Oak Zimbabwe Grants for Health, Including HIV/AIDS (2009)

• The Bethany Project

  To enable communities to provide care and support for orphans and vulnerable children and to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS. The project seeks to mobilise community participation in identifying and promoting the well-being of orphans through resource mobilisation, training, networking and monitoring. Moreover, it aims to raise awareness on HIV/AIDS prevention measures and to instil social values. USD 30,223

• Dananai Centre

  To support and strengthen suitable and sustainable community-based programmes for orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) by providing appropriate holistic care and support to the OVC population in the Buhera North District. The project seeks to improve the socio-economic conditions of this group and to increase household resources in Buhera by initiating income generating projects and, at the same time, influencing community stakeholders to participate in the care of these children. USD 27,773

• Family AIDS Caring Trust, Nyanga

  To support targeted communities in Nyanga through the provision of home care to the terminally ill, vulnerable children and needy orphans infected and affected by HIV/AIDS. The project seeks to empower the community so that members can identify and analyse their own problems and plan how best to deal with them with limited outside help. USD 50,000

• HOPE Humana People to People

  To improve care, support, security, nutrition and the economic status of people infected and affected by HIV/AIDS. This project targets people residing in the rural area of Bindura and seeks to facilitate the formation of HOPE clubs and income-generating projects. Through concerted efforts at all levels of society, HOPE offers support, helps to prolong lives and encourages and motivates community participation. USD 27,500

• Kubatana Vocational Training Centre

  To provide quality care to 1,500 people living with HIV/AIDS through the provision of food and drugs and by strengthening the capacity of the community through relevant education. The project also seeks to help 1,200 orphans and vulnerable children through the provision of basic education and also by equipping 60 out-of school youths with the technical skills they need to work in agriculture and trades such as carpentry and dress-making. USD 34,781

• Mashambanzou Care Trust

  To improve the quality of life of 700 people in Budiriro, Dzivarasekwa and Kuwadzana who are impoverished, infected and affected by HIV/AIDS. The project seeks to strengthen and support the capacity of families and communities to provide psycho-social, medical and material support to the terminally ill. Support will also be directed to similarly affected, orphaned and vulnerable children through community groups. USD 58,940 (Over three years)

• The Salvation Army – Masiye Camp

  To support two life skills camps for 100 orphaned children affected by HIV/AIDS and provide training for 40 volunteers in psycho-social support. The project will provide a pool of volunteers equipped to assist with running the training programmes at the camp. A core group of volunteers will be trained and mentored through workshops and sensitised to children’s issues through exposure to a variety of children’s programmes. USD 22,463

• Student Partnership Worldwide – Zimbabwe

  To involve young people in community home-based care activities with a view to developing a cadre of young people who are committed to fight HIV/AIDS for the benefit of the community and the nation. Involving young men and boys in the programme will help to dispel the taboo present in most African communities that caring for sick people is the domain of women and girls. USD 26,110

• Tsungirirai Aids Orphan Project

  To prepare orphans and vulnerable children under the age of six for formal education through the renovation of six Early Childhood Development Centres in the Chegutu district. The project also aims to secure the formal registration of one centre by the Ministry of Education and to develop life skills for 50 out-of-school AIDS orphans. USD 23,047

• Zimbabwe Association of Church-Related Hospitals (ZACH)

  To promote a high standard of medical care among ZACH members for the benefit and welfare of the people of Zimbabwe through the provision of medical equipment. This will include oxygen gauges, drug trolleys, a blood pressure machine, a cardiac monitor, sterilizers, a neo-natal resuscitator and wheel chairs. USD 40,161

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