Health Care House

Health Care House (for Women Living with HIV/AIDS) – 9 women and 9 children

As SAW's newest program, the Health Care House (HCH) provides a home for women affected by HIV/AIDS without anywhere to stay or anyone to care for them. As many of these women have been stigmatized by their communities, they are often unable to provide for themselves and become destitute. Because of their perceived lack of worth in society, many women also become depressed, further weakening their vulnerable physical conditions. SAW's shelter aims to provide a place where these women receive the medical treatment, psychological care, and the adequate nutrition they need to prolong and improve their quality of life. In addition, these women are given trainings about HIV/AIDS issues so they can become peer educators in their community teaching others about the transmission and effects of HIV/AIDS.

Objectives

- To develop sustainable physical and mental health programs for HIV-positive women

- To train them to be peer educators for HIV/AIDS education

- To help women feel and be productive members of society

- To prolong and improve the quality of their lives

Activities

- Providing trauma counseling

- Providing ARV course and regularly check up blood test

- Providing shelter and basic needs for the women

- Providing health care and health education

- Providing vocational trainings such as sewing, weaving and knitting

Target

- Women living with HIV/AIDS and seeking shelter