This project provides food, medicines, and a package of life saving health care services to 500 HIV+ children, and training in HIV to families. The package of services includes regular health check-ups, psycho social counseling, education in HIV, training and monitoring in adherence to medication and school support. After a few months, the children stabilize and/or improve in health so that they can attend school. Goal is to prevent new HIV infections and teach families self-reliance in health.

COVID education is provided to orphans and vulnerable children living in impoverished communities in Lusaka, Zambia. About 20-30 children participate each week. Health care personnel conduct workshops on COVID prevention. A small snack and masks are provided. These workshops were started in July 2020 to keep children and families safe from COVID. Once COVID is over, we will revert back to our old format of engaging children in educational games, activities, and workshops on HIV prevention.

Keep vulnerable children and families malaria free and healthy by providing 15,000 long lasting insecticide treated nets, and education. Malaria can be fatal for children, pregnant women, and adults living with HIV, even though it is preventable and curable. Lives can be saved for pennies per day, as provision of a net costs a mere $5. Proper use of nets leads to improved health, higher school attendance, and fewer missed day at work. To date more than 35,000 nets have been provided in Zambia.

This project empowers vulnerable women by provision of trainings that teach marketable skills. Business training, three loans to start businesses, business monitoring is provided to 550 women impacted by HIV in Zambia. Earnings from businesses started help pay for food, rent, medicines and school expenses. With a better diet families improve in health, and more children attend school. The women become more financially literate, build assets, and acquire leaders skills. Gender equity is improved.