Home-based care for Orphans and Venerable Children
Our aim is to ensure that children/adolescents are SAFE, SCHOOLED, STABLE, and HEALTHY. We care about offering holistic services to improve the well-being of orphans and vulnerable children.
We also focus on equipping households to be resilient in the face of the socio-economic and emotional consequences of Trafficking
Services are provided in a comprehensive, coordinated, and sustainable manner using evidence-based interventions that focus on the child, household and community.
We provide the following core services:
- Psychosocial support
- Education
- Health & nutrition
- Legal and social protection
- Household economic strengthening services.
These include; children living with HIV who
- have lost a parent or both
- are directly affected by the disease, or live in areas of high HIV prevalence
- are made vulnerable due to the socio-economic effects of human trafficking
- Children of key population, eg. Female Sex Workers
- who suffer violence and abuse, and
- at-risk adolescents (i.e. out-of-school, in poor households, exploited and abused).
Our work ensures that,
- Children of adults living with HIV are provided with HIV testing services
- Strategies are used to target orphans and vulnerable children who need schooling and offer them this service
- All identified HIV-positive children are placed on antiretroviral treatment
- Caregivers and HIV infected children under 18 years are offered with counseling and support to disclose their status to trusted ones, and adhere to treatment.
- There is linkage of services provided in the health facility with services provided in the community
- Staff of health facilities are trained about the services
- Communities are sensitized to reduce stigma and increase HIV testing.