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A recent survey conducted by the National Council of the Fight against
AIDS concluded that more than 830.000 burundese children are orphans
and living in extreme conditions.
Deeply hurt by the consequences of the civil war and the AIDS pandemic, the children need an adaptated and regular assistance.
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Objectives 2008-2011
Four different bodies gathered in a covenant whose goal is to assist
the orphans and vulnerable children, as well as people living with HIV
in the provinces of Bujumbura and Bururi (Burundi).
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This partnership, which started in April 2008, brings together the
Princely Government, Fight Aids Monaco, AMADE Burundi and AMADE
Mondiale, within an ambitious three-years project based on a triple
approach:
- Access to the basic services for the orphans and vulnerable children: medical and scholar assistance, professional training, restoration of social houses.
- Medical care for the people living with AIDS: medical treatments, home care.
- Reducing the transmission of the virus from the mother to the child: prevention and information campaigns, equipments for health centres, training of counsellors.
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Reports April 2008 - December 2009
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At the end of the first year of action, the reports for the first objective - which AMADE Mondiale committed for - are the following:
- More than 9.000 OVC have received medical care; 4.000 of them have been consulted in partners health centres or hospitals.
- Scholar kits have been distributed to more than 13.000 beneficiaries.
- 40 orphans-family leaders benefit from professional training, in sewing or car mechanics.
- More than 400 social houses have been built and 170 more were covered. 257 orphans live in the houses.
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 Until the year 2011, more than 11.000 children from Burundi will benefit
from medical cares; 20 health centres will acquire new equipment; 900
people living with AIDS will receive regular home care. Communication
and prevention actions will aim to reach around 150.000 people.
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On the occasion of the first anniversary of the programme, H.R.H. The Princess of Hanover and H.S.H. Princess Stéphanie, President of Fight Aids Monaco, gathered to sign in a symbolic way the renewing of the programme and to claim their mutual commitment to the benefit of Burundese children. The meeting held on 2 April 2009 in Monaco, in the presence of H.E.M. Franck Biancheri, representing the Princely Government, and Mrs. Spès Nihangaza, President of AMADE Burundi.
The encouraging results obtained between April 2008 and March 2009 reinforced the motivation of the stakeholders for the future actions.
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During the three next years, the funds destinated to this cause
will reach the amount of 847.524 Euros, distributed as : Principality
of Monaco: 360.000 Euros - AMADE Mondiale: 300.000 Euros - Fight Aids
Monaco: 100.000 Euros - AMADE Burundi: 87.524 Euros.
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