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Pepo La Tumaini Jangwani

Pepo La Tumaini Jangwani HIV/AIDS Community Rehabilitation Program was established in 1994 as an awareness-raising group. Started by two teachers who had been trained as HIV/AIDS counselors, the group initially focused its activities on community education and lobbying for the rights of people living with HIV, while aiming to reduce stigmatization and discrimination. Formally registered in 1998, the group is now entirely focused on HIV/AIDS programming.

Mission Statement

"We create awareness on the scourge of HIV/AIDS through community participation, and by addressing harmful cultural practices. We are committed to enlighten and sensitize the community on positive living; to restore human dignity and hope for children orphaned by AIDS and other vulnerable children through education, access to health care and the prospect of a self-reliant future"

Pepo La Tumaini Jangwani envisions a community-centered approach that:

• Provides basic needs to orphaned children

• Promotes human rights and the rights of children orphaned by AIDS

• Provides support to families in need and, when necessary, facilitates fostering or adoption

• Supports 'living positively' philosophy for People Living With AIDS

• Leads to reduction of HIV/AIDS infection rates in the community where it operates

Short Term Objectives:

• Create awareness through community education in collaboration with all stakeholders

• Provide home based care to People Living With AIDS

• Provide mother-care services to child-care households

• Provide capacity building to community care givers

• Strengthen health care services through drug dispensaries for communities and People Living With AIDS

• Support access to education for orphaned and vulnerable children

Current activities:

• Community mobilization on HIV/AIDS in schools, colleges and army barracks

• Home visits to support to home-based care.

• Mother care services for child-headed households

• Placement of orphaned and HIV positive children

• Case finding for abandoned children

• Training of mother-caregivers

• Pre and post-test counseling

• Training of community caregivers.

• Income generating activities (fuel pump)

• Recruitment of assistant teacher

Activities that require further funding:

The organization has requested funds from the Hope for African Children Initiative to expand the following HIV/AIDS focused activities:

• Home-based care

• Education support for children orphaned by AIDS

• Awareness creation, advocacy and destigmatization

• Community capacity building (specifically training of home caregivers).