Liverpool to Malawi HIV community project 2007

A collaboration between Sahir House (Liverpool, UK) and NAPHAM (Lilongwe, Malawi)

Volunteers and paid workers from Sahir House have been raising funds to go to Malawi and work in collaboration with the National Association for People living with HIV/AIDS in Malawi (NAPHAM). All money raised went towards air fare, accommodation, training and medical resources. The volunteers were in Malawi for two weeks and delivered a high impact 'HIV in the community' project. Sahir House also aims to bring a team of people from NAPHAM to England to work with Sahir House in order to get a more international understanding of HIV/ AIDS.

The team offered support and training to NAPHAM staff, volunteers and the communities of Malawi in the following areas:

Community HIV training
Nursing support
Alternative therapies
Health and well being support and advice
HIV and bereavement counselling
Nutrition workshops using locally grown produce
Child and family support
HIV marketing, publicity and information delivery

A full report will be available in 2008 on request and also online.

If you would like to support this project in any way please contact Sahir House and speak to the Information and Publicity Worker or Volunteer Mentor and Training Coordinator, or make an online donation now by clicking here