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The HOPE Project provides a holistic response to the challenges facing the poorest people in Cambodia by managing three programmes (children, teens and adults) which provide education for each age group aimed at reducing the infection rate of HIV. The project also aims to mobilise the church to put their faith into action, giving them the knowledge and skills they need to provide preventative education and home-based care to the AIDS patients in their community.

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Categories

  • Community Support & Development Community Support & Development
  • Health/Wellbeing Health/​Wellbeing
  • Poverty Alleviation/Relief Poverty Alleviation/​Relief
  • Beneficiaries

    • Children (3-18) Children (3-18)
    • Older People Older People
    • Women & Girls Women & Girls
    • Young People (18-30) Young People (18-30)
    • Other Other

    Situation

    HIV and AIDS is one of the major challenges faced by the Cambodian people and those with least education and income are some of the most vulnerable. The HOPE project is an integrated outreach programme run by Tearfund’s partner World Relief, staffed largely by local Cambodians and assisted by around 2,000 community volunteers who are active in raising awareness of HIV and AIDS and in teaching effective strategies to combat its spread. For the children’s programme, creative use of songs, drama and puppetry teaches them about preventative health and morality. More than 22,000 children attend the meetings every week, where interactive lessons bring laughter and equip them with the practical knowledge they need to stay healthy. Teenagers are taught about HIV and AIDS by peers or young adults in small accountable support groups. Over 400 teens learn about morality and preventative health. They are also involved in taking action in their communities, helping those already impacted by the disease and mentoring young AIDS orphans. The adult program works by mobilising volunteer care givers who support HIV positive members of the community. Some members of these groups also form into cell church groups of 10 to 20 and are also trained with the knowledge and skills needed to meet their communities’ needs. Motivated by their common Christian faith, more than 700 groups are active in feeding those without food, visiting and caring for the sick and teaching them about preventative health. The HOPE project is looking to scale up to cover a greater area of Cambodia. As the cell church matures it is also taking a greater ownership of the project activities and over time World Relief will see the church manage the project independently. As this happens HOPE plans to expand to ever new geographical areas of coverage. With an increase in funding many more Cambodians could benefit from this exciting project. More info at http://cambodia.wr.org.

    Solution

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    Categories

  • Community Support & Development Community Support & Development
  • Health/Wellbeing Health/​Wellbeing
  • Poverty Alleviation/Relief Poverty Alleviation/​Relief
  • Beneficiaries

    • Children (3-18) Children (3-18)
    • Older People Older People
    • Women & Girls Women & Girls
    • Young People (18-30) Young People (18-30)
    • Other Other