Project Report
| Mar 7, 2024
Our Response to the Cholera Outbreak in Zambia
By Alka Subramanian | Director
Cholera response
Dear Friend: Zambia has been going through a cholera outbreak since last October. With more than 19,000 cases, 600 deaths, and a case fatality rate of 3.5% this is the worst cholera outbreak since 2017. The government has launched an aggressive campaign deploying oral vaccines to curb the spread of cholera.
For the last two months, our ground team has pivoted into cholera prevention and has been providing chlorine to treat drinking water and hand sanitizers, attending to families, and educating families. The most time-consuming part has been in the continuous monitoring and reinforcing of cholera prevention behavior. As a result, there has not been a single case of cholera amongst beneficiary families (>6,000 adults and children). However, since the root cause of cholera is lack of access to clean water, our goal is to provide Safe Water Filtration systems and training to benefit 7000-10,000 adults and children who lack access to clean water.
Thanks, as always for your continued actions to keep families healthy and children in school.
Provision of meds and cholera prevention agents
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Dec 2, 2023
Let's Continue Fighting to Keep Children Healthy and in School
By Alka Subramanian | Executive Director
Program Successes
Our mission is that children living with HIV grow without any disadvantages, graduate from school and college, and lead normal lives. We have learned that children living with HIV need more than medicines - they need a full package of support including school fees, psychosocial counseling, play time, protein supplements, training and education in HIV prevention, and rapid intervention in case of any new infections. All children enrolled in our pediatric HIV care program receive this package of services and are leading close to normal lives. Some of the successes of this program are:
- 500 children living with HIV receive a full package of healthcare services.
- 94% of the children enrolled have undetectable viral loads (as if they have no HIV).
- More than 6000 family members benefit from our package.
- 92% of the children in our program attend school regularly.
An investment of $355 (covers healthcare services, food, medicines and school support) helps ensure one child living with HIV is able to grow up without disadvantages. It ensures their normal healthy growth, puts them through school, and helps them lead normal lives. It also keeps a family of 7-8 members informed about HIV prevention and care, improves sanitation and health, and strengthens the community. The overall impact is multi-generational as every child who graduates school changes the trajectory of one family’s future. Please donate generously so we can continue to keep children healthy and in school.
Thank you for your caring and continued support.
A beneficiary family
Happy family member
A health checkup in progress
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Sep 17, 2023
Our Goal is HIV Prevention and Eradication of AIDS
By Alka Subramanian | Executive Director
Playing and learning
Power of Love's pediatric HIV care program provides a suite of services to children living with HIV so they can live close to normal or normal lives. With improved health, 95% of school age children are in school. Second, all children (or their caregivers) receive monitoring and training in adherence to medication. As a result, we have an adherence rate of 100% to medications and 83% of the children have undetectable viral loads. Finally, with education on elimination of vertical transmission, all children born to HIV+ moms have been HIV free.
Our goal: is for all children to graduate high school. Second, with continued adherence after graduation from the program, we are confident that no child will develop AIDS. Finally, our goal is HIV prevention and zero new HIV infections.
Thank you for giving the gift of health to vulnerable children in Zambia.
Group of Family Members Who Completed Training
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