Save the Children

Mozambique

Save the Children nurse, Alda Dava gives an oral vaccination to a 2-month old baby boy named Milton. His mother is HIV positive and both her and her baby took Nevimune to prevent mother to child transmission. Michael Bisceglie

Scale Up Hope: Save the Children Alliance members, in collaboration with the Hope for African Children Initiative (HACI), foster networks and partnerships for the provision of comprehensive care and support services for orphans and vulnerable children (OVC), people living with HIV/AIDS, and their households. The program takes Save the Children’s community-based care and support response to significantly greater scale, reaching up to 35,000 vulnerable children in 21 districts throughout Mozambique. Save the Children strengthens the organizational capacity of local partners while fostering linkages from the community level to the national level and optimizing and ensuring the impact of resources.

Youth Prevention: Focusing on HIV/AIDS prevention for youth, Save the Children supports youth led activities to promote behavior change among peers, including dramas, songs, dances, film, and the distribution of T-shirts and posters with HIV prevention messages. Save the Children has recently begun implementing new youth activities that focus on increasing access to sexual and reproductive health services for adolescents in health centers and in communities; improving the quality of sexual and reproductive health services for adolescents; improving knowledge, attitudes and skills in relation to their sexual health; and creating a favorable environment to ensure acceptance of and supportive actions for adolescent sexual and reproductive health.

Early Childhood Development for Children Affected by HIV/AIDS: With support from American Idol, Save the Children provides quality care for children orphaned or made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS. Reaching 42 communities throughout the Gaza District, this program helps orphans and vulnerable children transition successfully into primary school. Utilizing local arts and culture as a foundation, Save the Children trains facilitators and community members to improve the quality of early stimulation, psychosocial support, and pre-literacy and numeracy instruction. In order to enhance the learning environment in community-based childcare centers, Save the Children provides playgrounds, learning materials, and integrated health services to children affected by HIV/AIDS.