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Students participating in EOP Transfer Bridge.
Each year EOP Transitional Programs offers a summer experience to help students bridge the gap between High School and University. The program's goals are to give students a head start toward a successful college experience and the opportunity to begin building a strong community. Photo Credit: Margaret Nguyen | CSUN EOP
For more information please visit: www.csun.edu/eop
300 people die of HIV/AIDS related cases daily in Kenya.
The HIV/AIDS pandemic in Kenya has great socio-economic effects. The government declared AIDS a National disaster in 1999. Since then AIDS has been streamlined into all government Ministries due to the multi-sectoral of its effects. Nationally, HIV prevalence rate now for adults stands at 6.1%. Women of age 15-49 are 740,000. Children with HIV/AIDS are 150,000 and the number of AIDS orphans (age 0-17 years) stands at 1,100,000.
Each month in Kenya, over 3,000 babies are born to HIV-positive mothers. Kenya’s health system is ill-equipped for prevention, diagnosis and treatment of HIV/AIDS related diseases.
Bondo and Siaya are large districts in Nyanza on the edge of Lake Victoria with a total area of 2507km2. They are densely populated with small farm holdings that provide only a subsistence existence; consequently 61% of people live below the poverty line.
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Students participating in EOP Commuter Bridge.
Each year EOP Transitional Programs offers a summer experience to help students bridge the gap between High School and University. The program's goals are to give students a head start toward a successful college experience and the opportunity to begin building a strong community. Photo Credit: Margaret Nguyen | CSUN EOP
EOP Transitional Programs offers a summer experience at CSUN to help students bridge the gap between High School and University. The program's goals are to give students a head start toward a successful college experience and the opportunity to begin building a strong community.
Brian had told me last week, “The cultural differences and similarities in the orphanage were enormous. Little girls are little girls anywhere in the world.
“Thank God I have parented two children, so it was the most natural of moments. Switching glasses with them, seeing them draw stars and hearts… The children were so tactile, kind, loving, affectionate, and gracious.
“I saw a picture of Paul Stevers there on the wall, the founder of CharityHelp International in the U.S. that provides a bridge between child sponsors and the children there.
“The kids had a politeness, and order, a discipline – not like in Annie, but an attitude of accepting real responsibility – the way I was raised. It was so real,” Brian told me.
Los Angeles 2012 Revlon Run/Walk. Participants are on Adams Blvd having just passed St. Vincents. They are walking along Mount St. Mary's College Donehy Campus gate.
On Tuesday, May 6th, the Educational Opportunity Programs hosted a reception to recognize the accomplishments of graduating EOP Seniors. This year, the program will be anticipating the graduation of more than 600 EOP students.
At the event students received a complimentary EOP Sash, a token of appreciation from the program to publicly acknowledge their hard work. Students also had the opportunity to reconnect with members of the EOP Community.
Through a community health worker training, 20 women from each of the five communities were identified tounder go TBA training. These women would attend two one-week seminars facilitated by ministry of health workers. The women were taught the essentials of neonatal and maternal health, how to recognise abnormal symptoms and when to refer pregnant women to maternal health clinics. Moreover, the women would learn how to deliver, although home deliveries are not encouraged, they become equipped to deal with emergency deliveries. TBA kits were provided by ICROSS Ireland and contain all the necessary tools to assist a delivery. This project trained 100 TBAs in five communities. Throughout the project, ICROSS worked closely with district health officers who drew from local expertise and taught using a culturally appropriate birth attendant curriculum.
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For more Information icrossinternational.org/default.aspx
Partner Charity www.newworldinternational.net/
Watch the latest videos about our work on www.youtube.com/user/ICROSSwork or www.youtube.com/user/ICROSSPROJECTS
See our Exhibitions on www.africa-awakes.com
Read our blog icrossprojects.blogspot.com
Follow our latest updates on twitter.com/#!/icross_kenya or twitter.com/#!/icrosskenya
How you can get involved on www.icrossinternational.org/get-involved/index.asp
For Donation icrossinaction.com/donate2.html