Making a Difference
Building Sustainable Livelihoods for AIDS Orphans and Carers of AIDS Orphans in Uganda and Ethiopia | Uganda & Ethiopia (October 2009 - October 2012)
In October 2009, the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) approved a 3-year contribution of $408,148 toward the $485,890 budget of the Building Sustainable Livelihoods for AIDS Orphans and Carers of AIDS Orphans in Uganda and Ethiopia project.
The Project's 5 goals are:
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To provide 4 African HIV&AIDS Community-based Organizations (CBOs) with the capacity to provide effective leadership to community responses to the socio-economic needs of AIDS-orphaned youth and orphan caregivers;
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To provide at least 370 AIDS-orphaned youth and the caregivers of AIDS-orphaned children with valuable and suatainable livelihoods, reducing their vulnerability to HIV&AIDS;
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To provide at least 1 200 youth with the capacity to resist, survive and overcome HIV&AIDS, and AIDS-related stigma and discrimination;
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To enable policy-makers and other practitioners to incorporate learnings from this Project into broader HIV&AIDS work; and
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To enable Canadians to laern about and mobilize their support for the HIV&AIDS response in Africa.
Bikes to CAP AIDS | Regional (ongoing)
One of the key challenges faced by those working to fight the HIV/AIDS pandemic is transportation. Poor roads and the remote location of many communities make it very difficult to travel from one community to another. While it is neither practical nor affordable to provide all HIV/AIDS workers with a motor vehicle, it is possible to provide them with bicycles. As part of our ongoing partnerships with Community-Based Organizations, CAP/AIDS provides bicycles in supoprt of outreach, education and care & support efforts.
