Welcome to Power of Love

power of loveThe AIDS epidemic is the single biggest crisis in human history. It has killed over 25 million people since 1981 and another 35-40 million are expected to die in the next twenty years. Fourteen million children have been orphaned in Africa alone.

Who We Are:

Power of Love Foundation is a secular United States charity focused on developing innovative, cost-effective solutions to address the AIDS epidemic. We work directly with women and children impacted by the AIDS epidemic and create long-term solutions that go beyond handouts.

What We Do:

We strongly believe that the long term solution to the HIV/AIDS crisis is an untapped resource that has always existed within the local community - its women. POL empowers women (many of whom are grandmothers caring for several orphaned grandchildren) and makes them self-reliant through a multi-pronged approach: (1) Train women to care for their HIV-infected children and orphans, (2) Provide women with micro-loans and business training to generate income, (3) Provide food, medicines, and a package of life-saving healthcare services to the children in their care, (4) Provide long lasting insecticide nets and education on malaria to children and families vulnerable to malaria.

The success of Power of Love's comprehensive approach is evident as our children and their families are living and working far beyond the expected statistics (given that life expectancy at birth for a HIV-positive child is only five years). Over the course of the last two years, all but two of the 200 children have survived, a small victory in the face of AIDS and a direct result of our innovative programs. The success of POL's program with the children has had a tangible impact on the behavior of their primary caregivers as well. As grandmothers, grand-aunts, and mothers in the community have noticed the positive effect that quality care has on their children, these women are initiating action and coming forward for HIV testing. This is critical in preventing the spread of HIV, and to date, about 170 caregivers have been tested for HIV.

To sum, our solution is strengthen the community by empowering women so that they can take better care of their children and families. Read more

Mosquito Bed Nets and Children's Health in Zambia

Happy Mother's Day!  This Mother's day give a gift of health to a mom in Zambia. Your donation will go a long way in keeping children malaria free, healthy and in school. A donation of $10 will provide education on prevention of malaria and two bed nets (that can sleep two adults and four young children) to a family in Zambia.

Impact of Usage of Malaria Bed Nets on Children's' Health

Stories of Children Born HIV Free in our PMTCT Program

Mother's Day is May 12 - give a gift of a healthy baby to a Mom in Zambia. The Power of Love team would like to thank its friends and donors who provide support to its pediatric HIV/AIDS care program in Zambia. With generous support from donors, we have been able continue to improve the lives of several hundred children and families impacted by HIV/AIDS and malaria in Zambia. To learn more click here.

PMTCT (Prevention of Mother to child transmission)

Business Training and Loans Provided to 80 new women entrepreneurs

Power of Love's micro loans program provides business training, small loans and business monitoring and advice to poor women entrepreneurs in Zambia.  Over the last eight years, our women entrepreneurs have built successful businesses that provide for their families, keep their children healthy, and in school. In addition, the women have started planning and saving for a better future for themselves and their families. Repayment rates in our program are in the range of 90% - extraordinary given the difficult circumstances of our loan grantees.

Stories of children who are Malaria Free and in School as a result of sleeping under a net

Project Mosquito Nets provides education on prevention of malaria and long lasting insecticide treated nets to children and families vulnerable to malaria in Zambia. Segments of the population that are particularly vulnerable to malaria and for whom malaria could be fatal include: children under five years, older people, pregnant women, people living with HIV, and people who have TB. Children and adults who have HIV/AIDS are more likely to experience severe malaria requiring hospitalization and the risk of death.

Stories of Successful Women Entrepreneurs in our Micro Loans Program

Power of Love's micro loans program provides business training, loans and business monitoring and advice to poor women entrepreneurs in Zambia. Over the last few years, our women entrepreneurs have built successful businesses even though each and every one of them is battling difficult circumstances to provide for their families and keep their children healthy, and in school. In addition, they have started planning and saving for a better future for themselves and their families.

What makes Power of Love's Pediatric HIV/AIDS care Program Unique?

Training Provided to Caregivers of children in our program

The Vision Behind our Micro Loans Program in Zambia

What is our vision for the women's program?

While designing our micro loans program in 2005, one of the questions we repeatedly asked ourselves was: what is our vision for this program? We wanted this program to do more than provide business training and loans to women in the community of Matero, in Lusaka, Zambia. After several discussions with community members and leaders, we decided that our vision is to strengthen communities impacted by HIV/AIDS and malaria in an environment where unemployment rates are 67% or higher

Heartwarming News from Power of Love's Pediatric HIV/AIDS care Program

Here is news that will make you dance for joy. In 2012, we had 11 children born in our Prevention Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) Program. We are very excited as all 11 children were born HIV negative. This is remarkable as the new born babies have HIV+ mothers and siblings (who are in our pediatric HIV/AIDS care program).  In fact of the 23 children born since we launched the PMTCT program, 22 have been born HIV negative. A picture of Ernest - born HIV negative in our PMTCT program- is given below.

Conversations with Beneficiaries of Malaria Nets Distributed in September 2012 - Part 2

Since the last distribution of 1000 long lasting insecticide treated nets in September 2012, we have been in contact with the recipients of nets and have had several conversations with them so that we can increase the effectiveness of our malaria prevention program in Zambia. For a short video on the distribution day activities click here. To learn more about our malaria prevention program click here.

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