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HIV AIDS in Kenya

MORE THAN 1.4 MILLION ADULTS ARE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS.
3 out of 5 HIV-infected Kenyans are female.
4 out of 5 HIV-infected persons do not know their status.
7 out of 10 HIV infected adults are rural residents.

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Women fighting AIDS in Kenya (WOFAK) is an AIDS support organization that was started in 1994, by a group of women, many of whom had tested positive to HIV and were facing numerous challenges in coping with the diagnosis. The organization therefore started as a humble forum for women living with HIV/AIDS to share their experiences, to build a solidarity platform and to educate other women to reduce new infections and to live positively despite the infection.

WOFAK today runs 7 different resource centres in Mombasa, Kisumu, Homa Bay and Busia (SEGA), while 3 centres are running in Nairobi (Ngong Road, Kayole and Korogocho). All these centres work towards providing comprehensive care and support to women and children living with and affected by HIV/AIDS in order to support wholesome living. WOFAK activities also target the most at-risk population with comprehensive information on HIV/AIDS in order to reduce national prevalence.

In all, WOFAK now has a client reach of close to 15000 women and 5000 children receiving direct care and support at the 7 mentioned centres. The services provided by WOFAK include:

• Prevention education targeting most at risk groups for accelerated behaviour change.
• One to one counselling to support coping with HIV diagnoses and effects of living with the infection.
• Group therapy counselling to build a solidarity base for women living with HIV/AIDS provide education and enable better coping with the infection.
• Medical care, management of opportunistic infections, provision of antiretroviral drugs/therapy (ART) and use of herbal remedies for managing opportunistic infections.
• Adherence (compliance) counselling and follow-up of those on ART treatment to support drug (ARV) compliance by those clients on treatment.
• Nutritional care and support, especially to the bedridden and those on prolonged medications due to HIV infection.
• Pediatric nutritional care for children living with HIV/AIDS who have not been able to access antiretroviral medication in Kenya.
• Feeding programs at the resource centres, with some centres providing upto 150 children with hot lunch-time meal.
• Food basket program for orphan headed households and other households that suffer food insecurity due to the circle of HIV/AIDS and poverty.
• Economic support to grandmothers, guardians and other households sheltering orphans through trainings on management of small businesses and the provision of startup funds for initiation or expansion of small businesses.