Stewart Meki<\/p>\n
FOUNDER of Mukundi, an organization that aims to help vulnerable children living with HIV\/AIDS has come up with a pillar care model for such children.<\/p>\n
Mutongi Kawara said the idea is to help orphans in general but specifically those who are affected by HIV and who lost their parents due to HIV.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have a health and wellness model that includes being part of a family and having caregivers to provide love care and support.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt also encompasses aspects of mental and physical health support; safe shelter, education; food and nutrition; protection; and time to play, enjoy, and do things together as a family.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kawara said they are creating awareness for their beneficiaries to formulate their own opinions, and knowledge through learning, experimenting, experience, and exploration.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis will be done through themed camps which will include embarking on nature, culture, science, information, and technology expeditions that are highly interactive and involve a wide array of games, sports, art, music, dance, experience, and exploration.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want the beneficiaries to become better at discerning individual interests, independent thinking, goal setting, and decision-making.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt the age of 15-18, beneficiaries under our care will start moving into tiny homes and start living individually and independently in tiny homes\/cottages. Though resources will be given to them they will be responsible for efficiently managing them,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
The organization also seeks to allow beneficiaries to integrate themselves more into the community through community engagement projects which include sporting activities.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnder these pillars beneficiaries will also organize and implement community development projects that target the other vulnerable groups in the community.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis pillar is built upon the activities and interventions in the other four pillars.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur beneficiaries will be able to determine whether they want to further their studies, apprentice, or choose a unique career path.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is within this pillar that Mukundi\u2019s vision of individuals realizing their full potential which enables them to become resilient individuals with self-determined futures will be brought to life.\u201d<\/p>\n
The organization Mukundi is a not-for-profit organization\/association that was registered in January 2024 as an association aimed at helping orphans.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was motivated to start the organization because of my life experiences.\u00a0 I grew up as an orphan, who was born HIV-positive.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe journey to recovery was long but I gradually got over the stigma in the time I volunteered at a children\u2019s home and worked in Zimbabwe\u2019s rural community.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy volunteering and work experience gave me insight into the harsh realities faced by orphans and vulnerable children.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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