MICROSCOPES OF LIFEIn remote villages – where resources are limited and local people rely on traditional medicine – ‘health literacy’ arms people with...
WORLD AIDS DAYWorld AIDS Day is held every year on 1st December. It aims to raise awareness in communities and around the world about HIV/AIDS. It is a...
GWENO - THERE'S ALWAYS A CHOOKStory by Alice Mitchell It’s December 2019 and I am currently in Kenya, strengthening our health literacy program. Living in Kenya always...
STRONG LOCAL TEAMS Story by Alice Mitchell One of the strengths of the project in Kenya is the intentional building of cohesive teams of lay Community...
POSITIVE AID'S TRAVEL TO KENYAThis year we were fortunate to have three volunteer representatives travel to Kenya. Long-term committee members Alice Mitchell and...
EMPOWERING MUMSPositive Aid is now piloting new activities targeting women – providing them with reusable sanitary pads. We are initially giving the...
BORO IN FULL FLIGHTAfter starting off under the umbrella and mentorship of URDI CBO, Boro Rural Development Initiative (BRDI) CBO is now independently...
HELPING PEOPLE TO ADHERE TO TREATMENTNow and then in the villages of Uranga or Boro, you might glimpse someone walking or cycling to a homestead in a green polo shirt with...
VISIT TO KAKAMEGA‘Jiggers’ (tunga penetrans) are a kind of flea common to Central and South America as well as Positive Aid recently supported an...
JIGGERS OUTREACH HELPS HUNDREDS‘Jiggers’ (tunga penetrans) are a kind of flea common to Central and South America as well as Sub-Saharan Africa. They commonly infect...
KELLIE VISITS KENYACommittee member and long term supporter Kellie Woiwod visited our project in Kenya in March. She set out to represent Positive Aid on a...
MOH MCH TRAININGOur Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Officer Connie is a local woman from Uranga. She is passionate about helping women and children, and...
TRAINING FOR HIV TESTING Peter, our Manager in Boro, is soon to be trained in Home-Based Counselling and Testing (HBCT) of people for HIV. To date, Project...