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Network of Zambian People Living with HIV and AIDS (NZP+) Kalomo District Chapter
MISSION: Help the people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV) through capacity building, advocacy and resource mobilization to enhance accountability and transparency for health positive living.
VISION: NZP+ Kalomo district Chapter envisions empowered members leading healthy, productive and sustainable lives.
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History
NZP+ is a Non-Profit / Non-Government organization which is affiliated to the National organization which is registered under section 7(1) of the Zambian societies act between 2003 and 2007.
NZP+ was established on 3rd March, 2003 to help improve the quality of life of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV ) by actively pursuing three issues affecting them: Representation, Support, and Communication.
There was a lack of psychological and social support for PLHIV. Specifically there was a lack of community and family support in times of illness and there was and still is a stigma against PLHIV within the communities.
NZP+ Kalomo has organized and transformed itself into the district PLHIV representative.
The organization is a key in community development projects in the district of Kalomo.
NZP+ Kalomo has so far achieved many projects where it received support from national and international governments and organizations or NGOs such as-
DAPP - 2004 - Nutrition and food supplement
CRAIDS - 2007 - Support and Care Project
AIDS Alliance Zambia 2008 - Organization Support
World Vision Rapids 2009 - USAID funds for OVC STEPS
World Vision STEPS 2010 - USAID Funds for OVC STEPS
ZPI - 2012 - USAID funds, Economic development/HIV prevention
ZISSP - 2014 - USAID Funds - Capacity building and prevention with positives /non positives
CHAZ 2014 - Operation support for the organization
CHEP - 2013 to 2016 - USAID funds for OVC STEPS project
Primsons Limited - 2012 - SADC funds - Capacity building to the organization
KNH project - 2010 - 2017 - Women empowerment (self help project through saving and lending concept)
Helping the Sick and Spreading Awareness
People and Success Stories
The organization has a board in place with 14 members of which 6 are female and 4 are males.The secretariat have 5 staffs which includes district Coordinator,Finance & Administration officer, M/E officer,Livelihood Officer & Capacity building officer with 365 community volunteersThe organization is serving 15000 People.
A number of them have access to decent meals than it was in the past now they eat 3 times per day than in the past where they used to eat once or twice per dayChildren are able to go to school and access education with school fees paidA number of individual women are doing profitable businesses using the Self help modelPLHIV members who had defaulted have been initiated on ARVs treatment in various health facilities in the district and also promotion of community ART services by the organization have reduced defaulters and lost to follow patientsPromotion of positive living among the positive community members and non positive membersReduction in stigma and discrimination from self, community and family .Linkages have been created for those who require social protectionOthers have become community facilitators and others are linked directly to health facilities as Adherence support workers.
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Cost and Fundraising Goals
We are asking the money for - To support the project implementation of NZP+ Kalomo district chapter and the entire organization operations
- The other thing is to raise funds for the income generating activity such as poultry, oil expeller, piggerly, gardening and making feeds for livestock. The cost of the work we are doing is ZMW250,000.00 (US $15,225.33)
The organization is a legal entity with proof of working with different service providers and a lot of success stories have come from communities and other stakeholders in the district.It also has capacity to handle donor support with a clear reporting system through hard copy and soft copies.The organisation also has the institution's memory of staff who had been in the organization since inception.
Impact on the Community
Importance and Urgency
Meeting our challenges is important and urgent because, if these needs are not met, the community members and direct beneficiaries such as OVCs, PLHIV Support group members, women groups and many others will lose confidence in the organization. Full implementation of projects will not be done due to lack of funds. Landlords to the rented offices will evict the officers from their premises and the organization will die a natural death losing the institution memory and staff might find employment somewhere else. There will be no meaningful representation of PLHIV members in decision making bodies in the district of Kalomo. Lack of website/social media platforms has disadvantaged the organization to find who would be sponsors for the project implementation
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