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HAZ Steps Up Efforts to Help Those Affected By HIV/AIDS

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By Tawanda Kadungure, on March 17 2008 01:55

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HIV/AIDS ZIMBABWE CHARITY, (HAZ) is stepping up its efforts in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe by starting and supporting new projects in the country. The projects will be located in Bulawayo, Chitungwiza and Nyanga.

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HAZ, as a global non-profit organization comprised exclusively of Zimbabweans, has focused its efforts over the past two years on engaging Zimbabweans at the global level, to be directly involved in lessening the catastrophic impact of HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe.

HAZ will be partnering with Friends of Picardy Drive (FOPD) on the new projects. FOPD is an Oakland, California based nonprofit organization providing an online community news and resources directory fundraising and support for local and global charitable projects. The projects launched by HAZ and FOPD include The Ilanga Self Empowerment Network project (ISEN). This project will build upon the ongoing efforts of a home-based care project started by a woman offering support and training to single HIV positive mothers in Bulawayo.

Another project is the New HIV/AIDS Clinic to be in Bulawayo. The clinic marks the official adoption of a new HAZ clinical Services program and expands on HAZ’s ongoing support of the two HIV/AIDS clinics administered by the Zimbabwe AIDS Relief initiative in Harare and Mutoko. The new start-up clinic is a joint venture between HAZ and FOPD and it will seek to offer free clinical support to HIV/AIDS patients who currently have no access to clinical services.

The Chitungwiza Orphans and Vulnerable Children Project (COVCP) is going to build upon the ongoing efforts of the Chitungwiza Unit K Seke Baptist Church which is offering community based support to children infected or affected by HIV/AIDS within the Chitungwiza Unit K community.

The other project being taken by HAZ is the Home of Hope Children’s Home (HOH) and HAZ together with FOPD will support on-going efforts to develop a Catholic run Orphanage in Nyanga. In addition to initiating the afore-mentioned projects, HAZ will continue supporting the two clinics run by the Allen Temple-AIDS Ministry's 'Zimbabwe AIDS Relief' initiative in Harare and Mutoko where 600 HIV/AIDS patients are now being treated at no charge.

This HAZ approach, the global approach to engaging other Zimbabweans in mitigating the impact of the HIV/AIDS crisis in Zimbabwe is new to most of the Zimbabwean members of HAZ. As such, HAZ is seeking and continues to seek guidance by partnering with other effective long and newly established organizations both in Zimbabwe and abroad. HAZ uses internet technology to connect talented Zimbabweans around the globe with accountable and sustainable projects which empower children and families impacted by AIDS. HAZ’s approach is said to be helping in mitigating the brain drain of talent from Zimbabwe by reconnecting with that same talent globally and providing a vehicle for continued engagement from afar.

HAZ was formed in 2005 and is a global organisation of Zimbabweans both in Zimbabwe and in the Diaspora who are working together to provide effective and sustainable solutions to mitigate the impact of HIV/AIDS amongst Zimbabweans.

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