Awareness and sensitization campaigns

As we deal with the epidemic, considering the vast millions of lives involved, the long-term solution has to have its roots from the causes of AIDS rather than its impact on the communities. As part of our church effort to fight the problem, we engage in public education in schools, churches and rural communities to deepen their awareness about aids. This is implemented through training trainers who go to communities to train other leaders, mass awareness through films shows on large projector screens, music dance and drama etc. We also hold intensive Training workshops for community volunteers who are very resourceful during our trainings in the villages. And by publicly engaging the community, stigma is overcome which is the major reason communities have shied away from the fight associating AIDS with immorality.

We have the Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) services facilitation program where we encourage and facilitate people to go for testing in order to know their sero status. Most people would rather convince themselves that they are HIV than take a test to verify for fear of positive results. They prefer staying on assumptions rather than knowing the truth about their status. We facilitate them with basic counseling and offer transportation to the health centers where testing is done and cover their costs at the centers. We also train our volunteers in basic counseling skills to equip them to reach the community with more skilled readiness.

MOBILE CLINIC

We have instituted a drugs distribution program whereby people living with HIV/AIDS attain drugs. We primarily distribute drugs, which help alleviate pain and those that help fight opportunistic infections. The PLWHAS mostly those who live in the rural areas which are special places of OURKIDS-Uganda interest are able to get drugs which they can't access because of their location and economic standard. We offer referral services for cases that are beyond our handling especially those that require a CD4 count test to prove if they qualify to be on ARVs.

We offer referral services for cases that are beyond our handling especially those that require a CD4 count test to prove if they qualify to be on ARVs.

We carryout home based care services when we visit our clients in their homes and educate their caretakers on how to handle them.