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Khadija Rama
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Photos and text: Sara Cameron, UNICEF Kenya |
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| Khadija
Rama, founder and coordinator of the Pepo la Tumaini Jangwani (Wind of
Hope in the Arid), an HIV/AIDS community support group in Isiolo. Tumaini
serves over 1000 families and more than 600 highly vulnerable children
through home based care, placement services, rehabilitation and protection,
psycho-social counseling, community mobilization and training.
UNICEF supports Tumaini with nutrition supplements – 10kgs of
UNIMIX per vulnerable child/family member per month – and equipment and
training for
home-based care. |
Khadija
Rama in discussion with members of the Kambi Garba Centre Point. The
Kambi Garba Centre Point is one of 9 around Isiolo that provides a focus
for HIV/AIDS community support, including treatment of AIDS-related
infections, home-based care, awareness and prevention and distribution of
UNIMIX. |
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| Khadija Rama
distributes primary health care supplies to trained primary health care
volunteers from the 9 communities supported through the programme. The
supplies include worm medicine, ointments for eye and skin infections,
oral rehydration salts, among others. Tumaini serves over 1000 families
and more than 600 highly vulnerable children through home based care,
placement services, rehabilitation and protection, psycho-social
counseling, community mobilization and training. |
Khadija Rama sits with 15 year old
Rafael Murithi. Rafael came to live at Pepo la Tumaini Jangwani in early
2005 with his mother and brother, both of whom were suffering from
HIV/AIDS. His mother has died and his brother has been placed with an
orphanage that has access to pediatric ARVs which were prohibitively
expensive. Rafael now stays in the boys centre at Pepo where he attends
school and takes psycho-social and life-skills training in preparation for
a community or youth services placement. Rafael wants to get a job and
earn money so that he can take care of his younger brother. |