OBJECTIVES

- Distribution of meals for positive patients in Hospotal, and food parcels distribution in several support groups in Swaziland, South Africa, and Mozambique.

- Encourage testing and adherance to support groups for HIV+ people in Swaziland, South Africa and Mozambique.


DESCRIPTION

At the hospital :
For HIV Testing Centres in hospitals and for the consellors supporting psychologically people under ARV treatments, observance and regularity of visits is a major issue. Designing Hope has been running since 2004 a meal distribution program for patients visiting the ARV section at Piggs Peak hospital, Swaziland. This program encourages testing and regularity of visits for people spending hours in transport and waiting to see a doctor. For many of them, it is the only balance meal of the month.
Number of patients increased drasticaly from 200 to 2000 persons between July 2004 and September 2006. In response to this growing number of people coming to the VCT Centre, Designing Hope wish to extend this program from 2 to 5 days of food distribution per week.



In support groups :

Manual activity is linked to counselling, art and food supply in order to encourage adherance to support groups, and bring patients and their family nutritional support.

In several support groups of HIV+ people in Swaziland, South Africa and Mozambique, Designing Hope is setting up a new activity based on a simple "give & take" concept, with great potential to strenghten observance to support groups.
Patients will be invited to take part to the condom packing program of the "I Love You Positive or Negative Campaign", and will receive parcels of food as a reward for attending their support groups and spending some time packing condoms in their individual case decorated by artists and carrying the campaign message.
A conselling session on stigmas and discriminations related to HIV/AIDS, explaining the campaign thanks to its pedagogical kit will be organised by Designing Hope in each support group.

This activity will be organized in several support groups and communities: Inyankezi (Orange Farm), Malebese (Soweto) and MSF (Kayelitscha) in South Africa, Malanda Community Hall and Designing Hope' support group in Piggs Peak, Swaziland, Macienne in Mozambique, have already confirmed their interest in participating in this project.



100 000 condom packs have already been printed, and condoms supply is being organized from a South African factory (respecting government quality expectancies) on the one hand, and from Swazi government on the other hand.
Once this activity will be organised, the second step will be to organize the packing and distribution of 1 000 000 condoms, and reach from then a long run activity for these support groups, also feeding the campaign with awareness tools, to be distributed for free.






BUDGET

Canteen at Piggs Peak Hospital :
For 5 food distributions per week, 2000 meals per month :

-Food expenses : 1,220 euros per month
-Salaries for 4 people for coordination, cooking, service and cleaning : 1,040 euros per month
-Transport (shopping, transport of food) : 35 euros per month
-Rent of the kitchen place : 40 euros per month

Total : 2 335 euros per month
Total cost for one year : 28 000 euros

Parcels of food support groups involved in packing condoms :
For 10 support groups : 5 in South Africa, 3 in Mozambique and 2 in Swaziland,
proceeding to the packing of 1 million condoms (10,000 boxes of 100 condoms) :

-Distribution of 3000 parcels, containing each 1,5 euros of food value : 4,500 euros.
-Logistics, shopping, transports : 1,500 euros.

Total cost for this action : 6,000 euros

TOTAL BUDGET OF THE WHOLE PROJECT FOR ONE YEAR : 34 000 EUROS


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