Kicoshep

[http://www.kicoshepkenya.org/ KICOSHEP] , the Kibera Integrated Community Self-Help Programme, is an NGO founded by Anne Owiti in a sparse dingy clinic within the shanty settlement of Kibera in 1991. The majority of patients were diagnosed with HIV/AIDS related ailments, revealing the impact and spread of HIV/AIDS within the Kibera community and confirming the recent discovery that Kibera slum records the highest HIV/AIDS prevalence rates in Nairobi. [http://www.unicef.org/gmfc/worried.htm I'm worried about my friends] ]

Kicoshep, a pioneer of the VCT concept, now has a network of Voluntary Counseling and Testing centers across Kenya.

Kicoshep Primary School

The NGO runs a primary school within the Kibera slum for children affected by HIV/AIDS. Many of the children are orphans, with some adopting the parental role within their families before they even become teenagers.

The school attracts many international visitors including a number of well known celebrities. [http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/2007-10-27-idol_N.htm Simon Cowell visits Kicoshep] ] , and was the the focus of the Comic Relief Red Nose Day 2007 campaign videos with Ant & Dec.

Broadband Initiative

Kicoshep focuses on the wider impacts of HIV/AIDS as well as the immediate health issues. As part of their income generation schemes, Kicoshep hsve opened an Internet resource centre for the Kibera community at their based near Wilson Airport, and plan to provide wireless broadband services to local NGO's and schools with help from UK social enterprise [http://www.broadband.coop CBN] .

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