RFFA Joins “The Partnership for an HIV-Free Generation” in Kenya.
The US State Department chose Rotarians for Fighting AIDS to become an implementation partner for its newest youth prevention of AIDS project. This project, led by the Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator, has been launched at the pilot site in Nairobi, Kenya. While it remains in the developmental planning stage, the project envisions ground-breaking approaches to HIV prevention targeting youth. Funded by The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, the HIV-Free Generation in Kenya project embraces partners from the world’s business community, blending their talent, innovative products and services with those offered by international non-governmental organizations currently working at the community level in Kenya. The ambitious concept is to develop the pilot program in Nairobi to reduce new HIV infections by 50% in five years. With a successful pilot established, the program will be expanded throughout Kenya and eventually to all of Sub- Saharan Africa.

As an “Implementation Partner”, Rotarians, through RFFA, will initially conduct a Medical Mission beginning in September, 2008.

Teams of physicians, dentists, optometrists, and nursing professionals, accompanied by Rotarian volunteers from round the world in partnership with Kenyan Rotary Clubs, will work for 10 days with youth living in three slum areas of Nairobi to deliver basic medical care and health screenings.