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HEART stands for Health Education Africa Resource Team.
HEART is a Christian humanitarian organization dedicated to empowering the people of Africa to survive the HIV/AIDS pandemic.
A registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in the US
HEART believes that by educating the people of Africa, they are empowering them to survive.
Their motto: “KNOWLEDGE = POWER = SURVIVAL.”
HEART is a Christian humanitarian organization dedicated to empowering the people of Africa to survive the HIV/AIDS pandemic.
A registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in the US
HEART believes that by educating the people of Africa, they are empowering them to survive.
Their motto: “KNOWLEDGE = POWER = SURVIVAL.”
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H.E.A.R.T
Health Education Africa Resource Team
HEART stands for Health Education Africa Resource Team.
HEART is a Christian humanitarian organization dedicated to empowering the people of Africa to survive the HIV/AIDS pandemic.
A registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in the US
HEART believes that by educating the people of Africa, they are empowering them to survive.
Their motto: “KNOWLEDGE = POWER = SURVIVAL.”
HEART is a Christian humanitarian organization dedicated to empowering the people of Africa to survive the HIV/AIDS pandemic.
A registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in the US
HEART believes that by educating the people of Africa, they are empowering them to survive.
Their motto: “KNOWLEDGE = POWER = SURVIVAL.”
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H.E.A.R.T
- Provides medical care, education, and income generating activities
- To create a healthy, sustainable, disease-free life.
Founded by Vickie Winkler in about the same time I joined HP 15 years ago.
They have an office in Auburn California where I live.
I knew Vickie personally and observed this organization since early after it's founding.
They have a compound and lodge in Nairobi, Kenya that serves as their headquarters for Africa.
Their dream is to eventually open offices and ministries in every nation in Africa.
They have an office in Auburn California where I live.
I knew Vickie personally and observed this organization since early after it's founding.
They have a compound and lodge in Nairobi, Kenya that serves as their headquarters for Africa.
Their dream is to eventually open offices and ministries in every nation in Africa.
Empowering the People of Africa to Survive and to Thrive Beyond the HIV/AIDS Pandemic.
The Heart Vision is:
Empowering the People of Africa to Survive and to Thrive Beyond the HIV/AIDS Pandemic
By:
• providing medical care,
• education, and
• income generating activities
to create a healthy, sustainable, disease-free life.
The HIV/IADS pandamic has swept across Africa, and left 14.8 million orphaned children.
Never has the US ever experienced an orphan problem of this magnitude.
There are many approaches to this problem, HEART has specifically chosen to focus on an sustainable approach.
HEART has focused on orphan "prevention" INSTEAD of orphan "care".
Empowering the People of Africa to Survive and to Thrive Beyond the HIV/AIDS Pandemic
By:
• providing medical care,
• education, and
• income generating activities
to create a healthy, sustainable, disease-free life.
The HIV/IADS pandamic has swept across Africa, and left 14.8 million orphaned children.
Never has the US ever experienced an orphan problem of this magnitude.
There are many approaches to this problem, HEART has specifically chosen to focus on an sustainable approach.
HEART has focused on orphan "prevention" INSTEAD of orphan "care".
Orphan Prevention
A focus on
One morning in early 2011 My wife woke up and told me she was convinced that we would win the HEART safari ticket raffle at the yearly HEART benefit dinner in Auburn CA. That February, surrounded by friends we had told in advance of our conviction, and holding two raffle tickets in our hands, we heard our names announced as the winners.
We visited Kenya that fall, and while we were there we had the chance to visit the Elephant Orphanage.
They rescue baby elephants that have often lost their parents to poachers. Elephants are a very social animal, and without their family, they will die. The Elephant Orphanage will rescue these babies and raise them, providing very close social contact with the animals. The caretakers often sleep with them. As wonderful as the elephant orphanage is, the GREATER GOAL is to stop the poaching and prevent elephant from being orphans as much as possible.
The AIDS Pandemic is creating orphan children all across Africa. But like the Elephant Orphanage, HEART knows the GREATER GOAL to PREVENT Orphan Children.
HEART does this by concentrating on caring for HIV positive mothers, and providing education so that AIDs will stop creating Orphans.
We visited Kenya that fall, and while we were there we had the chance to visit the Elephant Orphanage.
They rescue baby elephants that have often lost their parents to poachers. Elephants are a very social animal, and without their family, they will die. The Elephant Orphanage will rescue these babies and raise them, providing very close social contact with the animals. The caretakers often sleep with them. As wonderful as the elephant orphanage is, the GREATER GOAL is to stop the poaching and prevent elephant from being orphans as much as possible.
The AIDS Pandemic is creating orphan children all across Africa. But like the Elephant Orphanage, HEART knows the GREATER GOAL to PREVENT Orphan Children.
HEART does this by concentrating on caring for HIV positive mothers, and providing education so that AIDs will stop creating Orphans.
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Lazarus Syndrome
going from near death to a thriving life experience
I think you will agree that typically best person in the world to take care of children is their own mother.
Yet it is mothers in Africa that bear the brunt of AIDS.
In Africa, HIV positive people are shunned because of the stigma associated with the disease. When husbands, and other family members learn someone is HIV positive they often abandon them leaving these mothers to die alone.
HEART would enter the slums and learn of mothers that were literally on death's door. HEART has a program called WEEP, (Women's Equality Empowerment Program), that helps these people survive, and thrive.
HEART has seen hundreds of women with AIDS pass through the “Lazarus Syndrome’ (going from near death to a thriving life experience) and become strong, confident women. They graduate from the 18-month WEEP program with a job and the knowledge and skills to care for their own children.
Paula and I met a woman graduating from WEEP who's casket had already been made before she started in the program.
Yet it is mothers in Africa that bear the brunt of AIDS.
In Africa, HIV positive people are shunned because of the stigma associated with the disease. When husbands, and other family members learn someone is HIV positive they often abandon them leaving these mothers to die alone.
HEART would enter the slums and learn of mothers that were literally on death's door. HEART has a program called WEEP, (Women's Equality Empowerment Program), that helps these people survive, and thrive.
HEART has seen hundreds of women with AIDS pass through the “Lazarus Syndrome’ (going from near death to a thriving life experience) and become strong, confident women. They graduate from the 18-month WEEP program with a job and the knowledge and skills to care for their own children.
Paula and I met a woman graduating from WEEP who's casket had already been made before she started in the program.
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Survive to Thrive
Making Mosquito nets & School uniforms...
Upon entering the WEEP program, HEART provides the mother ARV drugs, nutrition and education to put the disease into remission.
They help pay her rent, and ensure her children can attend school while they nurse her back to health.
In Kenya unemployment is estimated to be close to 70%. Beyond the devastatingly high unemployment level, the lack of information and the stigma associated with AIDS make it nearly impossible for an HIV positive woman to secure employment, support her children, or access ARV drugs. WEEP’s objective is to keep mothers alive, healthy, and employed, and protect her vulnerable children from becoming orphans.
HEART does not stop there. They teach her a job. Many are trained to make mosquito nets, school uniforms, and other items that are valuable to the HEART mission. This allows women to earn an income, while knowing they are helping others.
How you can help:
• Admission into the WEEP program: $950.00
• Pay for 1 woman’s expenses for 1 month: $100.00
• School fees and uniform for one WEEP mother’s child: $75.00
• Buy supplies for income-generating projects: $25.00
• Buy a WEEP-produced mosquito net for an orphan child: $10.00
They help pay her rent, and ensure her children can attend school while they nurse her back to health.
In Kenya unemployment is estimated to be close to 70%. Beyond the devastatingly high unemployment level, the lack of information and the stigma associated with AIDS make it nearly impossible for an HIV positive woman to secure employment, support her children, or access ARV drugs. WEEP’s objective is to keep mothers alive, healthy, and employed, and protect her vulnerable children from becoming orphans.
HEART does not stop there. They teach her a job. Many are trained to make mosquito nets, school uniforms, and other items that are valuable to the HEART mission. This allows women to earn an income, while knowing they are helping others.
How you can help:
• Admission into the WEEP program: $950.00
• Pay for 1 woman’s expenses for 1 month: $100.00
• School fees and uniform for one WEEP mother’s child: $75.00
• Buy supplies for income-generating projects: $25.00
• Buy a WEEP-produced mosquito net for an orphan child: $10.00
Empowerment
Brings Hope and Joy
Finally they are taught how to manage and run a business, and when they graduate from HEART's 18-month WEEP program they are self-employed with a sustainable business and the ability to care for their own children.
Their neighbors take notice! These people have gone from death to life, and then go on to become leaders in their communities!
HEART focuses on projects that have Self-Sustainability.
Empowered WEEP women are given the opportunity and resources to go back into their communities, locate women in need and care for them in the same way that they once received care.
The best caregivers for sick HIV+ women are well HIV+ women.
Their neighbors take notice! These people have gone from death to life, and then go on to become leaders in their communities!
HEART focuses on projects that have Self-Sustainability.
Empowered WEEP women are given the opportunity and resources to go back into their communities, locate women in need and care for them in the same way that they once received care.
The best caregivers for sick HIV+ women are well HIV+ women.
W.E.E.P.
Women Equality Empowerment Project
Dorcus Wanjiku was a school teacher, that lost her voice.
She found out she had throat cancer and HIV. When her Husband and family learned of her HIV status, they abandoned her, leaving her with her three children. During her operations to have her voice box removed, she discovered she was pregnant with twins. After the surgeries, she was left to recuperate at home, were she lost her twin girls because she did not have proper medical care, and insufficient food to sustain her family.
That was when she was introduced to HEART, and met other women who ad gone through similar experiences. She was encouraged to hope again.
WEEP
* catered for her food,
* paid the school fees for my children,
* paid for rent and medication and
* began to teach her how to provide for her children.
It was like a dream after all she had been through!
HEART gave her emotional and financial support at her lowest point and helped her build skills to take care of her family.
Dorcus gained tailoring skills, graduated from the program and now owns her own business. She employs four people and can pay school fees for her children and provide for their needs.
When speaking, Dorcus uses an electro-larynx to amplify her voice and is HIV positive. Yet, she now raises her three children by herself and earns an income through her growing business.
Dorcus will weep no more!
She found out she had throat cancer and HIV. When her Husband and family learned of her HIV status, they abandoned her, leaving her with her three children. During her operations to have her voice box removed, she discovered she was pregnant with twins. After the surgeries, she was left to recuperate at home, were she lost her twin girls because she did not have proper medical care, and insufficient food to sustain her family.
That was when she was introduced to HEART, and met other women who ad gone through similar experiences. She was encouraged to hope again.
WEEP
* catered for her food,
* paid the school fees for my children,
* paid for rent and medication and
* began to teach her how to provide for her children.
It was like a dream after all she had been through!
HEART gave her emotional and financial support at her lowest point and helped her build skills to take care of her family.
Dorcus gained tailoring skills, graduated from the program and now owns her own business. She employs four people and can pay school fees for her children and provide for their needs.
When speaking, Dorcus uses an electro-larynx to amplify her voice and is HIV positive. Yet, she now raises her three children by herself and earns an income through her growing business.
Dorcus will weep no more!
WEEP No More
When Paula and I traveled to Kenya to visit HEART, we brought a suitcase full of graduation robes, for the first WEEP graduation ceremony, and were able to visit these many of these women at the centers.
Here is my wife Paula posing with WEEP mothers, the Project Nurse and a few interns.
The WEEP program has 10 different centers throughout various counties in Kenya and currently supports 231 women and has 145 WEEP alumni. Africa HEARTaims to graduate 86 women in 2015 and enroll 100 new women.
Here is my wife Paula posing with WEEP mothers, the Project Nurse and a few interns.
The WEEP program has 10 different centers throughout various counties in Kenya and currently supports 231 women and has 145 WEEP alumni. Africa HEARTaims to graduate 86 women in 2015 and enroll 100 new women.
KIDS for School
WEEP is not the only project HEART runs. There are over 8 other projects.
Another project is called "Kids for School".
Although primary education is free in Kenya, many orphaned children, generally raised by an elderly grandmother, never have the opportunity to attend school because they cannot afford a school uniform.
This program provides a complete school uniform,and a milking goat purchased from local Kenyan sources. The milking goat provides the orphan’s guardian family added nutrition, and the child is taught goat husbandry. Through this provision, the child brings an asset to the guardian family rather than an added burden. The cycle continues when the first kid goat is passed on by community designated leaders to another orphan who is also given a uniform and a chance at an education.
The goal is that each child has a small herd of goats by eighth grade. This herd then provides the income necessary for secondary education or the means to begin an adult life.
Project Successes
* 1,725 children are receiving direct services and 3,450 within the household are receiving secondary services
Opportunities to Make a Difference
• Buy 1 goat and 1 uniform for a child: $70.00
• Build a house and pit latrine: $1,000.00
• Sponsor a secondary school student for 1 year: $480.00
Another project is called "Kids for School".
Although primary education is free in Kenya, many orphaned children, generally raised by an elderly grandmother, never have the opportunity to attend school because they cannot afford a school uniform.
This program provides a complete school uniform,and a milking goat purchased from local Kenyan sources. The milking goat provides the orphan’s guardian family added nutrition, and the child is taught goat husbandry. Through this provision, the child brings an asset to the guardian family rather than an added burden. The cycle continues when the first kid goat is passed on by community designated leaders to another orphan who is also given a uniform and a chance at an education.
The goal is that each child has a small herd of goats by eighth grade. This herd then provides the income necessary for secondary education or the means to begin an adult life.
Project Successes
* 1,725 children are receiving direct services and 3,450 within the household are receiving secondary services
Opportunities to Make a Difference
• Buy 1 goat and 1 uniform for a child: $70.00
• Build a house and pit latrine: $1,000.00
• Sponsor a secondary school student for 1 year: $480.00
140,584 girls kept in school though this Supply and education program
Adolescent girls will start missing about 39 school days a year, because they have no supplies or even education on how to take care of their monthly cycles. As a consequence, they fall behind the rest of the class, and often drop out of school discouraged.
FREEDOM FOR GIRLS, provides girls with undergarments, sanitary napkins and hygiene education. During every distribution, the girls received a health education session.
This enables them to stay in school, and is the first step to helping them achieve their dreams.
$5 can provide a one year supply pack thanks to the partnerships and with proctor and gamble.
Rotory & Lions clubs and Even Michael Jordan have been a part of this program
FREEDOM FOR GIRLS, provides girls with undergarments, sanitary napkins and hygiene education. During every distribution, the girls received a health education session.
This enables them to stay in school, and is the first step to helping them achieve their dreams.
$5 can provide a one year supply pack thanks to the partnerships and with proctor and gamble.
Rotory & Lions clubs and Even Michael Jordan have been a part of this program
Greenhouses
The greenhouse project began in 2010 to help meet the needs of the caregivers of the Kids for School Project.
When Paula and I arrived in Kenya in 2012, it was during the middle of a huge drought. They needed ways to grow food that used less water. These greenhouses do just that.
Greenhouses are a benefit not only to boost food production creating food security but also as a source of income generation and sustainability. Community involvement is key to success in finding a plot of land and a source of water, in education and in properly maintaining the greenhouses. Therefore, it becomes assistance for more than just the caretakers and can affect a whole community.
Opportunities to support Greenhouses project
• Buy 1 greenhouse: $3,700.00
• Buy 1 share in a greenhouse: $1,000.00
• Buy 1 marketing kit for selling excess produce: $150.00
When Paula and I arrived in Kenya in 2012, it was during the middle of a huge drought. They needed ways to grow food that used less water. These greenhouses do just that.
Greenhouses are a benefit not only to boost food production creating food security but also as a source of income generation and sustainability. Community involvement is key to success in finding a plot of land and a source of water, in education and in properly maintaining the greenhouses. Therefore, it becomes assistance for more than just the caretakers and can affect a whole community.
Opportunities to support Greenhouses project
• Buy 1 greenhouse: $3,700.00
• Buy 1 share in a greenhouse: $1,000.00
• Buy 1 marketing kit for selling excess produce: $150.00
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Out of the original Prevention Message of:
* TB
* Malaria
* Typhoid
* HIV/AIDS
Africa HEART has created projects that cover...
* Health Education & HIV Testing
* W.E.E.P.
* Medical / Surgical Interventions
* Youth Empowerment
* Freedom for Girls ( days of learning missed each year)
* Kids for School
* Children's Ministry
* Water Projects/ Farm Kits
* Nutritional Innervation
You can visit and help HEART as an intern or on a HEART "team" that come in many times each year to the HEART compound, to help keep all these projects rolling.
* TB
* Malaria
* Typhoid
* HIV/AIDS
Africa HEART has created projects that cover...
* Health Education & HIV Testing
* W.E.E.P.
* Medical / Surgical Interventions
* Youth Empowerment
* Freedom for Girls ( days of learning missed each year)
* Kids for School
* Children's Ministry
* Water Projects/ Farm Kits
* Nutritional Innervation
You can visit and help HEART as an intern or on a HEART "team" that come in many times each year to the HEART compound, to help keep all these projects rolling.
You can help
VICKIE WINKLER, RN Founder, President & Executive Director
HEART has received many prestigious awards and honors.
• In October 2008, they won “Portraits of Compassion Award” from President George Bush PEPFAR (President’s Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief) program.
• In June 2010 Dr. Jill Biden The Second Lady visited HEART’s Kibera WEEP Center
• In Sept. 2011 they Won "Invest in Others " award for the “Freedom For Girls”
• In April 2013 HEART won the first place award for the UN Millennium Development Goal to “Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women”
• In October 2008, they won “Portraits of Compassion Award” from President George Bush PEPFAR (President’s Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief) program.
• In June 2010 Dr. Jill Biden The Second Lady visited HEART’s Kibera WEEP Center
• In Sept. 2011 they Won "Invest in Others " award for the “Freedom For Girls”
• In April 2013 HEART won the first place award for the UN Millennium Development Goal to “Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women”
Asante sana
Thank you very much
Here is my wife and on the HEART Compound.
More information on HEART:
o http://www.africaheart.com
o http://africaheartshop.com
o http://www.facebook.com/Africaheart
The HP giving program includes HEART.
You can give $ and HP will match your giving up to the first $1000 given to HEART. Collectively they will match till HP has contributed $5000. So even if 5 of use donated $1000, we could max out the HP matching gift to HEART this year.
https://hp.yourcause.com
Lets see HEART receive over $10,000 from HP this year!
More information on HEART:
o http://www.africaheart.com
o http://africaheartshop.com
o http://www.facebook.com/Africaheart
The HP giving program includes HEART.
You can give $ and HP will match your giving up to the first $1000 given to HEART. Collectively they will match till HP has contributed $5000. So even if 5 of use donated $1000, we could max out the HP matching gift to HEART this year.
https://hp.yourcause.com
Lets see HEART receive over $10,000 from HP this year!
