Which project has the greatest chance of succeeding on GlobalGiving.com?
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Jungle of Struggle
Like a great star, over little stars;
Like a great sea over little ponds
So is my joy, greater than all other things.
As my minds eye looks at the past
And my memory being so correct
So should my life be so joyful.
As from the years of 1997
And to this year, that is 2007
So joyful, so greatful, for all I have received
From the Solidarity Rehabilitation Center, and From the Christian Retreat Fellowship Center.
Shall I always and ever be greatful.
My academic moral and spiritual sponsor
My life had been progressive since then.
So bright had been the year 2000,
When I obtain my First School Leaving Certificate.
Much brighter was the year 2005,
When I excelled in the Ordinary Level General Certificate of Examination.
Then came this year 2007,
With breaking news of my wonderful performance in the Advanced Level General Certificate of Examination.
Thanks be to the Lord, God Almighty;
The provider of all needs.
Gone are the days I saw the cheeks of Rev. Milton Jackson
Gone are the days I used to see my aunt, aunty Clear,
So were the coming and going of others.
But atleast, their impact will never be forgoten.
And now my scopes are nothing but this,
Just to become a Medical Doctor.
By ASHUMBANG JAMES N.
At last I can Read and Write!!!
I thank God for the initiative of the Solidarity Rehabilitation Center. This center began taking care of me in 1997 when I was in Primary school, Class six. The moral upbringing and freedom to choose the type of activities that best suit me, contributed greatly to my success in all end of course examinations from the elementary through secondary, high school, and landed me in the university. I will live the praise and thank God; I am now entering my second year in the university. The real fact is that it was not a bed of roses, rather, all my achievements came through toil, stress, sacrifice, but with much more commitment, devotion, concentration, and determination. I used to trek 4kms to school and 4kms back home. I hardly got all the text books. In the university(University of Buea, Cameroon), it was not possible to rent a room for myself, so I had to patch up with a relative, who was never happy for the increase in population, given the high cost of living in this area. I am praying to God to touch the hearts and minds of all who are able to support the activities of this center, who will in turn be able to sponsor my education through the university. This year 2007, two of my brothers at the center have succeeded in the General Certificate of Education at the Advanced Level with excellent results, and are aspiring to meet me in the university. Asoh Emmanuella.(University of Buea Cameroon).
I look forward to the updates and to becoming the a top trader!
SOLIDARITY REHABILITATION CENTRE, MENTEH, NKWEN, BAMENDA, NORTH WEST PROVINCE, CAMEROON.
Success Story
This Centre has existed for ten years now.
Solidarity Rehabilitation Centre was created in 1997 by Rev. Nui-Asibvuh Martin in answer to a call to serve.
VISION: This centre envisages a community of children transformed and growing into self-supporting, responsible adult, and fully integrated into the society.
MISSION: Her mission is to rehabilitate the very needy underprivileged Orphans and Vulnerable Children in the community of the North West province.
MAIN OBJECTIVE: The Solidarity Rehabilitation Centre has as her main objective Molding the underprivileged Orphans and Vulnerable Children to become Self-Reliant and responsible adults.
STRATEGIES: Her strategies include: providing complete parental care, moderate shelter, basic health care, food, education, training in various trades, training in managing income generating activities. Psychosocial support and counselling.It all started with an encounter with the Lord by Rev. Nui-Asibvuh Martin. He was a Secondary School Teacher before his call. In response, he resigned from teaching, went in for Theology. After completion, he was led by the Holy Spirit to a hill, about 3kms from the access road. Using local hoes spades and cutlasses, he dug the foundation, used the ground in molding blocks, with which he erected a sun-dried blocks house. He lived there with the wife and children, dedicated themselves to praying and seeking God’s will; tilling the soil and planting a variety of food crops, fruits, and vegetables; through this they earn their living.In his evangelistic missions, he visited the remote areas of the province, some really enclave areas, very difficult to reach. He found children in miserable conditions. Many of them orphans resulting from the effect of the HIV-AIDS. He brought some to the centre where he and the wife provide them full parental care.Today the centre has two buildings with 25 rooms, a farmland of about 20 acres some 20kms from the centre, some smaller farmlands around the centre. The farms are the main source of food supply. The centre has 20 children all enrolled in schools. One is in the university, two have just completed high school this year and will be entering the university from next academic year, three are learning various trades. The work on the farms is done mostly by the pastor, wife and the children. This harvest season, they were able to harvest 20 bags (70kg each) of Irish potatoes. The other crops still to be harvested in the course of the year include carrots and garlics.These children are living happily with their new parents, but there are more than 1000 of such children who were identified in those difficult areas, but at moment, the centre does not have sufficient means to bring them and care for them.
Ngelo Martina.
The School’s Environment Practice Clubs (SEPC) is our outreach environmental education project in primary and secondary schools where we pass on practical and theoretical skills for future sustainable livelihoods to young people. PEMO registered golden success in the last previous year of its SEPC by integrating the SEPCs into actual community development under the theme “The role of communities in sustainable environmental management.” The idea was simple; we identified a community, contacted its local leaders, mobilized educational material (books, brocures and posters etc) and financial resources from various establishments (such as World Bank, Ugandan Ministries, local leaders and Civil society) and then at an agreed date, we set-up an open air stage in the middle of a township and our SEPC played environmental music. Before long, a crowd of 600-1000 people had gathered, we then stopped the music and lectured the gathering on selected topics about the general theme that specifically addressed the environmental challenges hindering human development in the community. This procedure was repeated in two parishes of Bukasa and Kisugu in Kampala district. The effects were marvelous, since then local communities in these parishes have improved waste management and hygiene through locally driven initiatives. Robert Ddamulira, PEMO, Please email me for any queries; jermain_dr2002@yahoo.com
This program of the Solidarity Rehabilitation Centre has provided parental care, accommodation, basic health, basic education to 20 Orphans and Vulnerable Children permanently residing at the centre, mostly victims of HIV and AIDS. The plans for the next year is to have 60 Orphans and Vulnerable Children residing at the centre and benefiting from its care; with outreach help activities those in the remote areas of the province who cannot possibly be brought to the centre because of limited means.
Project Needs and Beneficiaries
Results of latest health and demographic census made available in 2004 in Cameroon revealed that the Northwest Province has an HIV Sero-positive prevalence rate of 8.5. This is the highest Provincial HIV prevalence in the Country. The prevalence rate among women in the Northwest Province according the same source stands at about 11. This is double the National HIV Sero-positive prevalence rate of 5.5. Assuming a population of about 2 million for the Northwest province, this province will have 170.000 (about 20) of the 1,000,000 estimated people living with HIV-AIDS in Cameroon. The rural areas of this province have very difficult terrain and bad roads, Health centers are really very far away from most settlements. These and many other difficult conditions lead to high death rates especially among those infected and particularly women. The effect is an enormous number of Orphans, Vulnerable Children with no capable relatives to care for. This center is putting in all efforts to rehabilitate and mold these children into responsible and self-sustaining adults.
Activities:
• Have the children screened of HIV and their status known.
• Providing medical care and monitoring children’s health by our volunteer medical doctor
of Mount Zion Clinic.
• Enroll children in school, provide them with books uniforms etc., some learning trade.
• Provide children with at least three moderate meals a day.
• Provide children with clothing.
• Assure all children of parental care by the director of the center (the Pastor)
• Provide accommodation at the center, some living with foster parents and learning trade or
attending school.
• Train children in Income Generating Activities: Poultry, Piggery, Bee Farming, Gardening, Food Crop cultivation…
Potential Long Term Impact
More children are identified and brought up in the center, benefiting from all the center’s activities. Children develop skills and grow up to be self-sustaining and sharing skills with others, their families, and the Community in the long term.
Project Message
This project entails a lot of commitment, patience and sacrifice of time, knowledge, material and finances. It is a life saving project, posing a wonderful challenge to many people of goodwill. Take up the challenge.!!!
Project Sponsor: Solidarity Rehabilitation Centre
Theme: Rehabilitation | Location: Cameroon
Funding to Date: $11,000 | Need:$ 17,852,4
Project # on GlobalGiving.com
The most recent success story for Solidarity Rehabilitation Center which happened this August, 2007 is this: three of the children of this centre have now reached university level.
One of them is promoted to year 2 in the university of Buea, Cameroon.
Two have succeeded in the General Certificate of Education with excellent performances: – passes in 10 Ordinary Level Subjects two years ago, and passes in 4 Advanced level, and 5 Advanced level papers. These have opened the doors to the university and other professional Schools for them in the next academic year.
Ngelo
Innovative:
In Solidarity Rehabilitation Center:
The General Coordinator, who is a Pastor, The Matron, a teacher, The Project Manager, and the children usually hold discussion sessions. During these sessions there is sharing of ideas and information. Everyone participates freely. The ages of the children range from 3 to 22 years. By mid last year, one of the children in the age group of 3-10 proposed an income generating activity – Rearing Goats. Method. Each child be provided with one goat, and should take care of taking it to the hill where there is fresh grass, and every other aspect of care. Because of limited means, 3 goats were bought, the number has gone up to nine. This is great. The center plans to increase this number to 60, so that each child will care for one goat. One goat can sponsor books and uniforms for a child in lower primary class. Make one child happy!!!
For these reasons I suggest we increase our support for this initiative, buy more shares. I also request from project coordinators to further explain how activities are/will be implemented.
Women and youth are the foundations of our families and with strong economic base.
let us empower our grassroots women and youths to enable them to improve their welfare, to learn and to grow.
Support WYD for women and youth empowerment.
Through the home based care program we could so far reach more than 7,800 bed ridden patients in Addis Ababa. One can imagine how much pressure these patients would create had they all referred to health institutions. The project provides nursing care, medical care, psychosocial support, nutritional and material supports, training, etc. to bed ridden patients and their families. Before we start providing Anti-Retroviral Treatment (ART), quite a number of patients used to die and it was frustrating to see a lot of people dying. But now with the introduction of ART almost all our bedridden patients, 85% of those started ART have become healthy and become productive citizens. Between 2006 and 2007 more than 4000 pateints become better off and became productive citizens. See how good is our project. please buy stock from our project.
Hang, Yoeun is a 65 year old woman who lives in Prech Village Boengnimol Commune, Chhouk District. She lives with her daughter who has 3 children and her 6 year old orphaned grandson named Mak Hear who is HIV +. Her husband travels to Kampong Cham Province everyday for work, while she stays at home, caring for her family. “My son and daughter in-law were married for years. After their wedding, both decided to move to Koh Kong Province (Thmor Bang) with their 3 children to earn money. [During their stay there], their first and the third child died. I also heard that my daughter in-law was seriously ill, so I decided to go to see her. She was very thin, so sick…a few days later she died and we didn’t know why. She was not tested for HIV. I felt sorry for my son. He had one child left to care for, Mak Hear, my grandson. So my other daughter and I decided to bring him to live with us” recalled Mrs. Hang Yoeun.
Mrs. Chhoun Touch, Mak Hear’s aunt states, “Since his mother died, his grandmother and I worked hard to feed him, selling ‘Bor Bor’ (rice porridge) and Khmer noodle. Two years later I noticed that my nephew was getting thinner and thinner. I thought it was because he missed his parents. I never thought that it could have been from any type of illness. I also noticed that he started having very loose watery stools, on and off for at least 2 – 3 times/ day. One day, while selling rice porridge, I met a young woman who volunteered as an HIV/AIDS educator for an NGO here. After a brief conversation, she helped me decide that I should bring my nephew to VCCT for HIV testing, Unfortunately, the result was positive. I felt so sorry for my nephew because not only he was an orphan but now he is also sick. I felt that he was too young to have to suffer like this. On January 19, 2005 a volunteer of CHC registered and sent him to Takeo clinic for services. CHC staff counseled me on how to take care for my nephew. I learned about the importance of hygiene, medication and how to take them. I also learned about the importance of consultations and follow up appointments. As time passed, CHC often conducted meetings and training sessions with me and other patients who suffered from this disease. Finally, my mother and I were willing, and confident enough to take care of my nephew. He started ARV therapy in late 2005. We both would like to express deeply our thanks to all of the health care providers who paid special attention my grandson, as well as the other patients. And especially to CHC who provided every thing for us such as the transportation, schooling materials, clothing and so on”.
Today, Mrs. Hang Yoen’s grandson is in good health and is in second grade at school. “We both want to have these efforts continued. We should ask the government or other relevant organizations to continue further assistance with [HIV/AIDS] patients and other people as well. [Mak Hear’s] mother would not be dead, if all of the services were available during that time. I feel so sorry about that” states Yoen.
If the project gets the first $1000 makes on the Global Giving website, the project will spend for the cost of (1) 22 PLHA Support Group leaders to carry out home visits in their communities to increase the knowledge of community members about the need of treatment for PLHAs and the participation of PLHAs in their communities, stigma will be reduced for PLHAs and people who need treatment can access it without fear ($15/5visits/PLHA SG leader/month). (2) Support for PLHAs refers to appropriate health services such as VCCT, PMTCT, and treatment of OI, TB, STDs and ART ($30/PLHA/year).
What we can do with the first $1,00,000.
One of the learnings we got from the Home and Community Based Care Program is that quite a number of people living with the virus who were bedridden patients before are now become productive citizens. Most of them demanded our office to give them support to involve in income generating activities. Hence, we have been supporting them to involve in income generating projects. We can use the money to establish a saving and credit association of women and the money can be used as a seed money (start up capital) to the association. At least five women can start their small business with the money in the first year.
Sisay
Solidarity Rehabilitation Center.
We shall invest the first $1000 in our income generating activities; Food Crop, Fruits, and vegetables, the piggery, the poultry, and the Goats projects. These projects are still in their initial phases, but are the main source of income for the center. Enough food, fruits and vegetables come from the center’s farms, which are used in feeding the children. Some are sold and used to provide other needs. But the over 1000 cases identified, who are not yet brought to the center, would be able to benefit if $1000 could be invested into these activities, because, this will definitely increase the output by more than 3 times what is obtained at moment. Many more children will be enrolled in schools, and basic needs will be readily available.
Ngelo
Children are the leaders of tomorrow, and the walking stick of parents at old age. All children have the right to live, feed, be clothed, and educated. The Orphans and Vulnerable Children at this center, and many others living in the remote areas are not to be left out. This center is taking the responsibility of many, and desperately need the total support of all especially of GlobalGiving.
Thank you
The HBC Team worked and collaborated with local communities and authorities such as commune councils and village leaders, lay persons, church representatives and pagoda monks to integrate the HBC activities into their monthly meetings and other relevant HIV/AIDS events in the community.
If we get the support of $ 1,000 from Global Giving, CHEC could help to coordinate the identification of OVC between Community Action Groups (CAG), VCCT, ART/OI and Community Leaders via the establishment of an ongoing Most Vulnerable Children/OVC Committee in each OD. Secondly, to develop and seed community savings/credit schemes within each CAG for material needs of OVC (school needs, fees, travel to HC or hospital)and thirdly, to provide technical support to the CAG and Village / Commune Leaders to protect the rights of OVC.
The 1000 USD would be spent by NELA to alleviate the impact of HIV on members of NELA Support Group of People living with HIV. Based on the needs participatory assessment of the support group members, the group assessed to be in greater needs are the children living with HIV and/or orphaned by it. Also based on the priority needs, assessment of this group, some of the money would be spent in buying drugs to treat opportunistic infections that frequently occur in them and part will be utilized to support them nutritionally.
Hope restored for KDJ
I am KDJ (not real name) a programme assistant with NELA, and aged 30 years. Living with HIV had been a major challenge before I came in contact with NELA. I was diagnosed of TB and referred for HIV screening which came out positive. I was abandoned by relatives and friends including my fiancée. With no means of income and deteriorating health, life seemed hopeless and meaningless. Coming in contact with NELA changed my fortune. The post-test counselling, care and support received from NELA helped improve my health and psychological well-being. I changed from a fragile looking, thin individual to a robust, plump looking and healthy person. I became more positive and enthusiastic with life. This new identity culminated in the successful completion of my Higher National Diploma in Business Administration. An icing on the cake was still in the offing for me. I applied for an advertised post at NELA and was employed as a programme officer by the organization. A position in which I have continued to serve. NELA has been very supportive and have developed my capacity in many areas of HIV/AIDS programming. A further testament to my developed capacity was assuming a new role as the coordinator of NELA’s peer support group for PLWHAs. People I come across never believe my status. A king once joked about taking me as his new “Olori” (King’s wife) obviously due to my appearance. Such is the extent to which my fortune has changed. And wait for this…..I am married with a bouncing baby boy. My child is negative courtesy NELA’s PMTCT programme. How better can things get? I will always remain grateful to God and NELA for the wonderful role played in my life. Health restored, education completed, job secured, got married with a child. How better can things get? I have since become committed to ensuring that people do not become infected with HIV and that those infected continue to live positively. I am geared up to advocate and be involved in fighting the war against HIV/AIDS.
Rays of Hope is a multi-faith community based organization formed in early 2001, with the primary aim of providing support to people living with HIV/AIDS. At the onset, the organization was stigmatised and lacked support and community acceptance. The organization had to rotate its meetings from place to place to avoid negative attention. Whenever, a person is diagnosed of HIV, the coordinator is often called to come and “collect her patient” at which point the official structure no longer has anything to do with the client. Support was virtually zero and the situation was challenging. However, things changed when the partnership with NELA was initiated. NELA is the first source of technical and financial support to Rays of Hope. Rays of Hope has benefited from NELA’s intensive technical mentoring. The participatory approach to HIV/AIDS programming which is the hallmark of NELA’s support to NGOs/CBOs has greatly enhanced community support for our organization. So rewarding has been NELA’s technical support in project designing, financial management and care and counselling. They have helped develop skills, knowledge, management and administration in Rays of Hope. Our quality of work has greatly improved, we are now greatly accepted, recognized and an important stakeholder in the community. We have become a model centre for care and support in the community and environs. The organisation is very appreciative of NELA’s mentoring and support.
WYD answer: WYD thinks that it is difficult to finance a project with $1,000. But that amount would start the process of laying the foundation for developing community awareness on WYD projects to attract significant community support. We believe that $1,000 would go a long way in getting that done and even finance a project on the long run.
She was ill for several months with symptoms such as getting more and more thin, having generalized itchiness, and developing diarrhea making it often difficult for her to go to work.
On September 05, 2003 CHC staff visited her at home and gave temporary drugs according to the signs and symptoms observed. Counseling for HIV testing was also given. She was found to be HIV+ after she consented to have her blood tested. On December 16, 2003, CHC worked to provide her with transportation to Takeo province in order to get OIs/ARV service. During that time, her health condition deteriorated, but she had the full support from her mother, who cared for her regardless of her illness. With the help of her mother, Pen never missed or was never late for any her follow-up appointments. It was at Takeo that she was found to be positive for TB, an opportunistic infection that requires treatment first before starting ARV. On January 2004, she was referred to Kampong Trach Referral Hospital for TB therapy. Pen’s TB infection improved with home visit activities, and support from her family. After good medication compliance was accomplished and adhering to her regular follow up appointments, she finally started her ARV therapy on March 04, 2004. Throughout this time, CHC staff provided not only food, transportation, clothing, but also education on controlled drug taking and emotional support. When Kampong Trach Hospital was officially opened for OIs/ARV service, Pen was transfer back on 06/6/2005. Her health greatly improved after ARV treatment.
On January 2006, Pen was selected to work in the hospital to help assist advanced stage HIV/AIDS patient. Her task consisted of assisting and wheeling patients around, helping patients walk to consulting room, and assist patients during meal time.
As her health improved, the more she worked. She was sent to be train on counseling at Takeo by CHC for 5 days. She learned about group education, importance of medication adherence, the advantaged and disadvantages of ARV therapy. After she finished training, she played not only a role as counselor for new patient, counseling 2 days a week, but also worked to manage patient files at the hospital. Regardless of the low salary, Pen continues to be very pleased with her job, and would like other patients who utilized this service to experience the same opportunity for health improvement just as she did.
MY SUCCESS STORY:
I was 3 years old when my mother died. I never saw my father. My grand mother is old and always sick. My elder sister, brothers, and I were always sick. My two elder brothers are handicapped (cripples).
One day, one Madame, Dr. Mrs. Anyangwe came to our village and took my elder sister and I to Bamenda town. She kept my sister as her house girl, and handed my to Pastor Martin.
Unfortunately, my sister ran back to the village, and not long she had a baby. She has visited us twice, and is very happy with my living condition.
I am begging Pastor Martin to go to the village and bring my two handicapped brothers to this center, though I do not know the way to the village, but I hope he will find it. I am afraid of their lives because there is no one to give them food, clothes, and send them to school. They may die if they fall sick because my grandmother has no money. What makes me unhappy is the situation of these my brothers.
With Pastor Martin, we cultivate food crops, fruits, vegetables on a farmland that is 20kms away from the center. We also have fowls, goats and pigs at the center which we care for ourselves.
I am now in class 3 in primary school. I live happily with my sisters and brothers here in the center. I enjoy the much plums, mangoes, groundnuts, Irish potatoes from our farms.
I thank God for His wonderful love for me and others.
AGAH BATHOLOMEW.
MY SUCCESS STORY:
I am 12 years old. I grew up meeting or seeing my mother and my grand parents. They all were too advanced in age, and very poor.
Nearly everyone in the village had at least one house roofed with aluminum sheets (zinc). But none of my grandparents had one. We lived in one house thatched with grass.
Most of my age mate were schooling but my elder brothers, sisters, junior sisters and myself were not because my mother could not afford our school fees, nor enough food to feed all of us.
We were always sick, and each time any of us fell sick, my grand mother would go out and harvest green grass, boiled and gave us to drink. I lost two of my elder brothers. There was no means to take any sick one to the hospital.
In the rainy season, our house was leaking; when I was six years old, I started cutting grass from the hill and covering the head of the leaking house during the dry season.
My mother told me that my father died before my elder sister was born. Most of the time different men would visit us. The best they could each do was to give my mother some palm wine, some salt.
We cooked in the kitchen and slept there. The nights were so cold and often we got up to light fire to warm ourselves. There were no blankets, no shoes, we moved on bare feet. Life was so terrible. Whenever any of us fell sick, my mother would weep bitterly, and my paternal grand mother would join her and weep also.
One day Pastor Martin Nui-Asibvuh came from town, spoke with my grand mother and took six of us along with him to town (a day I will never forget). That night we slept on a bed made of hard wood, with a foam mattress on, a clean sheet, and we covered ourselves with very warm blankets. These are bon beds, and two of us jointly sleep on one.
One Madame Marie Clair visited our center, and saw us moving on bare feet, she went and bought us shoes and new clothes. Then came September, when we were all enrolled in the primary school. Two of us are now in class six, and the pastor has promised to fulfill the conditions for registering us to write the common entrance into secondary school for 2008. We have promised to study hard and be successful.
Though the buildings at the center are not yet completed, the windows are covered with plastic papers, our lives are much more improved, and I will say with all my heart that we are now living in paradise on earth.
I thank God for Pastor Martin, and the Solidarity Rehabilitation Center.
TAMUKONG JUSHUA.
With a little support we will get from two individuals in the USA, we are planning to train 10 people living with HIV/AIDS who are on ART to be expert patients. As expert patients their role will be to assist and provide care to AIDS patients who come to the hospital for treatment and/or to start ART. They will advise patients and give directions and guide where patients should go in the hospital for the support these patients want to get. We have learned that patients especially those who come for the first time have difficulty in finding places like laboratory or pharmacy in hospitals. They are usually confused what to do and where to go. Hence they don’t get the services they want easily. The expert patients will also follow up and help patients to take their medicines properly. Monthly allowance will be given to these expert patients. We are planning to implement the project in one of the hospitals we are working with as a pilot project. We believe we will work with other hospital in the near future.
Dear supporters of the needy through GlobalGiving.com,
I am extremely thankful for this forum. The Solidarity Rehabilitation Center has much more in stock. All the children who are in this center and others with foster parents have the privillege to learn all elements of income generating activities in theory and practically. This week some of them with the pastor, have been working on the farm at the lake Bambili Valley. They are tilling the land to plant Irish Potatoes, Cabbages, Carrots, for the dry season. These are expected to be harvested in December and used for the Christmas period.
I am leaving right away to meet them on the farm, and I will be bringing some pictures of them in action to all. Have a nice day. Ngelo Martina.
There remain some critical gaps in HIV/AIDS knowledge and the spectrum of activities to support children affected by HIV/AIDS needs to be expanded and strengthened. Cambodia has undertake some important steps in providing orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) with increased support, reducing stigma and fear about HIV/AIDS at the household and community levels. In addition, the Government of Cambodia has undertaken the far-sighted vision to establish an OVC Task Force, which will be promoting a multi-sectoral response to all OVC, including those affected by HIV/AIDS.
CHEC’s work supporting OVC affected by HIV/AIDS in communities, especially support offered through Home Based Care project which has been successfully established, requires further support for on-going and extended activities.
In Cambodia, the prevalent rate of HIV infection has decreased from 3.3 percent in 1997 to 2.6 percent in 2002 and 1.9 percent or 123,000 people infected (HSS 2004, data for 2003) in 2003. Meanwhile, the amount of people dying from AIDS has increased from 19,305 persons in 1997 to 78,653 persons in 2002.
People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) die sooner than they should because of lack of access to medical care and lack of information on health care and different opportunistic infection. The number of people who have access to Anti Retroviral (ARV) medicines is very limited. PLWHA do not take part in community activities as they should and dare not to disclose themselves for fear of discrimination and rejection and the adverse impact on their family. Therefore, the proposition and direction to address the problems and reduce impacts cannot be done easily because the PLWHA face the problems directly. Society in general still believes that the PLWHA do not have any capacities. Therefore, their human dignity is not respected, hence lack of bargaining power in society. Stigma and fear persist at household and community levels, often due to a lack of basic information, leading to a breakdown in relationship and function within families and communities. Generally, the situation and problems created by AIDS is not tackled or improved by the supply of ART only. More has to be done on the empowerment of PLWHA and their environment. This means engage PLWHA and their communities in the programs related to HIV/AIDS.
The CHC Supporting Community Engagement in Antiretroviral (ARV) Treatment program is linking more with the communities to provide reliable information, to give more HIV+ people access to treatment and remain healthy, empower PLWHA and involve communities in ARV treatment so that PLWHA and people need treatment can access without fear.
He was counselled on the importance of disclosure, ART, positive living, support group among other interventions. This prompted the wife (Mrs. Bello) to come for counselling and testing. She also tested positive.
WADEM facilitated access to ARV drugs for the couple at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan. Upon subsequent counselling, their only son (Hamzat) was tested and confirmed HIV positive. He has since been on nutritional support.
The couple has since identified with WADEM’s “Stay Healthy” Support Group. For the couple, no more self-denial and low self esteem
Empowerment
WADEM empowered the couple through the provision of commodities and cash to start trading, and their socio-economic status has greatly improved, thus affording them a new lease of live. With strengthened capacity and improved socio-economic status, the couple are now always at the forefront at any of NGO activities.
Thus, O.O was accused of using her witchcraft to cause sickness in the family In order to drained their resources and bring them to penury. Eventually, she lost both parents at a tender age of three (3). The wrath of the family members descended on her, she was exposed to terrible inhuman treatment and diabolic visits to shrines and spiritual churches to compel her to confess of her supposedly witchcraft spirit. When all these couldn’t yield any result she was abandoned by the family to the care of the maternal grandmother who out of her meagre income took over the responsibility of the girl.
After being subjected to this inhuman treatment for almost 7 years, she finally broke down, about to give up, when one of our outreach workers located her and reported her case to the organization. We then took over her case, put her on admission and after some preliminary investigations she was discovered to be HIV Positive. She stayed in the hospital for almost a week until she got stabilized. We then took her to a teaching hospital (UCH) in Ibadan which is almost 250 km from our base of operation since our state doesn’t have the requisite facilities. After examination, the consultant Dr. Brown requested that she be put on admission for about 3 months for proper and intensive investigations to be carried out. The cost estimate given to the organization was 70,000.00 Naira. We hurriedly embarked on a campaign to raised funds to foot the bill since the organization couldn’t meet up. In the process a stakeholder in the community who also is a bank manager volunteered to foot the whole bill, which he did eventually. O.O is back now on ARV and is doing very well. The organisation seized the opportunity to educate the grand mother and other interested family members about HIV/AIDS and letting know that O.O is not a witch and that she could have contacted the virus from the parents.
There is increasing evidence that more cohesive and caring communities experience less severe HIV epidemics and less disruption caused by AIDS. Such cohesion and competence is determined by a community’s institutions, including local and government, religious institutions, civil society organizations and community based groups. CHEC actively enters into partnership with these organizations and supports their role as service providers and advocates.
Children of mothers living with HIV often find themselves in very difficult circumstances. Girls in particular may carry an enormous burden of family responsibilities and they could not attend schooling. CHEC ‘s home based care program therefore strengthen community and family coping mechanisms, and help develop systems and services that offer relief and peace of mind to families and children so that they could live within society.
For instance, Gnor Noeun a girl of 11 years old who is living in Daun Toy village, Tacheis commune, Kampong Tralach district, Kampong Chhnang Province. Her father died since 2004 from HIV/AIDS related illness. She lives with her widow mother who is an HIV positive and deaf in a small shattered house with poor condition. They both were engaging in a daily struggle for personal and family survival. Noeun did not attend the school because she has to go to collect some kind of vegetables from the lake such as water lily and water convolvulus every day in order to sell to people and get some rice. CHEC Home Based Care team member found her in 2006. At that time, she looked very skinny with dirty clothes and malnutrition. She was support from CHEC HBC program and she stopped going to find vegetable as she got counseled by the HBC team and they also helped her mother to bring her to school. Now, Noeun became a primary school student, her health condition has much improved as to compare to the first time that they met her. The school teacher and her classmates provide support to her and no one looked down on her. At present, she becomes a good student in class.
Ngelom is back from the hill where the Solidarity Rehabilitation Center’s farm is located with some interesting pictures of the children at work. Please click the link ngelom at top right hand of this page for a nice view. Ngelo.
The ideal situation is for OVC siblings to be able to stay together; this provides some stability and mutual support after losing parents, and also reduces the chances of exploitation. In particular girls should not be given to outside families for cheap labour, exploitation and potential trafficking. The preferred adoption models for OVC who have lost both parent to AIDS (double orphans), in order are:
1. Close family member in their community,
2. More distant family member,
3. Adopted by a family they already know within their community,
4. Adopted by another family within their community, or cared for by the community Pagoda.
These models are most likely to lead to a loving home, as well as community interest (supported by CAG) in the welfare of the OVC.
CHEC
— SEG, NYC
Also, in my own opinion I would think that no organization has a 100% chance of success. I think the stocks are inflated by biased traders seeking to promote their organization only. On one hand it signifies that these project leaders have successfully advocated for their projects, but on the other hand, a 100% success rate on this market will result in exceedingly high expectations of a project’s ability to succeed on the actual GG site that could very well prove to be false.
I am Rev. NUI-ASIBVUH MARTIN, founder of Solidarity Rehabilitation Center. My success story is a living testimony that THE BIBLE IS REAL, ALIVE, THE SAME YESTERDAY, TODAY, AND FOR EVER. It can be liken to the story of Jonah in the Bible-Jonah chapter one, who did all but in vain to flee from God’s call.
I was a secondary school teacher in one of the High Schools in Bamenda, North West Province, Cameroon – Nacho High School. Besides, I was a chorister in Presbyterian Church Ntamulung, Bamenda.
My aspiration was to work harder and proceed to America for further studies and a better job opportunity.
In 1984, we were in a Christian Retreat, in the above Church, I was meditating, and in a deep inspiration, an audible voice promised me a Holy Bible. From thenceforward, I became too discourage to study any other subject, but more interested in studying the Bible, attending Crusades. The more I struggled to study any other subject, the more I became discouraged.
In 1986, I had problems at my job site, and left a different School – COTEC, AND Girls Vocational School. The working conditions in these two schools were better than the former, but I could not continue, I was burning with the urge to leave. So, in July, 1988 I concerted with my wife and we both resign from teaching and left for the village. We never knew why this sudden change of mind and how we were going to survive with our 3 children, the youngest being just 4 months then.
I never understood the interpretation of the audible invisible voice which promised me a Bible. My discouragement to study and proceed to America was a sign for me to study but the Bible and serve God, and the church, but I did not understand, neither was there anyone to explain this to me.
On the night of 31st October 1986, I received another inspiration to move to the Lake site in Bambili and possess a large piece of land for farming. How terrible was it for my, seeing my greatest aspiration of going to America dashed into the sea.
Nevertheless, I obeyed, and got land of about 30 acres. I began intensive and extensive cultivation of Irish potatoes, cabbages, onion and tomatoes. The first harvest was fantastic: Irish Potatoes 336 bags of 70kgs each, 21,000 cabbages, 70 bags of onion, 20 buckets of tomatoes.
A new though arose, that I should jump into Food stuff business, buy a Land Rover for transportation. Unfortunately, after the sales, I could not find any money with me. Thieves never visited us, no gambling was played; but how the money disappeared is a mystery till today.
I became too pale, frustrated, and hopeless. My decision to go into foodstuff business was just like that of the rich man in the Bible who, seeing his abundant produce, planned pulling down his ban and building up extensive bans and enjoying life in its fullest.
One day a Christian sister met me on the way, saw my miserable condition and boldly questioned why I was refusing the CALL OF GOD and putting my family into misery. With this one question, I burst into tears, thereafter, I went to the FULL GOSPEL BIBLE INSTITUTE and filled a form for admission into the school, this was in 1991.
How I gained scholarship from unknown American state donors through a Minister of the Assemble of God, Rev. Ron Kaiser is a mystery. I completed my course in 1993, but refused appointment by the Full Gospel Mission. My wife and many others were worried. I was equally worried , but could not do otherwise. GOD HAD A BETTER PLAN FOR ME AND MY FAMILY.
While in the Bible School, I carried out evangelisation in many villages. From 1994 to1995, I locked myself in the house asking God what He wanted me to do for Him.
At last I received another inspiration and an audible voice, requesting me to Feed His People. How to do this was my question, and the answer was a verse from the Bible – Mathew 14:16. The next question was with what, and the answer was “With both SPIRITUAL and MATERIAL LOAVES OF BREAD”.
By this time I was spiritually matured, and understood that I had to create a RETREAT CENTER, through which I could feed the general public with spiritual food – Counselling and Praying for all who were depressed, discouraged, afflicted…
In order to feed with material food, I had to create a Center (Orphanage) for Orphans and Vulnerable Children. I had to go out on Evangelistic trips, Identify these children, bring them to the center; house, feed, educate, provide health care, and psychosocial care – Total Parental Care.
In 1996 I miraculously got another piece of land at Menteh, Nkwen, Bamenda, Cameroon, where the Solidarity Rehabilitation Center is located. Together with my wife, I molded sun-dried blocks, pleaded for assistance from some technicians and relatives, who helped in bringing the first building up to a point.
With this skeleton building, I rallied a good number of Christian brethren and told them the vision. Everyone of those invited was moved by my testimony and promised to be of assistance. Some missionaries like Rev. Milton of Jackson Baptist Institutional Church USA, Maranathan Christian Center, donated $300 and $200 US on receiving my letter for the first time.
With time, many of the brethrens dropped because of the high demand of financial, material, and time by the project’s activities. How God sustained the project is a mystery.
At moment our achievements are great: landed property, two solid structures of sun-dried blocks (though not fully completed) of 25 rooms providing shelter for over 20 Orphans and Vulnerable Children since 4th September, 1997. All these children are assured of full parental care. Last year, one moved into the University of Buea, Cameroon. This year two have succeeded in the Advanced Level General Certificate of Examination which qualifies them to enter the university.
Another Miracle is that in 2005, I saw in a vision, the children in a theatre with dissecting knives ready to operate patients. In the following morning, I jokingly asked one of them, “I saw you in the theatre about to operate patients”. He instantly responded positively as if he were expecting the question. The two children aspiring for the university all passed in sciences, with this particular child having 5 subjects scoring 15 points. Their aspirations are to study Medicine in the United State of America. I believe God has already touched many who will assist them achieve their goal. The future of the center lies in the hands of the children. And I believe God will lead them assist us accomplish this great task. How the needs of the children, as well as that of the center are met, is all in God’s Hands.
Another great mystery is how God brought to us Mrs. Ngelo Martina, so devoted and serving as our project Manager and also as Secretary. The success stories of the children are a real confirmation of my testimony.
May God richly bless you for reading this testimony.
REV. NUI-ASIBVUH MARTIN, General Coordinator, Solidarity Rehabilitation Center.
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In order to determine the accuracy of thisprediction test market, GlobalGiving has invited all the participating projects that meet its due diligence standards onto its site. We will be tracking each projects progress over the next 90 days and comparing this against the final results of the decision market.
The projects will be live on the site in October. We will be tracking the progress of these projects and will announce the winners of the accuracy contest at the end of 90 days in December!
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Background information
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Network on Ethics, Law, HIVAIDS (NELA)
Project Goal: To improve the quality of care and support for people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHAs), families and communities in Nigeria. Over the years, NELA has become a rallying point on HIV/AIDS, care and support in the Southwest Nigeria. Her experience in care and support provision to PLWHAs has had significant effects on the lives of many PLWHAs.
Scholarships for HIV Orphans (SHO)
Project Goal: To provide scholarship funding for highly qualified youth, orphaned by the HIV pandemic and with a proven track record of academic excellence to complete their University studies and become future leaders in Namibian society.
WE-ACTx Rwandan Children (ACT)
Project Goal: Our primary goal is to increase women’s and children’s access to HIV testing, treatment, support, education and training in resource-limited settings at the grassroots level while empowering HIV-positive women and girls to take charge of their lives and become leaders in the fight against AIDS.
Women, Youth, & Rural Development (WYD)
Cambodian Health Committee (CHC)
Project Goal: The intended goal of the project is to increase the involvement of communities to provide reliably information, and increase the number of HIV+ people who have access to treatment, thus empower PLWHA and involve communities in ARV treatment preparedness.
Environmental Ed for Development (EED)
Project Goal: To establish Schools’ Environmental Practice Club in 10 schools; to use school communities as agents of change for better environmental management within the wider community; improving the human potential of future decision makers by building their capacity to generate income.
The Mosaic Project (MP)
Project Goal: Prevent and reduce domestic violence; provide a range of support services to abused people; enhance self-reliance of abused women, empowering them to stand for their human and legal rights and so contribute towards the building of sound communities; to advocate and contribute to law reform.
One Home One Cow Zero Grazing (1COW)
Providing Ed, etc... for Children (PEC)
Service Workers in Group (SWNG)
Project Goal: To improve quality of life of male sex workers (MSWs) and serve as a bridge between MSWs and the wider society. The project aims to decrease risks of STD and HIV infections among MSWs, to sensitize them about significance of their sexual and reproductive health and to assist the Royal Thai Government in its efforts to combat HIV/AIDS.
Cambodian HIV Education & Care (CHEC)
Education and Health in Pakistan (EHP)
Hiwot HIVAIDS Prevention & Care (HHP)
Project Goal: To improve the quality of life for chronically ill and bed ridden patients and their families in Addis Ababa. To enable families of patients and community groups to provide quality care. To increase the availability of quality home care for chronically ill patients. To build the capacity of community based organizations. To ensure effective referral between the C&HBC and the health centers.
Drug-Using Street Children (SHRN)
Reviving a Dead Village-Al Tamba (AT)
Orphans & Vulnerable Children (OVC)
Supporting Personnel for Orphanage (SPO)
Ebisicha Water and Sanitation (EWS)
Peer Youth Educators (FHOK)
Campaign for Coastal Clean-up (CCC)
Hodi-Fiwila Project (HFP)
Revitalize Indig. Health Practices (RIH)
Project Goal: To address the devastating impacts of the HIV/AIDS pandemic by mobilizing rural communities around Imvani areas to revitalize indigenous/Nguni holistic health practices through sustainable education, research, and service learning activities in culturally sensitive spaces.