Goals
As we are experiencing a major decline in confident, self esteem and a rise to suicide cases in teenagers living with HIV and AIDS, Teens Support Foundation seeks to promote the process of participatory, self-reliant, sustainable development of the HIV teens so as to help them alleviate poverty, discrimination and achieve their potential and empowerment.
Our Mission
To strive for Socio-Economic and personal empowerment of teenagers living with HIV& AIDS and their families while providing a service which betters their welfare and empowerment through education, training and helping to create awareness and motivates these teenagers to contribute to a dynamic civil society
Vision
To see an HIV free generation in Zimbabwe and world wide
Half of the teenagers living with HIV in Zimbabwe were infected during adolescence or young adulthood. TSF wants to develop an HIV teen’s society that is materially optimum, socially equitable, emotionally confident and sustainable.
Events and Campaigns
A March of Confidence : 4th of May 2013
Project Summary:
The project seeks to recruit at least 500 HIV infected and affected teens through the medium of radio and set up community recruitment centre in schools, hospitals and shopping malls. The teens will march from Rowten Row Court to the Harare Gardens where speakers will address them and selected musicians treat them to some entertainment. The speakers will address the teens on peer education, sexual & reproductive health rights promotion, Home Based Care and Economic Empowerment
Objective:
- To educate and bring awareness to the Harare community on the plight of HIV infected and affected teens.
- To give HIV infected and affected teens the opportunity to meet, network and show confidence regardless of their status
- To promote Socio-Economic and personal empowerment of HIV infected and affected teenagers
- To concertize the public on the work of Teen Support Foundation and partner NGOs.
COME AND JOIN UD ON THIS DAY!!!!!!!!!
“AIDS is no longer a death sentence for those who can get the medicines. Now its up to the people to create the comprehensive strategies to better treat the disease”
