Salmon Support Advantage Africa
Wed,28 November 2007
Salmon the IT Services and Consulting Company, today announced their
continued partnership with Advantage Africa, a charity that supports
inspirational people and their invaluable work among people
disadvantaged by poverty, disability and HIV/AIDS in East Africa.
Andrew Betts from Advantage Africa said, 'Salmon's partnership with Advantage Africa has helped transform the lives of over 12,000 disadvantaged people. Their generous donations of over £65,000, during the last 16 months, has helped turn hardship into opportunity and hope.'
Funds provided by Salmon have supported a number of activities including:
- Establishing special units within primary schools for disabled children, where they learn basic life skills including speech, personal hygiene, farming and household tasks, growing their social abilities and friendships.
- Supporting teacher training, staff salaries, the installation of electricity and the construction of bathrooms and dining halls within the special units.
- Establishing workshops for making and repairing crutches, seats, callipers and wheelchairs.
- Educating children and adults about HIV in schools, churches and marketplaces using entertaining and interactive drama, poetry, music and sport.
- Undertaking counselling, HIV testing and training for village midwives, regularly reaching a thousand people each month with their life-saving services.
- Providing children orphaned by AIDS with a nutritional meal each day, health services and a village clinic.
For more information on Advantage Africa, go to http://advantageafrica.org/.
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