🏢 About the local organisation
Hope Women Group was formed December 2006 with fifteen members and since multiplied to 30.Thirteen of these women are widows. The group was organized in response to the suffering of orphans whose parents have succumbed to HIV/AIDS. These orphans face many daily challenges, such as lack of food, clothing, shelter and lack of proper hygiene and sanitation. In addition, the practice of wife inheritance contributes to the rapid spread of HIV/AIDS within the communities. Hope Women Group supports 57 orphans with bi-monthly provision of basic supplies such as food, shelter, clothes, home visits, counseling and psycho-social support. The plight of the elderly who are living in sub-optimal conditions is a major concern for the Hope Women Group. We currently provide home based care, food and psycho-social support to 23 elderly within the community. In addition, 4 HIV positive individuals benefit from the services provided by Hope Women Group.
Mission Statement: Provide safe haven for orphans, widows and the elderly within the community, while improving their health status and general well-being.
Vision Statement: Empowering women while improving gender equality and sustaining the family unit.
Objective :
¶ Establish an orphanage which is equipped to provide proper education, nutrition, health and living standards for the orphans and the vulnerable
¶ Provide sustainable assistance to the sick and elderly within the community through home based care
¶ Promote awareness of HIV/AIDS/Malaria and other infectious diseases through psychosocial support and encouragement to take advantage of available VCT services
¶ Develop new income generating activities to supplement those that have already been established by the group.
¶ Make available opportunities for voluntary services within the community.
Goals
¶ Provision of basic needs to OVCs while demonstrating family love and support
¶ Promote improved hygiene and sanitation, while performing activities of daily living (ADL)
¶ Establish a relationship with the ministry of health and its service providers
¶ Collaborate with other organizations through networking
¶ Inclusion of extended family members and guardians in the care and support of the orphans
¶ To control new infections among the orphans and youths through sensitization on HIV/AIDS
💼 What the programme involves
Volunteers will work for six hours daily from Monday to Friday. They will work alongside community members in the following activities:
Manual work and Intercultural activities:
'e Brick making and construction
'e Awareness campaigns on the issue of gender and empowerment of women and gardening
'e Home visits to members of the community
'e Visits to the sick and elderly
'e Topical discussions moderated by community sages
'e Cultural days for various nationalities
'e Excursion to Lake Victoria and the Kakamega Rain forest
🏠 Accommodation on site
The community will provide a house with very basic living conditions where there will be no beds. KVDA will provide foodstuffs and volunteers will prepare their own meals in turns. Volunteers have an obligation to climb down the level of the people with the aim of exposure to development challenges. Water is available from springs and we recommend volunteers to be cautious and always ensure that drinking water is boiled or medicated. Mineral water available at supermarkets is also recommended. There is electricity connection within the village and volunteers will be able to charge their electric appliances.