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This page explains how Project Harambee helps disenfranchised HIV+ women form sustainable work and social groups. We want to:
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create a successful work environment
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foster friendships so that women & children--deserted by their families--are cared for when illlness or death occur.
NEW IN 2006 & 2007: VOLUNTEERS ON OUR 2006 SERVICE TRIP QUICKLY SAW THE NEED FOR COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE AND ITS CRUCIAL ROLE IN DEVELOPMENT & HEALTH CONCERNS. THEY MOVED QUICKLY TO IDENTIFY SPECIFIC NEEDS AND TARGET RESOURCES FOR HELP. IN 2007 VOLUNTEERS ARE RETURNING TO:
- CONTINUE DEVELOPMENT OF BOYS' & GIRLS' SOCCER TEAMS IN EMBULBUL
- CONTINUE WORK WITH MEN'S DISCUSSION GROUPS TO ENCOURAGE HIV TESTING & EQUAL TREATMENT OF WOMEN
- INITIATE SUSTAINABLE PROJECTS FOR FAMILY & COMMUNITY SUPPORT (soapmaking, "Critters for Kenya" )
- BEGIN SUSTAINABLE ORAL REHYDRATION EDUCATION FOR MOTHERS IN A CLINIC SETTING