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Family Based Orphan Support (Ruma AIDS Programme)
Project code
: KE078A
Project period:
01/08/2000 to 31/12/2011
| Programme | Funds needed | €216134.00 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Kenya | People supported directly | 720 |
| Project location | Rarieda | People supported indirectly | 2000 |
Ruma AIDS Programme tries to mitigate the devastating effects of the HIV/AIDS pandemic through an integrated programme in Rarieda, Nyanza Province, Kenya: provision of education, health care and livelihoods. Ruma Family Based AIDS Orphan Support Programme targets orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) and widows/widowers. The programme caters for education of the beneficiaries in primary and secondary education, vocational skills training, provision of health care, nutritional supplement and psycho-social support.
The average HIV infection rate in Nyanza Province is 15.3%; the highest among all the provinces in Kenya. Nyanza Province is largely a typical rural setting deriving its livelihood from subsistence farming and fishing activities in Lake Victoria. Generally, the soils are poor and therefore only very little is available during harvest time.
HIV/AIDS has heightened the level of poverty among the communities in Nyanza Province as a whole. Poverty is perpetuated by the high cost of taking care of the medical and nutritional needs of the infected, the funeral expenses, increased dependency from the swelling number of orphans, and the reduced number of hours spent in economic activities to take care of the ill. Poverty and orphan hood have reduced the rates of school enrolment and completion. Many children resort to child labour to fend for themselves and their siblings and in some cases their elderly grandparents, whom most of them stay with. Many AIDS orphans are deprived of the opportunity for moral, intellectual, physical and spiritual development, as they are often mistreated, lured to sexual activities at an early age or enslaved by their adopters.
Ruma AIDS Programme aims to provide the children with an emotional support mechanism that eventually creates a family where none exists. To address the creeping dependency by the poor households, Ruma AIDS Programme has been keen to develop a livelihoods development project by working with already existing women groups. The project is instrumental in exploring and teaching new agricultural techniques, improving the livelihoods of the households severely affected by HIV/AIDS.