By Jacqueline Frost | Manager, Development and Communication
While HIV-AIDS affected children at New Life Center in Kathmandu receive care and medical treatment, their mothers and caregivers are educated on how to better care of them once they return home.
Mothers at the center last year received 48 sessions of training, covering everything from nutrition to reproductive health. They also learned skills to take home once their children were well enough to leave the center.
Last year, 88 children – half-younger than five – received medical care as well as psychological counseling and a nutritious diet.
“The mothers are happy,” said NYF’s President Som Paneru. “They feel very comfortable here because they are not stigmatized here. And after living here for three months, their child gets healthy. You don’t believe looking in their eyes that this child is carrying HIV aids.Our aim is to provide them with a comfortable life as long as they live.”
New Life Center is the only such home in Nepal that offers a holistic approach to caring for children affected with HIV-AIDS.
Thank you supporting these vulnerable children.
Namaste.
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