SAVE AFRICAN CHILD UGANDA
Mission
Our mission is to eradicate HIV/AIDS from communities by raising awareness about its transmission and prevention, to counsel about coping mechanisms for those affected and infected and to bring them hope through the gospel of Jesus Christ. To support this mission, four different ministries have been developed. They are free to churches and communities and operate with church volunteers.
The increasing numbers of orphans in Uganda come as a result of HIV/AIDS in the communities.
There fore it should be taken as the first consideration when thinking account decreasing the
number of orphans in the community.
Objectives:
? Provide individual care and psychosocial support to families dealing with HIV/AIDS.
? Support community HIV/AIDS coping mechanisms through education in community gatherings and conferences.
? Develop HIV prevention activities through education, drama and song.
? Provide volunteer counselor and home-care team training
? Engage youth and adults in vocational training such as animal husbandry, agriculture, poultry, sewing, etc. and after introducing micro finance program to support the participants after training.
? Offer limited free basic education to orphans and vulnerable children by volunteer community workers
? Involve youth in supervised and structured social gatherings and co-curricular activities.
? Outreach effort to develop community interaction and build social involvement.
Uganda