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Two-thirds of the population of Zambia live on less than 60p a day and suffer from lack of food and job security. This is around 7.5 million people. In addition, death and ill health from HIV & AIDS is high, and there are an estimated 130,000 people on antiretroviral treatment. Without proper nutrition, the antiretroviral medication won’t work. VSO is striving to change this by improving nutrition for 800 families affected by HIV & AIDS, enhancing household food production, promoting alternative strategies to make a living and helping to reduce the burden of care from women. VSO also aims to make disadvantaged Zambians more aware of prevention, treatment and support services available. This two-year project has a funding requirement of £40,000. * Statistics source: United Nations and VSO

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  • Community Support & Development Community Support & Development
  • Disaster Relief Disaster Relief
  • Education/Training/Employment Education/​Training/​Employment
  • Health/Wellbeing Health/​Wellbeing
  • Human Rights/Advocacy Human Rights/​Advocacy
  • Poverty Alleviation/Relief Poverty Alleviation/​Relief
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  • Beneficiaries

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

    VSO is an international development charity that places highly skilled volunteers to fight poverty and disadvantage in 34 of the world’s poorest countries. Our volunteers share skills with local people so that when they leave the work continues. This is a unique, practical, effective and sustainable way to reduce poverty. VSO will send volunteers to share skills with the poorest communities in the Eastern Province of Zambia, which has the highest prevalence of HIV & AIDS in the country. This region is the most disadvantaged in Zambia – job insecurity and lack of assets contributes to insufficient household food supplies. These factors may make it extremely difficult for communities to recover from the increasing environmental shocks and disasters occurring in the developing world. Some of the volunteer activities are to: · Purchase and distribute food aid supplements · Provide training in: crop, vegetable and poultry production and management; food processing and storage; entrepreneurship and business skills; and strengthening home-based care support services for affected community members · Undertake advocacy and awareness activities, and monitoring and evaluation.

    Solution

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    Categories

  • Community Support & Development Community Support & Development
  • Disaster Relief Disaster Relief
  • Education/Training/Employment Education/​Training/​Employment
  • Health/Wellbeing Health/​Wellbeing
  • Human Rights/Advocacy Human Rights/​Advocacy
  • Poverty Alleviation/Relief Poverty Alleviation/​Relief
  • Other Other
  • 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