By Mali Rochas | GAIA Director
GAIA VF provides a meal on Fridays to more than 25 HIV+ patients and their children. Sharing this weekly meal reduces stigma and helps develop a sense of community at the clinic. Good local food also improves the nutritional status of our patients and is essential to the success of their therapy. In 2009 – with assistance from Dr. Karamoko Tounkara, our on site Director, the patients founded their own peer support group and association (L’Assocation Espoir de Sikoro) in order to improve psychological support, support the orphans of HIV-infected parents, improve patients’ rights and plan case management and home-based HIV therapy in the future. Thank for your contributions to Global Giving for making this possible.
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