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Featured Projects:
DAO AIDS SUPPORT GROUP
Providing food and clean water to AIDS affected children
DAO AIDS SUPPORT GROUP
The Problem
Malawi is a small country with a devastating AIDS problem. Out of a population of 12 million people, around 14% are infected with the disease and some 70,000 people die as a result each year. But those who die from HIV/AIDS are not the only victims of this epidemic. Many leave children behind, of the one million orphans in Malawi, about half of them have lost one or both parents to HIV/AIDS.
Malawians have responded to this situation with astounding strength and compassion. As of 2000, it was estimated that at least 20% of households in the country were caring for orphans and that 49% of these were headed by women.
Our Response
Caring for these children, in addition to meeting the needs of their own families, is a huge challenge. To help them, EJAF has supported mobile health clinics that treat over 20,000 children each year. We are also supporting the expansion of antiretroviral therapy (ART) programmes that stop HIV passing from mother to unborn child, and providing paediatric treatment for HIV positive children.
To enlarge on this work, EJAF is co-funding the development of a comprehensive programme of support for thousands of children across the country that will improve their access to good quality healthcare and education, help their families earn a sustainable income and provide care treatment to them, their families and carers in their own homes. This programme is a unique partnership between EJAF, the Children's Investment Fund Foundation, Comic Relief, and the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund and is known as the Funders' Collaborative for Children (FCFC).
For more information on some of our current programmes, please click on one of the projects featured above.
To learn more about our current funding priorities and application procedure for Malawi please click on the 'Grant Strategy' link to the left of this page.
HIV/AIDS in Malawi
HIV/AIDS Prevalence | 14.1% |
| People with HIV | 940,000 |
| AIDS Orphans | 550,000 |
(source UNAIDS 2006)
EJAF Grants in Malawi | 2007 | Total |
Number of Projects supported | 1 | 19 |
Grants Totalling | £2,500,000 | £3,109,245 |