Maissade Community Mobilization for Children & Families

The Caribbean

Haiti

9 year-old Dieujaste at a Save the Children sponsored food distribution center. Vulnerable children and orphans who have lost one or both of their parents receive free food of rice, beans, and cooking oil.

Maissade Community Mobilization for Children & Families: With funding from UNICEF and private donors, Save the Children is mobilizing community-based preventive and care and support activities addressing the health, psychosocial and social needs of HIV/AIDS-affected children and families in Haiti's impoverished Central Plateau area of Maissade. Expanding on our current youth education and health programs in Maissade, this program helps communities to cope with HIV/AIDS, with the specific purpose of helping families affected by HIV/AIDS to remain together for as long as possible. One-third of Maissade's population is comprised of youth (aged 10-19); Save the Children aims to reach 80 percent of this group through school and community-based prevention and support initiatives.

Consortium for the Fight against HIV/AIDS: With funding from the Global Fund to Fight Tuberculosis, AIDS, and Malaria (GFTAM), Save the Children, in collaboration with four non-governmental organizations, is striving to improve the well being of Orphans and other Vulnerable Children (OVC) and People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHAs). Establishing a comprehensive continuum of care in thirteen provinces throughout Haiti, this Consortium is increasing the availability of and access to prevention and care and support services as it continues to mobilize and strengthen communities.

SAFENET Plus: In partnership with World Vision, Save the Children aims to reduce the risk of infection among youth and other at risk populations while improving the well being and quality of life of orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) and people living with HIV and AIDS (PLWHA). Save the Children provides target groups with a comprehensive package of medical and social services, including age specific prevention services, risk-reduction interventions, and care and support for families affected by HIV/AIDS (with a special focus on women and children).These care and support measures focus on strengthening community infrastructure and capacity to provide health services, with a special focus on youth-friendly services. Enhancing the sustainability of these prevention, protection, and care and support services, Save the Children continues to build and support the technical capacity of local civil society organizations