How Can Young Girls Avoid HIV and AIDS

Here are some of the latest statistics on HIV/AIDS in our Area:

7% of Kenyans are infected with HIV/AIDS
15% in Nyanza Province which is the area around Lake Victoria in Kenya
In the province women are two times more likely to contract it then men. Around 20% of women are infected while only 10% of men.

In Suba and Mbita district 20% of the population is infected (40,000 out of 200,000). In adults that number climbs to 30% which is the highest in all of Sub-Saharan Africa, excluding South Africa.

In a recent study done by a local NGO, the greatest single factor that can reduce the chances of a young woman becoming infected, is...

EDUCATION

The chances of those that are in school and those who have finished their secondary education to contract the disease are drastically reduced.

When I heard that last week I was greatly encouraged that we are doing the right thing. CGA is educating the poorest and neediest children in the area. We are fighting hard to keep them in school and give them a quality Christian education. Every single one of our kids that have finished at CGA have gone on to Secondary school. We are impacting their lives and their families in so many ways, but we are also helping to reduce the HIV/AIDS infection rate in the hardest hit area in sub-saharan Africa, outside of South Africa.

And the same for the football club. We are helping to keep girls in school and valueing their education. We are happy that each of the seven girls who were in Standard 8 last year will be joining secondary schools by the end of January!

May God continue to provide for us and use these ministries to advance His Kingdom in Kenya!