GUINEA
Guinea like all sub-Saharan African countries has thousands of children orphaned as a result of HIV/AIDS. UNICEF estimated in 2006 that there were 420,000 orphans of which 35,000 are as a result of HIV/AIDS. The consequence is that these children have to leave school early and go to work in order to survive.
SOS Children works in Guinea to support orphaned and vulnerable children affected by HIV/AIDS as part of its programmes to strengthen the family and to prevent children from being abandoned. This work will include working with local community organisations, helping selected families by meeting some of their basic needs including school fees and helping these families to become self-reliant.
Conakry: Through the Family Strengthening Programme, SOS Children in Guinea will help 125 children from 25 families who have been affected by HIV/AIDS. In addition awareness of HIV/AIDS among children, young people and adults will be raised.
N’Zerekore: Through the Family Strengthening Programme, SOS Children in Guinea will help 125 children from 25 families who have been affected by HIV/AIDS. This support will help to strengthen the families and to prevent child abandonment because of poverty and help children stay in their families and communities.
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