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Oyugis integrated project is a non-profit organization that supports the less fortunate persons infected or affected with HIV. We are located within Oyugis town opposite St. Peter Catholic Church. For over twenty years we have been supporting the vulnerable with education, food, clothing, housing and empowerment programs for women and youth. We appreciate you for being part of our community. With the support of our friends and neighbors like you, we have been able to accomplish a lot over the past years. Currently we have sponsoring over 50 orphans, providing food to the handicaped, offering free medical support to over 2000 HIV positive clients who visit our dispensary every year and offering vocational training to teenage girls who are victims and early pregnancy and school drop out. Your kind donation of books, clothes, sanitary pads, textile and food will save lives and bring hope to the most venerable persons in our community. To make your contribution more visible we are pleased to recognize your company in our meetings as well as our newsletters highlighting your generosity. Your feedback is very much appreciated.

RE-USABLE SANITARY PADS 2024

 




Once again on February this year we were supported by Jenny and Mr. Piet with materials to make renewable sanitary towels. We conducted training to our teenage ladies on how to make the reusable sanitary towels. They appreciated the training and support.

They became creative and came up with a design to make the product look presentable. they are looking forward to start selling the reusable sanitary towels to create an income.

Reusable sanitary towels are cost effective since a lady can be able to reuse them many times. The sanitary towels are made of cotton which absorbs liquid and a soft non-absorbent material which prevents leakage. They are comfortable, hygienic and environment friendly.

In Homabay county there have been cases where girls exchange sex for money in order to afford sanitary towels and other basic needs. They end up being infected with HIV/AIDs or get pregnant while still teenagers. Reusable sanitary towels can solve part of the problem.

 

SHIRIKISHO CRAFT 2024

 


Shirikisho craft has continued yet another year.  This year shirikisho craft occupied the former library hall which is more spacious and conducive for learning. The new class is well spacious and it gives the young ladies enough space to practice tailoring  and also for their babies to move around. We are happy to report that we have seen the lives of these young ladies changing after acquiring new skills. Most of them who were training last year are now able to make school uniforms and modern fusion clothes. We would like to involve everyone who is interested to assisting young ladies to have a bright future.

FOOD SUPPORT

 



Within the first quarter of the year the number of handicap people who seek food support has continued to increase. We changed our strategy from assisting them with money to buy food to giving them assorted food. This is to ensure we are taking care of their health. The social department decided to be donating food and clothing every Friday to the handicap people so that it can be easy to collect data of those who are supported and also have an opportunity to do home visit the rest of the week. Most of our clients are aged women who are sickly, therefore they don’t have the energy to fend for themselves. By assisting them with food we are able to put a smile on their faces. We thank our donors for their support and request more well-wishers to join us in this Nobel course.

Home based care field activity

 


ON 20TH February HBC volunteers visited five clients who are bed ridden and assisted them in medication and food for their wellbeing. Homebased care program has been supporting HIV positive clients especially those who are bed ridden by giving them palliative care. The program has been active for about 20yrs now and has made great impact in fight against HIV/AIDs. Bedridden cases have continued to reduce with some clients passing away and others regaining strength. There is still a percentage remaining who are bedridden due to lack of proper diet, therefor they lose immunity and are affected by related diseases, others lose hope in life and decide to abandon the drugs, some have cultural believes which makes them not to go for medical treatment and some avoid going for HIV testing. It takes effort and courage for a volunteer to convince a person who has lost hope in life to get  back to medication. These are some of the cases we have attended to this month.

Ken (not his real name) was born in 1982 and he has two brothers. His father passed away and now he is living with his mother who takes care of him. His brothers rely on casual labor and they are married, therefore they don’t get enough money to support him.

Before the year 2020 ken used to be a strong man who had married one wife and they had been blessed with two children, a boy and a girl who are now teenagers. He used to do welding job. A time came when he was in good health and he thought he can survive without taking ARVs. That was the moment his body became weak and unfortunately, he got paralysis on the lower part of the body and was no longer able to provide food for the family. His wife could not endure, so she decided to abandon the family and she left. At the moment it is the mother who takes care of the grandchildren and ken. The mother is old and she relies on the little farm produce she gets and help from well-wishers.

Our homebased care volunteers are the ones who take always take drags to him and also report to us incase his health deteriorates. Most of the time ken is always alone in the house and he relies on his radio to entertain him and his bible give him hope. Whenever we visit him he always welcomes us with a smile. He tells us that he is hopeful that one day he will regain his health and be able to care for the family.


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Training of Home-Based Care Volunteers on Opportunistic Infections in HIV

  On January 16, 2025, the Oyugis Integrated Project (OIP) hosted a successful training session for home-based care volunteers at the OIP So...