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Since we began operations in June of 2000, GAIA's programs have touched the lives of many Malawians, their families and communities. In 2009 we've provided life-saving services to thousands of rural villagers including:
ORPHANS |
Orphans cared for |
2700 |
Orphans assisted with secondary school tuitions |
260 |
HIV PREVENTION |
People tested for HIV |
4500
includes 4100 in villages (as of 8/31/09) plus 2341 in mobile clinics (as of 10/31/09) |
People reached with HIV prevention messages |
20,000+ |
Youth prevention clubs funded |
33 |
Youth served through clubs |
1500 |
MALARIA PREVENTION |
Insecticide treated bed nets distributed |
140,000 |
Number of individuals served by bed net distribution |
Approx. 280,000 |
HOME-BASED CARE |
Patients under care as of December 2009 |
137 |
WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT |
Women receiving microloans |
859 |
NURSING SCHOLARSHIPS |
Students under sponsorships in 2009 |
90 |
Number of nursing school graduates employed throughout the country (in 15 government district hospitals, 2 government central hospitals, 1 mission hospital, and 1 school of nursing) |
31 |
HOSPITALS/CLINICS SUPPORTED |
Birth clinics constructed and supplied |
2 |
HIV AND AIDS TRAINING CONFERENCES |
Number of Conferences |
2 |
People trained |
112 (religious leaders) |
DISASTER RELIEF |
None needed in 2009 |
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MOBILE CLINICS
data as of October 31, 2009 |
Number of Mobile Clinics |
2 |
Number of client visits in 2009
* Each clinic sees an average of 100 patients per day of service. |
38,000* |
Through these programs, lives are being saved as more orphans are tested and treated for HIV. Orphaned children attend high school in the hopes of a brighter future. Villagers learn how HIV is spread thus reducing HIV-stigma. Orphaned, HIV-positive and HIV-negative youth form clubs that teach invaluable life-skills and produce their own plays and programs to teach other villagers how HIV is spread. Villagers learn home-based care strategies empowering them to care for their neighbors, family and friends. HIV-positive mothers are tested and treated so that they will not transmit the disease to their children. Women living in rural villages are granted microfinance loans helping them begin, expand and maintain their small businesses. Caregivers learn how to operate small income-generating activities that will support sick villagers and orphans for generations. Finally, young women, many of them AIDS orphans, are granted the opportunities that only an education can provide through Nursing Scholarships that build the country's nursing corps and empower women to become agents of change in their communities.
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GAIA's Impact
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