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Family AIDS Caring Trust, Zimbabwe

Legal Status: Trust/ Welfare Organisation

Mission Statement/Goal: To contribute to preventing and mitigating the impact of HIV/AIDS in Zimbabwe


Contact Information

Contact person: David John Musendo
Address: 12 Robert Mugabe Way, Mutare, Harare,Zimbabwe
Phone: +263.20.61648/67493
Fax: +263.20.66015
E-mail: dmusendo@fact.org.zw
URL: http://www.fact.org.zw

Description of services provided:
FACT has comprehensive programmes in prevention, care and support and OVC interventions. FACT also runs a regional capacity building training programme for NGOs/CBOs.

Organizational History

Year started: 1987
Employees/volunteers: 40
Working languages: English, Shona, Ndebele
Other organizational history: Founded in 1987 as Zimbabwe's first AIDS Service Organisation

Experience working with the private sector/ references:
FACT works with a number of workplace programmes in Manicaland region of Zimbabwe. Advisory services have been provided to companies in Botswana and RSA.

Achievements/Publications/Resources:
Drew RS and Muchaneta L (1994) Evaluation Report of FACT Mutare Home care Programme 1992-94.
Drew RS, Mgombane G, Nyaruwa T and Foster G (1997) "Estimating coverage of a community-based home care programme", Tropical Doctor 27: 210-214.
Levine C, Foster G. The White Oak Report: Building International Support for Children Affected by AIDS.New York: The Orphan Project; 2000.
Foster G, Shakespeare R, Chinemana F et al.Orphan prevalence and extended family care in a peri-urban community in Zimbabwe, AIDS Care1995,7:3-17.


Locations
Botswana
Zimbabwe
Diseases
HIV/AIDS
Interventions
Care
Community
Orphans
Prevention
Workplace
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