From left to right, Rebecca Awiti a wofak staff who gave birth to quadroplates through PMTCT and lost one. The UNAIDS Executive Director Mr. Michel Sidibé holding one of the children and Dorothy Onyango Executive Director Wofak holding another baby. The babies are HIV negative, thanks to PMTCT projects.
The French representative giving a speech at a WOFAK function.
Sidaction representative giving a speech at a past WOFAK function.
WOFAK Executive Director giving a speech at a WOFAK function.
French dignitaries and the Executive Director at a past function.
The HIV/AIDS epidemic poses significant challenges to Kenya as a low-income country. Women and girls are more susceptible than men and boys to infection from HIV due to biological factors and gender norms that may also have an impact on HIV transmission. As the world grapple with HIV, it is the women that provide care across the world. The epidemic sentinatel surveillance data has primarily been generated by working with women.
"Empowering women and children living with HIV/AIDS"
We have perfected our existence as WOFAK, not only by caring for the infected woman and girls and communities, but have gone step further to ensure that the capacities of our members are enhanced. We have launched leadership development at the community level. The rationale behind this strategy is that effective and meaningful leaders should be inclusive of all the minority and special interest groups. Our desire is to ensure that women living with HIV contest leadership positions as opposed to just care and support, without fear of discrimination. At the same time we are enhancing income generating activities for members to ensure their sustainability.
In preparing for the 2013 general elections, the WOFAK will train community resource persons, both men and women whose mandate shall include mobilizing support for the HIV living positive women and other women's leadership in the run up to the election. We believe it is time to strengthen deeper and more progressive understanding of networking and collaboration with other relevant bodies within and outside Kenya. Networking has huge opportunity to shape and fight against HIV and contribute powerfully to civil society voices for sustainable financing for our course.
The WOFAK shall continue serving the communities and ensure that leadership is enhanced amongst the women. We do appreciate the development partners, donors, collaborators and well wishers for the support; financially, technically, emotionally and materially. Without you, we would not have reached this far. We are also grateful to our members for the support and commitment to our course.
LONG LIVE WOFAK.
Latest News Board
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2012-09-18: Welcome to the newly redesigned WOFAK website tailored to your needs and desires. Its more informative, interactive, user friendly and has more features than its predecessor.
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2012-02-18: We Appreciate the numerous applications we recieved for the vacancies we advertised for WOFAK Mombasa Branch. Only short listed applicants will be contacted.
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2010-03-09: WOFAK Referral Inventory published
This inventory contains contacts of organizations and facilities that provide services ranging from advocacy, PMTCT, to treatment of opportunistic infections. View the publication -
2010-03-01: WOFAK launches re-designed website
Wofak launches its newly re-designed website. Read more -
2009: WOFAK Case Study published
Linkages between Violence against Women and HIV/AIDS among WOFAK Beneficiaries by Dr. Mumbi Machera (PhD) of the Regional Development Consultancy (RDC) in Kenya. View the Publication