Swaziland Positive Living SWAPOL

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Swaziland Positive Living (SWAPOL)

• Presentation

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Background

• Swaziland Positive living (SWAPOL) was founded in
  2001 by five positive women after experiencing
  stigma and discrimination from their in-laws,
  families and community members. The organization
  currently has 1250 members, people living with
  HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in 30 communities.

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Goal

• To provide support to improve the quality of life
  for people living with HIV/AIDS ,affected
  families and Orphans and Vulnerable Children.

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Objectives

• To ensure availability of food at household level
• To uplift economy status for PLWHAS through
  economic empowerment

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Core Business

• Capacity Building of PLWHAS
• Psychosocial support for infected, affected and
  Orphans and Vulnerable Children
• Home Base Care
• Food Security and Good Nutrition

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Why Food Security for PLWHAs

• Food Security and Nutrition has emerged as an
  important dimension in the Prevention, Care,
  Treatment and Mitigation of HIV/AIDS. A focus on
  Nutrition is important to the efficacy of medical
  interventions as it is to peoples ability to
  resist and mitigate infection

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ACTIVITIES OF SWAPOL FOR PROMOTION OF

• FOOD SECURITY

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1.Crop Production

• 11 hectors of land has been secured where a
  variety of crops are grown
• Groundnuts
• Beans
• Maize
• Jugo Beans

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2.Community Garden

• This initiative is supporting people living with
  HIV/AIDS to grow vegetables at community level
  for their consumption and also to sell to earn a
  living as most of PLWHAS are not working they are
  living below the poverty line

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3.Backyard Gardens

• Backyard gardens are meant for Terminally ill
  patients and Orphans and Vulnerable children to
  get nutritious food at household level

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4. Seedling Production

• The project is focusing on the production of
  seedlings ready for planting. The seedlings are
  supplied to support groups of PLWHAS and sold to
  farmers at community level. Variety of seedlings
  are being produced this includes onions,
  tomatoes, spinach, beetroot, cabbages etc.

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5.Neighborhood Care Point (NCP)

• This is where the Orphans and Vulnerable Children
  access food and informal education and games

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Challenges

• Inadequate funding for Food Security
• There is more demand of Food Security to the
  Support Groups of People Living with HIV/AIDS

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CORE FUNDER

• STEPHEN LEWIS FOUNDATION

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Other Activities
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Weeding Period
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Cabbages
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Cabbages ready for consumption
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Sweet Potatoes ready for sale
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This brings us to the end of the Presentation

• Thank you!!