Zambia

The Hope for African Children Initiative has been operational in Zambia since 2002 and draws its membership from World Vision International (World Vision), Plan International (Plan), Care International (Care), Family Health Trust (FHT), Society for Women and AIDS in Africa-Zambia (SWAAZ) and the Zambia Interfaith Networking Group on HIV/AIDS (ZINGO). Assistance to vulnerable children and their families includes education, health, clothing, economic strengthening and psychosocial support.

HACI Zambia is also involved in advocacy with a view to reducing the spread of HIV/AIDS and the accompanying stigma, and galvanizing support for children made vulnerable by the disease. Its principal strategy is to provide technical support and resources to partner organizations working within communities to care for and support vulnerable children and their families.

HACI Zambia implements its programs around the four core objectives of the initiative, namely:
· Creating awareness and reducing the stigma surrounding HIV/AIDS
· Extending the parent-child relationship e.g. encouraging early treatment of opportunistic infections
· Encouraging positive living and preparing families for transition e.g. providing counseling and economic support
· Ensuring the future of the child by providing access to basic education, life skills and health

While the long term desire of HACI is to implement its activities in all the 9 provinces of Zambia, it has presence in 15 districts of the following provinces; Eastern-, Central, North Western and Southern. HACI-Zambia is supporting an increasing number of local community-based organizations and faith-based organizations for scaling up sustainable programs targeting orphans and other vulnerable children and developing tools to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the support.

Contact details for HACI Zambia
Njekwa Lumbwe
Tel: +260 01 256 287