How it works. There are twenty-three families currently supported by Project Lek funds. Each family is impacted by HIV/AIDS, with either a parent of the child, or both the parent and the child being HIV-infected. In each case, the family has income from at least one other source, typically a job held by a parent, but the income from the other source(s) is not sufficient to meet the family's basic needs. Because of this |
latter factor, the child is at risk of being separated from the family. In each case, the stipend provided through Project Lek helps maintain the family's ability to stay together.
Cases will come to our attention in a variety of ways, including referral through a church, or other local contact, referral from another NGO, or referral from someone associated with the Agape Home. In each case, the family is visited, and an assessment of
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