📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
HIV/AIDS epidemic is continuing to grow despite initial optimism that prevention strategies implemented several years ago were beginning to have a positive impact. According to UNAIDS and WHO, stigma and discrimination, whether actual or feared, remain perhaps the most difficult obstacles to prevention of HIV. UVIKIUTA Youth Center is working with a number of different local Youth and women groups, faith based organizations and local authorities to increase awareness of how to prevent transmission and infection of HIV/AIDS amongst key groups and also to try and remove some of the stigma attached to people living with HIV and AIDS.
💼 What the programme involves
Based on the four components of the program (Orientation, Community services, cultural exchange, Development/global education) participants of this project will participate in mobilizing and conducting free HIV counseling and testing , field visits to HIV/AIDS service providers, Blood donation and blood donation events. This will be part of marking world HIV-AIDS days. Other activities will include awareness of how to prevent transmission and infection of HIV/AIDS, and issue around stigma attached to people living with HIV and AIDS. These will be conducted in a form of workshops, debates, arts and music, sports bonanza/Tournaments, etc.
🏠 Accommodation on site
: Participants are expected to be hosted in local host families within the community. However depending on the availability of the families, in some cases Participants will be sharing accommodation in community residential house. Clean water and electricity will be available. In the case where participants will be on group living rooms will be shared with 3-5 Participants and available full time kitchen staff to manage meals preparation.
📍 About the location
: The project is located in the outskirts of Dar Es Salaam, the community which still maintain its natural beauty in comparing to the rest of the region. There is possibility of night walk to watch bush babies, meeting a large population of monkey in the morning and afternoons, bird watching among other. During weeks ends there is a good number excursion options including visiting Kilwa-Mask & Bagamoyo historical sites (UNESCO's world heritage site); National & Village museums in Dar Es' Salaam, Cultural tour in Dar Es Salaam that will include fish Market, Kariakoo Market, sight seen and Beach/Swimming. There is also a possibility for two days and one day Safari to Mikumi National Park.