DAYSTAR UNIVERSITY
ATHIRIVER CAMPUS
RESEARCH DONE AND COMPILED BY: FIONA J. KIPROP 0720- 818697 fifikip@yahoo.com KAREN NJAGI 0701-216017 karenwangui628@gmail.com
A FUNDING PROPOSAL TO CREATE HIV\AIDS AWARENESS AND HIV DEATH REDUCTION IN DAYSTAR UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY- MAVOKO CONSTITUENCY, EASTERN PROVINCE KENYA.
Summary
This is a project with the aim of reducing the number of deaths caused by HIV/AIDS as well as the number of the HIV orphans in Mavoko constituency. Among the best ways of achieving and realizing this goal is creating awareness, empowerment through getting better economic activity that will increase the income of the people as well get a better living condition/ lifestyle.
Among the activities that will be used to help the project succeed is using the community leaders to educate the people on ways of better economic activities like better agriculture, income generating activities as well as educate them on HIV/AIDS pandemic, construction of a VCT where people will get counseling, testing and provision of better medication.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION.
The project is located in Daystar University location in Mavoko constituency, Eastern province, Kenya. People of diverse culture, tribes and backgrounds inhabit this area living together as one. The economic activities of this area are: small entrepreneurship business and peasant farming. Daystar University community has the lowest primary school enrolment rate due to high poverty rates and unemployment.
This is a place which is characterized by low annual rainfall hence water scarcity within the area, which leads to low crop production and poor yields. Due to this the place experiences some of the diseases like, malaria, eye infections,
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