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HIV\/AIDS and Other Health Programmes<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

Emergency Response Initiatives:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

As the prevailing conflict enters its third year, CARD has responded in locations where we have and can provide value added humanitarian assistance and where security allows. Our emergency response, in Western Equatoria, Central Equatoria and Upper Nile [Planned] states build on existing programs and technical expertise such as (1) water, sanitation and hygiene, (2) primary, sexual and reproductive health, Livestock vaccination, Human rights & peace building reconciliation and (3) food security and livelihoods. CARD\u2019s initial assessments indicate that more than 60 per cent of displaced people are women and children. We ensure that our response programming takes into consideration the different needs of women, men, boys and girls.<\/p>\n

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Food security and livelihoods:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The violence and displacement has worsened an already fragile food security and livelihoods situation. The current crisis has increased insecurity along commercial supply corridors, caused private sector actors to leave the country, increased market fragmentation, inflated food and fuel prices, increased risks of cattle raiding and severely limited the mobility of people in search of food and work. Increasing access to food for people affected by displacement and food insecure households across the country is vital to combating potential malnutrition and disease. This will be a key part of CARD\u2019s work, ensuring that both women and men have the means to protect their livelihoods (e.g., agriculture, livestock and fisheries production) that is vital for the survival of their families. In particular, CARD will support the provision of:<\/p>\n

Emergency livelihood kits, including vegetable seeds including small scale irrigation equipment (treadle pumps to those with access to water sources) and fishing gear;<\/p>\n

Livestock disease protection and outbreak prevention, including the distribution of animal diseases treatment and vaccination kits to community animal health workers and enhancing the cold chain capacity to store necessary vaccines;<\/p>\n

Promote the use of crops that mature faster, and<\/p>\n

Preposition food stocks and make them readily available for distribution in the most vulnerable areas.<\/p>\n

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Since the outbreak of the fighting on 15th<\/sup> December 2013.CARD has so far managed to support over 8,000 families improve their food security at household level.<\/p>\n

Education in Emergencies:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The conflict has had major consequence on education among other key sectors with destruction of school facilities among other key community support structures; which has had a serious impact on access to protective education for thousands of vulnerable boys, girls and youth, and is likely to continue. Education standards in the country still lag behind with indicators being ranked lowest in the world and have deteriorated further due to the ongoing conflict, which has forced more than one million children and adolescents out of school. Boys and girls from the displaced communities are also facing a myriad of protection related issues especially girls who have to fetch firewood and water in unfamiliar environments face the risk of rape or forced marriages; Boys have to take care of cattle thereby risking fighting with host and other communities, due to crop damage by animals; hence the need for safe protected learning spaces where they can interact with their peers and learn life skills and an opportunity for lost children to be reunified with their parents. Early Child hood education (ECD) is virtually non-existent as the youngest boys and girls are often left at home while older ones undertake livelihoods actions.<\/p>\n

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To mitigate the impact of the conflict on Education, CARD will undertake the following actions;<\/p>\n

Construction of Temporary Learning Spaces (TLS) and Rehabilitation of damaged classrooms and other facilities; these facilities also serve as reference points for identification of lost children with the aim of facilitating reunification<\/p>\n

Training of PTAs, Teachers and Local Leaders on Psychosocial Support and Conflict-sensitive Life skills including supporting relevant messaging;<\/p>\n

Distribution of school supplies that include teaching and learning as well as recreation materials;<\/p>\n

Advocacy actions aimed at ensuring that armed actors, IDPs and other vacate learning facilities; also included is intensive awareness creation on the importance of education particularly of girls.<\/p>\n

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