{"id":46736,"date":"2022-09-30T06:00:22","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T06:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/migeprof-commends-achieve-for-support-extended-to-impregnated-teens-hiv\/"},"modified":"2022-09-30T06:01:48","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T06:01:48","slug":"migeprof-commends-achieve-for-support-extended-to-impregnated-teens-hiv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/migeprof-commends-achieve-for-support-extended-to-impregnated-teens-hiv\/","title":{"rendered":"MIGEPROF commends ACHIEVE for support extended to impregnated teens, HIV positive people"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ACHIEVE is a project funded by PEPFAR\/USAID to prevent HIV infections and reduce vulnerability among orphans, vulnerable children, adolescent girls and young women in selected high burden districts in Rwanda. The programs are implemented through sensitization to enlighten beneficiaries on preventive measures and reduce the amount of HIV in the body.<\/p>\n<p>PEPFAR stands for the US President&#8217;s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief while USAID is the United States Agency for International Development.  <\/p>\n<p>Under the interventions of ACHIEVE, adolescents and women with high vulnerability to HIV are assisted by mentors who advise them to take Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), a medicine taken to prevent getting HIV and educate them on reproductive health.    <\/p>\n<p>They also benefit from capacity building initiatives through vocational training to improve their wellbeing.  <\/p>\n<p>ACHIEVE beneficiaries attest that the project has changed their livelihoods and helped them get out of isolation.   <\/p>\n<p>Henriette Nyirabahire, who was impregnated at early age testified that ACHIEVE has restored her hope for a bright future.   <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was leading hard life before ACHIEVE\u2019s intervention. I had no hope for a better tomorrow but the support received from the project helped me to move with others along the development journey. Today, I have my own house and have learnt how to prevent HIV infection and protect my life,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<p>The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry at the Ministry Of Gender and Family Promotion (MIGEPROF), Mireille Batamuriza said that ACHIEVE came in handy to solve problems affecting families. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis project came as a solution to many family problems. As MIGEPOROF, we make an effort to build a safe family. ACHIEVE programs aligns with these ambitions to build the family especially drawing attention to female and male adolescents including HIV\/AIDS positive ones and teen mothers. They are taught how to adapt to different situations with a view to build safe and resilient families,\u201d she noted.   <\/p>\n<p>The core objective for the project\u2019s inception was to prevent new infections and help HIV positive people to access health services easily and reduce the amount of HIV as revealed by Mo\u00efse Mutabazi, the Country Project Director.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cACHIEVE project was initiated to provide a contribution aimed at reducing the severity of HIV, lessen problems facing HIV positive people and assist others with high vulnerability to infections,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are infected people who would not easily access health services to strengthen their immunity. This project encourages them to seek services offered at health facilities and benefit from programs aimed at uplifting them from poverty,\u201d added Mutabazi.  <\/p>\n<p>ACHIEVE has so far provided school fees for 6160 beneficiaries including children, adolescents and young women to attend primary, secondary education and vocational training.  <\/p>\n<p>Among others; a total of 14,716 have been enlightened on reproductive health and ways to fight violence. <\/p>\n<p>The project\u2019s interventions have also reached 31,492 young women and adolescents.<br \/>\nACHIEVE currently operates in four districts.  <\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-44360 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/migeprof-3.jpg\" alt=\"The meeting was aimed at discussing the project&#039;s impact. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-44361 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/inama_yitabiriwe_n_abafatanyabikorwa_ba_achieve_mu_nzego_zitandukanye-2-ef29c.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-44363 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/umuyobozi_w_umushinga_achieve_yasobanuye_uruhare_rwa_uyu_mushinga_ugira_mu_kuzamura_imibereho_myiza_y_abafite_ubwandu_bw_agakoko_gatera_sida-2-2f663.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-44364 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/nyirabahire_henriette_yatanze_ubuhamya_bw_aho_achieve_yamukuye_naho_imugejeje-2-c940b.jpg\" alt=\"Henriette Nyirabahire attested that ACHIEVE has restored her hope for a bright future.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-44362 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/umunyamabanga_uhoraho_muri_minisiteri_y_uburinganire_n_iterambere_ry_umuryango_migeprof_yavuze_ko_achieve_ifite_uruhare_mu_kubaka_umuryango_ushoboye_kandi_utekanye-2-793ef.jpg\" alt=\"The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry at the Ministry Of Gender and Family Promotion, Mireille Batamuriza said that ACHIEVE came in handy. \" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{ACHIEVE Rwanda has held a meeting with stakeholders to review the project\u2019s impact. During the meeting held on Wednesday 28th September 2022, participants also exchanged ideas on needed measures to continue lifting the livelihoods of beneficiaries and shared experiences acquired throughout the project\u2019s implementation.} <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-46736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46736\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46736"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=46736"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=46736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}