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CAF’s first staff member went to Uganda in the last 1980s to work for several months with a traveling AIDS prevention drama team focused on educating youth.
Over the past six years CAF has worked with Uganda government and private sector leaders to bolster indigenous prevention programs that were instrumental in dramatically reducing the number of Ugandans infected with HIV, support orphan projects and initiate treatment and care programs.
In 2005 opened a CAF Uganda office to implement programs as well serve as liaison with partners and donors, including AIDSRelief and USAID. CAF programs are linked with the goal of providing comprehensive HIV services to those served.
CAF Programs and Partners in Uganda
The first treatment program began in 2003 supported by CAF with private sector contributions. Today CAF manages two HIV clinics, Family Hope Centres in Kampala and Jinja, providing family centered HIV care.
In addition, CAF supports two clinics founded by the Bushenyi Medical Center (BMC), Kabwohe and Katungu, located in the western rural district of Bushenyi. BMC was founded by Doctor Elioda Tumweisgwe, who is also a member of the Uganda Parliament and serves as Chairman of the Parliament’s HIV Committee.
All treatment and care sites are part of the AIDSRelief consortium led by Catholic Relief Services and funded by the President’s Emergency Fund for AIDS Relief.
Under a grant from USAID, CAF Uganda implements a prevention program reaching youth ages 10-24 with messages of abstinence and faithfulness. The Uganda Youth Forum, an initiative of Uganda’s First Lady Mrs. Janet Museveni, is a collaborative partner in this initiative.
Seventy trained peer facilitators will reach 50,000 youth in 2008 with prevention messages through multiple educational sessions and activities that are community-based and coordinated through local government councils to ensure coordination of messages and ongoing follow-up.
An outreach to parents, guardians, caregivers and community leaders is a critical part of this program.
CAF provides support for numerous orphan projects through private contributions. CAF partners include:
- The Migyera UWESO Training Institute founded by the First Lady’s initiative Uganda Women’s Effort to Save Orphans (UWESO) and located in Naksongola District
- Living Hope Orphan’s School in the Nateete section of Kampala, and
- Terry Duffy Home founded by He Intends Victory and is located in Jinja. CAF funds have facilitated completion of buildings, purchased cows for animal husbandry training, provided food, school uniforms, and educational materials and school tuition.