The goal of our pediatric HIV care program is to strengthen the community by equipping families with tools to take care of their HIV+ children. Family members of children enrolled are provided with training in caring for an HIV+ child, and education in HIV prevention. This leads to an improvement in the health of the children, prevention of HIV, and reduction in stigma associated with HIV.
Dear Power of Love Friend: Hope you are doing well. Today we would like to share the achievements of women enrolled in our micro loans program. These first time entrepreneurs are gaining confidence in running businesses, and making the community stronger by teaching others the value of self-reliance.
Dear Power of Love Friend: Today we would like you to meet the youngest member of our team, Sameeran Das. Sameeran, a sophomore in high school, has been volunteering with us for the last three summers. In Sameeran's own words, "since it was my third summer in Matero, it was rewarding to see the progress made by children in the area of health, and the financial progress made by the women running
Dear Power of Love Friend: You will be happy to know that the matching campaign with our partner One Day's Wages has been fully funded.
Dear Power of Love Friend: You will be happy to know that we are partnering with One Day's Wages to provide food, medicines and a package of life saving health care services to 300 HIV+ children and their families in our pediatric HIV care program in Zambia.
Dear Friend: Happy Mother's Day from our Zambian families. This Mom's day give a gift of free and structured play to a child growing up in extraordinarily difficult circumstances in Zambia. Our "Safe Park" program provides orphans and vulnerable children a safe environment to play and learn.
Dear Friend: We are thrilled to share with you that, as a result of your generosity and caring, we are adding 50 children to our pediatric HIV care program. We now have 300 children under our care! As part of our pediatric HIV care program, each of these children will receive food, medicines, and a package of life-saving healthcare services until they turn 18 years old.
Dear Friend: Happy New Year! We are excited to share our plans for 2016. With your support and encouragement we will be expanding our pediatric HIV care and micro loans programs this year. In brief we will:
1. Add 50 children to our pediatric HIV care programbringing the total number of HIV+ children in our care to 300.
Dear Friend: Power of Love extends a personal and heartfelt thanks for your support. We've had a big year, and we would not have achieved our goals without you. Below are some of our key accomplishments:
1. Survival rate of 98% for HIV+ infants over a 10-year period
2. Zero new HIV infections: 97% of live births to HIV+ mothers are HIV-free.
As a result of the generosity and caring of donors such as you, we were able to add 50 HIV+ children to our pediatric HIV care program in March 2016. With the addition of these 50 children, we now have a total of 300 HIV+ children; every one of these 300 children will receive food, medicines and a package of life saving health care services till they turn 18 years of age.
