After my enrolment into the SAfAIDS Young People Leadership Academy (YPLA) training in 2013, l realised there are a lot of women out there who are determined and inspiring. SAfAIDS Executive Director Mrs Lois Chingandu was one of my role models as she believes in young women empowerment and success.
Tracy and Dosenmatter Muchindu are a happily married couple who are committed to ending gender-based violence (GBV), child marriages, reducing HIV infection and other negative and harmful practises that perpetuate abuse of women and girls in Harunakazi community, Chegutu district.
Stabile Tsumisa: The journey to her life’s transformation
Stabile Tsumisa was in Grade 5 in 2015 when her father John Tsumisa was arrested for stock theft. John’s incarceration affected his daughter so much that she ended up dropping out of school owing to lack of school fees and the stigma associated with being a criminal’s child.
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SAfAIDS has joined hands with Irish Aid in bringing hope to the many disadvantaged children in Bubi District, Matabeleland North by coming up with a programme that aims at identifying and assisting children from poor backgrounds with school fees, resulting in a reduced number of school dropouts.
TB, is the world’s top infectious disease killer, claiming 5 000 lives each day. The heaviest burden is carried by communities already facing socio-economic challenges such as migrants, refugees, prisoners, ethnic minorities, miners and others working and living in risk-prone settings, and marginalized women, children and older people (WHO: 2017).
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