http://www.pamojaproject.org Promoting Healthy Futures in AIDS-Impacted Communities Tue, 06 Jul 2010 20:15:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Many of you know Proctor and Gamble as the company that makes your detergent and toothpaste. Di d you also know that they are one of the largest corporate donors to drinking water safety? Early in August Pamoja Project was contacted to lead an effort to bring P and G's ... http://www.pamojaproject.org/2010/02/pamojas-safe-drinking-water-project/ In Tanzania, the future for people living with HIV/AIDS is looking brighter all the time.  Anti-retroviral drugs are available, stigma against those living with the disease is slowly being reduced, and fewer people are in bed at home waiting to die.  This is not to say the epidemic has been ... http://www.pamojaproject.org/2010/02/responding-to-a-changing-hivaids-pandemic/ When our nation is in a period of crisis, it is difficult to look a bit further away at the effect upon our neighbors in the developing world. There has never been a time during which we were as economically interdependent, where when one nation suffers, the whole world suffers. ... http://www.pamojaproject.org/2010/02/a-year-end-message-from-carol/ It can be a challenge to visit sponsored orphans during the rainy season! We visit each sponsored child, either at home or at school, once each year to check in and share your messages of support. The rains have come early this year, with monsoonal downpours that turn the dirt ... http://www.pamojaproject.org/2009/04/neither-sleet-nor-rain-nor-giant-mud-puddle/ In the last few weeks we have had conversations in “swanglish” (Swahili/English) with young orphans, asking them what their vision is of their future. If you asked an American child that question, you might hear that they wanted to be a pilot, or a movie star, or drive a cool ... http://www.pamojaproject.org/2009/04/what-makes-a-good-life/ The changes in the lives of our microfinance loan recipients are just too wonderful. Tumaini Williams is a young HIV infected widow with an 8 year old son named Kelvin. Two years ago Tumaini joined WALIPO, WAMATA’s support group for those living with HIV/AIDS. When Pamoja Project made interest- free ... http://www.pamojaproject.org/2009/04/stories-we-love-to-tell/ Although Tanzania signed the African Charter for the Rights of the Child in 2004, little progress has been made other than lip service paid to the health care and educational needs of Tanzanian children. Presently, caning is an accepted punishment in schoolrooms across the country, and children are expected to ... http://www.pamojaproject.org/2009/04/tanzanian-children%e2%80%99s-rights-advocacy/