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| A Self-Sufficiency Center for Widows and Orphans of HIV/AIDS |
| You can bring hope to widows and orphans of HIV/AIDS Photos on this page by Anne Batchelder |
| Everyday, 6,000 children are orphaned from HIV/AIDS worldwide. In Kwoi, Nigeria, the survival of these children is threatened daily, as they struggle for basic nutrition, education, and social acceptance. They need a place where they can not only survive, but learn, grow, and build hope for the future generation. For each of these children, there is a family - a widow, a grandmother, an uncle - that struggles to support them without access to adequate employment opportunities, health care, and basic resources. HIV/AIDS, poverty, and hunger threaten the lives, the families, and the communities of people around the world. In Kwoi, people have joined together to address these challenges in their community and make a difference. Out of this, the Gwaimen Center was born, a sustainability center to help widows, orphans, and other community members help themselves through education, health care, economic empowerment, and basic necessities. The Gwaimen Center needs your help! Check out our Event page for ways to support this work You can work hand-in-hand to support these women and children to make a better life for themselves. Through a tax deductible donation to the Center or volunteering your time, you can make it possible for children to get three full meals a day, for a widow to learn valuable business skills, and for a grandmother to witness her children obtaining the education they need to bring hope for the next generation. Your donation will help provide: -3 meals a day for orphans -Training for widows to be able to support their families -Healthcare for HIV+ People -A community center for people to go where they can grow and build hope |
THE GWAIMEN CENTER
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| Make a tax deductible donation today and help this community’s dream for a better life come true! Your generous contribution will make a difference! |
Update from Nigeria
August 10, 2008
Gwaimen has opened
an additional feeding
center. Beatrice reports
that the opening was a
great success and that
15 children are currently
attending the center for
one meal a day. They
will eventually have
approximately 30
children.
August 10, 2008
Gwaimen has opened
an additional feeding
center. Beatrice reports
that the opening was a
great success and that
15 children are currently
attending the center for
one meal a day. They
will eventually have
approximately 30
children.