Kenya

The Problem

Some statistics suggest that the Kenyan HIV/AIDS epidemic has turned a corner. The percentage of adults infected with the disease has fallen, and the number of new infections has halved over the last decade.
  

Yet some elements of the crisis resist improvement:
 

• Young women are now almost six times more likely to be infected with HIV than young men
• Antiretroviral therapy (ART) reaches only a third of adults and 5% of children who need it
• Over one million children have lost a mother or father to AIDS
• Kenya is a food deficient country, so having enough to eat is a constant battle for many HIV positive people 
     

Our Response

Prior to ART being available in Kenya, EJAF supported the development of dozens of home based care programmes delivering emotional support, pain relief, food, and preventing the spread of infection.  Now, those programmes and their patients are linked to ART in a chain of care and support. 
 

When paediatric ART became affordable, EJAF kick started the expansion of these life saving drugs by increasing the number of children on treatment tenfold.  To support Kenya’s AIDS orphans and those with sick parents, EJAF has helped secure food, shelter, healthcare and education for over 11,000 children.  This work will continue as we prioritise children, young women, and vulnerable groups such as men who have sex with men. 
 

For more information on some of our current programmes, please click on one of the 3 projects featured above.
 

To learn more about our current funding priorities and application procedure for Kenya please click on the 'Grant Strategy' link to the left of this page.