HIV/AIDS:
This program is aimed giving care and support to the HIV infected and also creating awareness to the vulnerable group about the dangers of HIV/AIDS. The volunteer is placed in a local organization to help with medicine administration, nutrition and other forms of care.
Our partner organizations help the patients live positively by providing self help projects, food and healthcare.
The work:
The volunteer would be visiting patients in their homes, which are mostly situated in the slums to both supply medicine and food, or just assess the patients' health status and if need be, help them get medical attention.
Organizations that we work with have weekly programs and so, you would be given a plan for your work per week. In some cases, the volunteer might be required to join a local team that does public AIDS awareness campaign meetings.
There are clinics all over the country called VTC, or Voluntary Testing and Counseling centers. Volunteers that are placed in such places would help with testing patients for HIV, counseling them and also helping with clinical work.