HEART: Health Education Africa Resource Team
Program Support
HEART is empowering the people of Africa to survive the HIV/AIDS pandemic
through the following projects with the support and continued partnership of people like you.
Come, join us in the journey! Thank you for your support!
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(all amounts are in U.S. Dollars) |
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| 1. Women’s Equality Empowerment Project (WEEP) | |||||
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WEEP is an orphan prevention initiative that empowers women in the advanced stages of AIDS. Operating in impoverished areas across Kenya, WEEP identifies HIV+ mothers who have been widowed or abandoned by their husbands and commits to providing them with holistic care. It also ensures that their children have the resources to attend school. Once physically stable, the mother is taught a trade at the WEEP center where she becomes self-sufficient. |
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| A | Entrance and stability for one woman | $ 950.00 | |||
| B | Pay one woman’s expenses for one month | $ 100.00 | |||
| C | Buy supplies for income generating projects | $ 25.00 | |||
| D | Entrance school fees and uniform (WEEP child) | $ 75.00 | |||
| E | Buy a WEEP made mosquito net for an orphan child | $ 10.00 | |||
| Donate to WEEP | |||||
| 2. Parent’s Rescue Orphan Prevention Strategy (PROPS) | |||||
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PROPS began with the belief that the best caregivers for sick HIV+ women are well HIV+ women. The now empowered WEEP women are given the opportunity and resources to go back into their communities, locate women in need and care for them in the same way that they once received care. |
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| A | Buy one start-up kit (includes a bed and household items) | $ 200.00 | |||
| B | Pay one woman’s expenses for one month | $ 100.00 | |||
| C | Buy one school uniform for a PROPS child | $ 50.00 | |||
| D | Help one woman start a small business | $ 250.00 | |||
| Donate to PROPS | |||||
| 3. Kids for School (KFS) | |||||
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KFS project provides school uniforms and female goats to orphans throughout rural Kenya. These children, mostly raised by elderly grandmothers, do not have access to education because they cannot afford school uniforms. The children in the KFS program have excelled by posting impressive improvement and/or high grade scores. Their self-esteem has also improved due to possessing a new uniform and being the proud owner of a goat. The uniforms are made by HEART’s WEEP project thereby linking the two HEART projects. The goats are providing the household with economic empowerment. |
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| A | Buy one goat and one uniform | $ 70.00 | |||
| B | Build a house and pit latrine | $ 1,000.00 | |||
| C | Sponsor a secondary school student for one year | $ 480.00 | |||
| Donate to Kids for School | |||||
| 4. Greenhouses for Caregivers (GFC) | |||||
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The greenhouse project began in 2010 to help meet the needs of the caregivers of the Kids for School Project. Greenhouses are a benefit not only to boost food production creating food security but also as a source of income generation and sustainability. Community involvement is key to success in finding a plot of land and a source of water, in education and in properly maintaining the greenhouses. Therefore, it becomes assistance for more than just the caretakers and can affect a whole community. | ||||
| A | Buy one greenhouse | $ 3,700.00 | |||
| B | Buy one share in a greenhouse | $ 1,000.00 | |||
| C | Buy one marketing kit for selling excess produce | $ 150.00 | |||
| Donate to Greenhouse Program | |||||
| 5. Freedom for Girls (FFG) | |||||
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Freedom for Girls provides sanitary towels, panties and a health education pamphlet to vulnerable schoolgirls. The need for the project came after the realization that many girls miss 4 to 5 days of school every month during menstruation. “When the schoolgirl menstruates she stays at home. When she’s older that’s all she’ll be qualified to do.” | ||||
| A | One year's supply packet | $ 5.00 | |||
| B | One year's supply packet for 10 girls | $ 50.00 | |||
| Donate to Freedom for Girls | |||||
| 6. Youth Empowerment Project (YEP) | |||||
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YEP works with youth via seminars, rallies and soccer events. The program allows youth to openly discuss issues related to sexuality, substance use and the impact of the choices they will be asked to make. Often, youth in Kenya do not have access to accurate information about HIV/AIDS prevention and the impact of individual behavior on the spread of disease. Through these events, youth are able to discuss topics that their culture has never before allowed. Kenyan youth are found to be hungry for truth and an understanding of their options. | ||||
| A | Buy one soccer ball | $ 15.00 | |||
| B | Buy one volleyball and a net | $ 40.00 | |||
| C | Help cover event costs | $ 50.00 | |||
| Donate to YEP | |||||
| 7. Children’s Ministry (CM) | |||||
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Children’s Ministry works closely with the children of those involved in all of the adult based programs. In a variety of settings, children between the ages of 3-11 are taught basic health such as teeth brushing, hand washing, and HIV/AIDS prevention as well as biblical teaching. Sexual abuse is common in Kenya. Because of this, children’s ministry teaches abuse awareness and prevention and encourages self-worth among the children. Information about shaken baby syndrome is also taught to various parent and caregiver groups. | ||||
| A | Buy teaching supplies | $ 25.00 | |||
| B | Help fund teaching events | $ 50.00 | |||
| C | Buy lunch for children | $ 75.00 | |||
| Donate to Children's Ministry | |||||
| 8. Donate for greatest need | |||||
Allow HEART to apply your donation to meet current needs |
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