Baby Food for Namibia
The youngest children in Africa often need our help in order to grow up healthy and happy. Unfortunately, their mothers aren't always strong enough to breastfeed and there is the danger of transmitting the HIV virus, which can be prevented. This Real Gift certificate has the value of food for a baby in Namibia for two months.
By purchasing this Real Gift certificate you will support our HEALTH program.
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By purchasing this certificate you will contribute to the aid program HEALTH.
Millions of people in the world’s poorest countries don’t have access to health care. HIV/AIDS epidemic causes more deaths than all war conflicts put together. Half-a-million women die during pregnancy or while giving childbirth.
We want to change this! In Afghanistan, we build hospitals and health centers with the proceedings from the HEALTH program. In Cambodia, we improve maternity ward facilities, which are often without electricity and sterilization devices. In Namibia, we help to treat HIV positive patients and we try to raise public awareness about ways of preventing the spread of the virus. In addition to this, we supply artificial baby milk for infants whose mothers are HIV positive. By doing this, we prevent the transmission of the insidious disease from mother to a healthy child.
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We have been working in Namibia since 2003 and focus on preventing the transmission of HIV from mother to child, as well as supporting women living with HIV/AIDS. We provide women living in slums with psychosocial consultations, educational activities and baby food for their child to prevent transmission of HIV during breastfeeding. |
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“I’m 25 years old and I live in a small room with my grandmother. Both of my parents died of AIDS and I found out 5 years ago that I’m HIV positive. One fifth of the population in Namibia is HIV positive. Things have been very difficult for me. The most difficult thing was to tell my family about my disease. In 2009, I became pregnant and started to worry about my life. I heard that it’s dangerous to have HIV during pregnancy. During my prenatal appointments at the clinic I was advised to feed my child with baby food instead of breastfeeding to prevent HIV transmission. I was in the eighth month of my pregnancy and I didn’t have enough money to buy infant formula so I was advised to go to People in Need to register with them. They invited me to watch an educational video about transmission of HIV from mother to child. I learnt that my child stands a good chance of being healthy if it's born by Caesarian section as it reduces the risk of transmitting HIV in comparison with ordinary childbirth. This is why I decided to have a C-section. It didn’t take long and I gave birth to a baby girl. She was healthy and the HIV tests were negative. I’m very happy and looking forward to giving her a better future. Thanks to Real Gift donors she receives alternative baby food. Every two weeks we are provided with a two-kilo container of dried milk. There are over 120 of us in the program and all the mothers are provided with some sort of help – baby food, social support, advice on HIV. My little girl is 6 months old now and I’m constantly looking for a job in order to provide her with the most basic things.” |
 Niita with child in front of a garage
where she lives with her grandmother
 Children on the street in a slum
 Niita with her daughter who can now enjoy a regular
supply of baby food
 One of the children we helped save two years ago
from AIDS |
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People in Need in Namibia We have been working in Namibia since 2003 and have focused on HIV transmission from mother to child and on supporting women living with HIV/AIDS. Almost 20% of the inhabitants are HIV positive, the unemployment rate is around 50% and the average life expectancy in Namibia is 50. People in Need provide support to HIV positive mothers. Part of the program is providing psychosocial consultations, educational activities and other support in the form of infant formula bought with money donated to People in Need. The 128 mothers we registered in this program were provided with baby food to prevent the transmission of HIV during breastfeeding. Since December 2010, People in Need have been providing support to poor people in villages through the local branch of the Namibian People in Need. So far, three self-help groups and three families received 14 female goats and one billy-goat each from the organization. In total, we have been able to distribute 90 goats, thanks to our donors. In 2004, People in Need founded a protected workshop which employs women living with HIV/AIDS. These women make hand-made products which are sold at the local market or exported to Europe. Profits from the sale of these products are re-invested in the operation of the workshop. |
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| Another life saved in Namibia | |
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Mrs. Sonet Goliath has been our client since October 2009. Life has been harsh for Mrs. Goliath. Tuberculosis deprived her of her firstborn child. At the beginning of 2009, she became pregnant again but found that she was HIV positive. For a long, time she was afraid to tell her family. When in the end she told her father, he banished her from their family house because of her illness. Sonet gave birth to a healthy baby girl, Camberly, on 14 July 2009. The chances for a baby to be born healthy to a HIV positive mother are greater if medical advice on preventing the transmission of HIV is followed. Mrs. Sonet became our client during her pregnancy. She took part in our educational workshop “AIDS and I” where she obtained basic information about HIV/AIDS. “I learnt a lot of new things at the workshops. The project opened my eyes,” says Sonet enthusiastically. She found out that she can live with HIV if she takes antiretroviral medication. She also learnt that by feeding her child with baby food instead of breastfeeding she will prevent the transmission of HIV. So in the months when the baby was at greatest risk of being infected by HIV Sonet was feeding Camberly with baby food bought with donated money. By mid-April 2010 Camberly started to eat solid food, so there was no threat of infection through breastfeeding. Mrs. Sonet has become a very positive and balanced woman. She says that her life now has a future. She is happy because she found a new meaning to her life – her healthy child. |
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Never, under any circumstance cntprastiraoe about asking for a HIV/STD/STI test. Your doctor is not allowed to discuss any medical history with another member of your family, or within/outside of their practice without your consent. Doing so can lead to the practice being sued for breach of privacy amongst other charges.I am unsure where you are as i did not read your location, however ask your doctor for a test, they should direct you where to go get your blood/urine tests.If you're afraid to ask your doctor outright for a HIV test, mask it within a bunch of other tests, and should he/she ask you why you want a HIV test, casually say that you are sexually active and want to maintain your health and wellbeing.Should the test be positive, the doctor will have no choice and will need to notify your health department.the tests usually take approximately 3 days and are delivered to your doctor.Good Luck.