People Living with HIV/Aids
Becoming Farmers again
In the Masindi district, the Astrid Uganda Foundation co-operates with the Ugandan Red Cross. The two projects are part of the program People Living with HIV / AIDS (PLWHA). Both projects ensure that children and youth can take care of themselves in the future. They learn how to grow food.
Too little food
In Kyriandongo Sub County far too little food is produced. At the same time the inhabitants of the region are heavily dependent on (revenues of) agriculture to meet their basic needs. Because of AIDS and war, a large part of the working population (men and women between 18 and 35) has died. So it is mostly young children and elderly people that have to work the land. But they simply have not enough knowlegde and work is just too hard. This results in far too little food in the country. With all its consequences.
The construction of the building for our PLWHA project is going well. In May 2012 we received a 