Rwanda – USAID-funded Ibyiringiro Project

Food and Nutrition Interventions for People Living with HIV/AIDS

ACDI/VOCA implements a 5-year, $800,000 subagreement from Catholic Relief Services to support improved services available to people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) and orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) in Rwanda. The USAID-funded Ibyiringiro project addresses four main impediments to improving the livelihood security and resiliency of households impacted by HIV and AIDS:

• lack of resources to increase the quality and quantity of services to PLWHA receiving food rations
• lack of strong community-based organizations supporting PLWHA
• insufficient economic opportunities for PLWHA and OVC households
• insufficient weaning food and targeted nutrition education to HIV positive mothers

ACDI/VOCA’s primary role will be to work with local associations and cooperatives in Karongi, Ngororero and Nyamagabe districts to improve their leadership and governance capabilities. ACDI/VOCA will work to aid the transformation of PLWHA associations into cooperatives and provide training and technical assistance to cooperatives in leadership and governance.

For more information, contact Autumn Brown at abrown@acdivoca.org.

Updated: 6/09

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