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NIGERIA

The scale and scope of the Nigerian AIDS pandemic is appalling.  Whilst most of those infected with HIV are adults, the impact of AIDS is felt by the whole community: from the youngest orphaned child to the oldest grandmother working to care for her grandchildren.

FIRST REPORT ON CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFER (CCT) PROJECT FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS (PLWHAs) IN NIGERIA

BY GRASSROOTS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INTIATIVE (GRACODEV)

WITH SUPPORT FROM TEARS TO SMILES, UK

JUNE 2009

INTRODUCTIONS

Following several discussions and subsequently partnership agreement between TEARS TO SMILES UK and GRASSROOTS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE (GRACODEV), NIGERIA, A project on Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) for PLWHAs in Nigeria was developed and commenced.

This was based on a critical needs assessment and common understanding by the two partners that poverty and unemployment are the major factors that pre-dispose people to risky behaviours and also help to worsen the impact of the pandemic.

AIDS: The No1 Enemy of Nigeria

In the times past several care and support programmes were developed to cater for the Most at Risk Persons (MARPs) as well as PLWHAs and OVCs.

This gave rise to the need for the co-ordination of efforts and resources channeled to care and support.

Following this, the Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria (NEPWHAN) was established to bring all infected persons together.

This platform facilitates interactions, information sharing and capacity building opportunities for PLWHAs.  It also facilitates easy access to socio-economic support for newly infected persons.

Download the full report: REPORT ON CCT WITH TEARS TO SMILES

We seek to make life bearable for those communities suffering from AIDS in Nigeria.