The Facts — La Maison L'Arc-en-Ciel d'Haïti

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• Welcoming the 1st children

• Advocacy for de-stigmatization of HIV

• Access to health care and education

• Specialized training of the attending physician

• Technical collaboration (MAEC-Gheskio-Unicef) of the first treatment protocols (ARV) for Haitian children

• Recognized as “ Best Practices” by UNAIDS / UNICEF

• Capacity building - mothers / young people / children

(primary health, sexual and parental responsibility, rights of the child and others.

• Formation / constitution - 4 community support groups

• Education, medical / psychological consultations, food distributions, home visits, dancing and drawing provided to families

• 340 family leaders and 600 children / young beneficiaries of the program

• Participation - international forum (AIDS 2006) to present the model of the MAEC support group

• Diagnosis and community mobilization

• Constitution of support groups

• 264 leaders trained in community mobilization

• 213 volunteer trainers of trainers trained/active

• 980 young people from refugee camps, sensitized/trained in psychosocial games, including 170 trained as trainers of trainers

• More than 4 000 children made aware of primary health care

• More than 4 000 young people sensitized in sexual responsibility

• More than 4 000 young people sensitized to stigma

• More than 6 500 children sensitized on HIV/AIDS

(games & puppet theater)

• Fundraising and acquisition of 8 hectares of land in a semi-rural area

• Partial construction of the children's unit and the administrative unit

• Fundraising in progress to continue the construction of the upper floor of the children's bedrooms and to have a dining room

• Construction of a fence to protect property from spoilers and secure the perimeter

• Advisory service to support former beneficiaries aged 18 and over in their community reintegration.

• Operation & development of agricultural activities for food self-sufficiency

• Creation of income-generating activities

• Training place for children

• Supervised apprenticeships for former beneficiaries now reintegrated into the Haitian community

• Pilot and training projects for the community on organic farming

• Adaptation and participation of staff to new strategies