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The British
Association have recently funded a project to support victims of HIV/Aids
in the town of Aru, in the North East of the Congo.
The primary objective of the project it to provide material support to the
women living with HIV/AIDS. The majority of these are widows or women rejected
by their husbands on account of their disease. The aim of the project would
be to offer them financial support to enable them to undertake something
to earn a living, buy food and obtain education for their children.
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objective will be to create a mutually supportive community, which will
permit the sharing of the burden of the disease and encourage those afflicted
to inform themselves and get emotional and practical support on how to continue
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The third
objective is an educational one, to help inform the local population about
the disease, and eradicate their fear and ignorance testing to determine
their medical status.
The project will be implemented by a local charity (ASESI) and the Catholic
church with the guidance from on-the ground staff of the Foreign Aid Department
of the German Association of the Order.
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