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Plan helps ensure that children and adults receive medical attention, treatment, counseling and support.
Information, education and communication are critical to preventing and fighting HIV/AIDS.
How is Plan fighting HIV/AIDS?
The more people know about the disease, the better they can protect themselves and others from it. Also, the more they know, the more understanding they will be.
This is why many of our projects focus on HIV/AIDS education. We teach children, youth, parents, teachers, community leaders, local and government officials — anyone and everyone who is part of the social network safeguarding the interests of the children.
But we also provide care, protection and support to those affected by HIV/AIDS. Children, especially, need our help. Unless relief measures are improved immediately, an estimated 40 million African children will be orphaned by HIV/AIDS by 2010.
Community-centered programming
Our work focuses on the community. We help local people identify their community-specific needs and develop projects to meet those needs.
In recent years, our AIDS programs have provided voluntary HIV counseling and testing, assistance to people living with AIDS, counseling and psychosocial support to HIV-positive parents and guardians, and assistance to orphans and vulnerable children.
Building awareness
Post-Test Clubs are proven and effective means of reducing the stigma and discrimination surrounding AIDS. Everyone is invited — even encouraged — to join, as long as they have been tested for HIV.
Club members exchange experiences and provide support to one another. They also share information about HIV/AIDS through theater performances, and refer people to free testing, condoms and counseling services. By talking openly about the disease, they show that one can live an active and normal life, despite being HIV-positive.
Ensuring the children's future and preparing families for transition
We also help provide orphans and vulnerable children with school fees for education and youth with vocational training. Occupations such as carpentry, bricklaying, and tailoring allow young people to support themselves and their siblings.
To help single parents who are HIV-positive, we focus on improving access to health services and providing funds for income-generating activities. Parents are also encouraged to write wills to protect their children’s inheritance rights and to select guardians to care for their children after they are gone.
Care and support
All of our actions and efforts focus on providing care, protection and support to children and families affected by HIV/AIDS. Families are encouraged to write memory books to help prepare the HIV-positive parent and children for the loss of the parent. Parents write down stories from their childhood, memories from their own lives, the children’s first years etc. This provides children with a family history and important information about their past when the parents have passed away.
How is Plan fighting HIV/AIDS?
The more people know about the disease, the better they can protect themselves and others from it. Also, the more they know, the more understanding they will be.
This is why many of our projects focus on HIV/AIDS education. We teach children, youth, parents, teachers, community leaders, local and government officials — anyone and everyone who is part of the social network safeguarding the interests of the children.
But we also provide care, protection and support to those affected by HIV/AIDS. Children, especially, need our help. Unless relief measures are improved immediately, an estimated 40 million African children will be orphaned by HIV/AIDS by 2010.
Community-centered programming
Our work focuses on the community. We help local people identify their community-specific needs and develop projects to meet those needs.
In recent years, our AIDS programs have provided voluntary HIV counseling and testing, assistance to people living with AIDS, counseling and psychosocial support to HIV-positive parents and guardians, and assistance to orphans and vulnerable children.
Building awareness
Post-Test Clubs are proven and effective means of reducing the stigma and discrimination surrounding AIDS. Everyone is invited — even encouraged — to join, as long as they have been tested for HIV.
Club members exchange experiences and provide support to one another. They also share information about HIV/AIDS through theater performances, and refer people to free testing, condoms and counseling services. By talking openly about the disease, they show that one can live an active and normal life, despite being HIV-positive.
Ensuring the children's future and preparing families for transition
We also help provide orphans and vulnerable children with school fees for education and youth with vocational training. Occupations such as carpentry, bricklaying, and tailoring allow young people to support themselves and their siblings.
To help single parents who are HIV-positive, we focus on improving access to health services and providing funds for income-generating activities. Parents are also encouraged to write wills to protect their children’s inheritance rights and to select guardians to care for their children after they are gone.
Care and support
All of our actions and efforts focus on providing care, protection and support to children and families affected by HIV/AIDS. Families are encouraged to write memory books to help prepare the HIV-positive parent and children for the loss of the parent. Parents write down stories from their childhood, memories from their own lives, the children’s first years etc. This provides children with a family history and important information about their past when the parents have passed away.
