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Keeping Alive
Societies’

Hope
 

HIV/AIDS/STIs – Education, Control and Management

Human Rights & Advocacy

Economic Empowerment

Reproductive Health

Environment

 

 

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQs) ABOUT KASH

 

1. What does KASH stands for?

2. What are the aims of KASH?

3. What are the objectives of KASH?

4. Who do KASH target?

1. What does KASH stands for? It stands for Keeping Alive Society’s Hope (KASH). however, it was previously known as Kisumu AIDS Self Help group.

2. What are the aims of KASH? As an organization it aims at addressing the needs and challenges of the vulnerable members of the society

3. What are the objectives of KASH?

      1. Visits where vulnerable groups are located inorder to encourage and register them.

        To identify leaders amongst those groups and support them to integrate in groupings of like-minded-members

        To collect data on newly recruited members (age, alternative sources of income, HIV status, areas of operations, vices in the trade)

        Encourage and support the development and registration of members in pursuant of our objectives as well as economic empowerment objectives

        Organise workshops for newly recruited members to create awareness about empowering issues such as HIV/AIDS/STIs and human rights

        Organise forums for these different groups to integrate and share (e.g. sporting events, community events (World AIDS Day, International Women’s Day etc), community outreaches, visits to learn from others about economic activities)

        Develop and sustain information channel through a newsletter & website whose contents will be be a source of information education communication to the members and the wider public.

4. Who do KASH target? It mainly targets women aged between 15 to 35 years who frequent night spots and vulnerable groups i.e. widows, orphans

5. What are challenges faced by KASH?
  • Stigma
  • Disclosure/ mistrust by clients
  • Violation of target group’s rights
  • Migratory tendencies of vulnerable people
  • Non- compliance of STIs treatment
  • Lack of enthusiasm to visit medical centres when ill.
  • Avoidance of condom use
  • Fear of visiting VCT centres
  • Fear of visiting STI treatment centres and many more that are not mentioned above but known to people.

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