The RHF team distributed textbooks to 100 Orphans and Vulnerable Children across seven communities in Ogbia LGA, ensuring they have the resources needed to succeed academically.
The M&E meeting at Emeyal-I Town Hall mentored Community Volunteers on HBC tools, reviewed pre-enrolment successes and challenges, planned upcoming activities, and provided stipends and allowances.
Review meeting at Emeyal-I Town Hall, appraising project activities, sharing experiences, and addressing stigmatization, which discourages many PLHIV from openly participating in the programme.
Sixteen PLHIV from Ogbia LGA were trained as Role Models and Mentors, covering topics like HIV knowledge, communication skills, family planning, depression management, and condom use.
OVC Community Volunteers reviewed data on children’s welfare, school attendance, and visits, discussed quarterly challenges, and proposed strategies to improve service quality and support for vulnerable children.
The meeting discussed OVCs’ challenges: sickness, dropouts, caregiver deaths, and medical issues in Otuoke, Kolo-II, and Emeyal-I communities, with gratitude for educational support.
The RHF team conducted advocacy and mobilization in seven Ogbia communities, visiting hospitals and reinforcing stakeholder engagement to improve PLHIV reach despite coordination challenges.
Monthly meetings engaged CVs and TBAs across several LGAs for reporting, support, and improvement, alongside distributing 25-item birth packs to TBAs to enhance safe delivery and newborn care.
The RHF team enrolled and registered 100 OVC across seven Ogbia communities, conducting HIV testing with caregiver consent and referring one positive case for ARV services.
RHF conducted a 7-day HIV testing & enrolment exercise for an hundred OVC across Ogbia LGA. One child tested positive and was immediately referred and treated at the health facility.