ICROSS continues to fight HIV AIDS with long term support of prevention and support programmes. Sub-Saharan Africa has over 70% of the Worlds AIDS cases. THis causes terrible suffering. For 30 years ICROSS has been fighting AIDS in Kenya.
An estimated 22.5 million people are living with HIV in Africa. In 2009 around 1.3 million people died from AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa and 1.8 million people became infected with HIV. Since the beginning of the epidemic 14.8 million children have lost one or both parents to HIV/AIDS. ICROSS has been fighting AIDS through
Prevention and Education
Safe sex programmes
HIV Awareness campaigns
Home based care and support of carers
Comprepensive training , referral , support , back up and orphan support activities.
As part of this committment ICROSS built the Bondo Comprehensive care centre in Bondo, Western Kenya. Danny Ngwiri, Country Director announced today
" we will develop with the Ministry of health programmes that will strengthen comprehensive support. "
Danny began the first ICROSS HIV programme in western Kenya 15 years ago then established two other AIDS projects in Bondo. "the need is so widespread and the suffering is worse for children, whole villages have been devastated by AIDS " Danny was in Bondo planning with the Ministry of health team future joint strategies. If you would like to know more about our AIDS programmes , please download our reports and look at the project section on our web site.
The Founder of ICROSS Dr Michael Meegan said today that ICROSS remains committed to community driven programmes at village level.
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