Department trained 150 people on HIV awareness, 125 later went for testing and four people participated in HIV and AIDS campaign.