Home Based Care

  Kenya

Kisumu

Durations of Program: 1-2 weeks, 2-4 weeks, 3-6 months and 7-12 months
Typical Duration of Program: 2-4 weeks
Dates: All Year Round

Description: The HIV epidemic is currently the leading of death in Africa. It has put families, communities and the government under great pressure to provide care and treatment to the infected resulting in enormous sacrifice of material and financial resources by both families and communities. Most of the persons living with HIV/AIDS receive care from the relatives mostly children of the patients at their own homes.

Therefore the program is to improve and support this existing care through voluntary community health workers. The workers provide friendship and moral support and teach home-nursing skills to patients, relatives and friends.

Home Adventure volunteers educate and promote awareness of HIV/AIDS as well as crosscutting issues aimed   to reduce incidences of infection in the society.

The community health workers do counseling and referral to suspected cases/conditions needing doctor's attention. Where necessary and possible, workers provide food during their visit either a cooked meal or raw food to be cooked by the family members.

Due to poverty that has escalated in the area, people often avoid attending health facilities because they don't have something to pay from their own pockets and because of this reason, most of the people encounter premature death as a result of depression and inability to take care of themselves.

Home Adventure targets youth and women economic empowerment to engage them in money generating activities to support themselves.

The trained volunteers assist very sick parents prepare memory books for their children. It is like a will to the child with the photos for both parents. The last word of Mum and Dad is a treasure to the child.

It always reminds us that we all as human beings have responsibilities for one another.

Volunteer and provide home based care and empower people living with AIDS. Provide counseling and community mobilization on HIV/AIDS awareness

Highlights: Empower people living with HIV/AIDS, AIDS orphans and caregivers by training them on health and nutrition. Provide counseling and community mobilization on HIV/AIDS awareness at their respective homes.

Qualifications:
- Be 18 years or older
- Have no major health problems
- Be eligible to obtain a tourist visa to Kenya

Cost in US$: USD 350

Experience Required: no

This Program is open to American, Asian, Australian, Canadian, European, Kiwi, South African and Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel to Kenya Independently or in Groups

Typically Participants Work Independently or in Groups

Application Process Involves:

• Written Application

Post-Program Services Include:

• Job and Internship Network

Kenya Voluntary and Community Development Project's Mission Statement: Kenya Voluntary and Community Development Project is envisioned to promote a sustainable development in response to the expressed needs of the community and to ensure an integrated approach towards achievement of poverty alleviation, management of diseases and effects and habitat conservation.

Year Founded: 2005