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Household coping mechanisms with the economic costs of HIV in Zimbabwe. FACT EED 2010 End of Project Evaluation Report
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Upholding the child's dignity as an alternative to corporal punishment.
Increasing the quality of HIV prevention for youth.
Early drug therapy curbs HIV Transmission: Study
Transforming Orphans lives Through Giving – A little gift will go a long way!
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Nyanga Youths assisting the aged and needy.
Feeding Family of Orphans in Zimbabwe.
Celebrating 14 years of Holistic HIV Capacity Strengthening.
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FACT was founded in 1987 by Paediatrician, Dr Geoff Foster. While practising at Mutare Provincial Hospital in 1987, Dr Foster noticed an increasing number of children infected with HIV. Being influenced by his Christian background, his compassion led him to develop a Christian based organisation to deal with the epidemic. He initiated an created HIV and AIDS awareness and mobilised many Christians to get involved with HIV and AIDS voluntary work. The inaugural meeting of Family Aids Counselling Trust (FACT), which later changed to Family Aids Caring Trust (FACT) as it is known today, was held in January 1988.
Originally, FACT was driven by a small team of three staff members and volunteers, and has amazingly grown to become arguably one of the most progressive and leading HIV and AIDS organisations in Zimbabwe. It presently has a staff compliment of 110 people. Similarly, its budget has grown from a mere US$ 4,000 in 1988 to over US$ 3,500,000 in 2010.
From this humble beginning, FACT has developed a reputation of being a community-oriented nongovernmental organisation (NGO) with an ability to learn through its own programmes to continually improve. Owing to this learning attitude, FACT has extended its operations to manage programmes in Mutare, Rusape, Mutasa, Chimanimani, Chipinge, Nyanga, Chiredzi, Masvingo and as well as some in Mozambique. |
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