HIV/AIDS PROGRAMS

To manage the day-to-day operation of our Clinic, and to provide other needed community services, particularly with regard to AIDS prevention, counseling and care, Matibabu Foundation and Mr. Ogola have established a non-profit Kenyan NGO, known as Matibabu Foundation Kenya. Among the numerous activities conducted by Matibabu Foundation Kenya, apart from administering the Clinic, are:

• Education to discourage behaviors that increase HIV risk, such as wife inheritance.
  
  
• Working in partnership with CARE-KENYA to give women job training and microfinancing, so that widows have alternatives to being “inherited.”
  
  
• AIDS counseling and testing of pregnant women.
  
  
• A Youth Friendly Center project which provides programs and activities to discourage risky behavior among youth, and promote healthful life choices. YFC programs are assisted by student interns from Nairobi University and other institutions such as Yale University.
  
  
• Educating school children about HIV/AIDS. For example, in coordination with the Kenya Ministries of Health and Education, Matibabu Foundation Kenya distributes to young people Straight Talk Magazine, which contains full and accurate information about AIDS.
  
  
• Counseling and testing, which take place not only at our Clinic, but through community outreach. Matibabu Foundation Kenya works with government provincial administrators, local organizations, churches, chiefs and village elders to promote voluntary AIDS counseling and testing.
  
  
• Sponsorship of sports competitions, such as the Matibabu Cup soccer competition, which gives us the opportunity to communicate with large numbers of people about health issues.
  

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