We believe that our HIV/AIDS programs must provide information and services to vulnerable groups whilst addressing the underlying factors that lead people to make choices that put them at risk of infection. CARD’s HIV/AIDS programs will link with our other sectors, including health, education and economic development. Through our HIV/AIDS programs, we help communities, men, women and children orphaned and made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS; develop peer education and outreach in communities; and increase access to services such as condoms, voluntary counselling and testing, anti-retroviral treatment, and STI prevention and treatment. Advocacy on behalf of vulnerable and marginalized populations is also an important part of our work. We also place additional emphasis on reducing stigma and work to ensure economic self sufficiency amongst PLWHAs.
CARD tackles underlying causes of poverty and suffering so that people not only become self-sufficient but also more resilient to future shocks, trends and seasonality patterns. Recognizing that women and children suffer disproportionately from poverty, CARD places special emphasis on working with women and children (girls and boys) to create permanent social change. Women and children are at the heart of CARD’s community-based efforts to improve basic education, prevent the spread of HIV, increase access to clean water and sanitation, expand economic opportunity and protect natural resources. CARD also delivers emergency aid to survivors of war and natural disasters, and helps people rebuild their lives.