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More Past work

Archive of programmes that have now ended

In the 1990s, Mildmay was called upon to extend its expertise to some of the areas where HIV and AIDS were hitting hardest – firstly Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya then Zimbabwe and Rwanda and later into Eastern Europe. Mildmay International was established to administer these overseas projects.

As many of our funded projects concluded, Mildmay handed over a legacy of work to governments or local NGOs, marking the successful conclusion of many of our international programmes.

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Boresha – Prisoners, Children and Healthcare Workers living with HIV

From 2010 to 2013, Mildmay Kenya and Mildmay Tanzania ran ‘Boresha’—a bold, EU-part-funded project aimed at improving access to care for vulnerable groups affected by HIV, including prisoners, HIV-positive healthcare workers, and children.

Meaning “to make better” in Swahili, Boresha lived up to its name by establishing cell-based care and peer support groups in prisons, reaching over 14,000 inmates—double the target—and fostering better relationships between prisoners and guards. Ten peer groups supported HIV-positive healthcare workers facing stigma, while 150 support groups for children affected by HIV provided play, counselling, and life skills training.

Children's support group
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Rwanda

Before Mildmay started work in Rwanda, there was very limited specialist care for children living with HIV.

This changed in 2009, when Mildmay opened the country’s first specialist HIV paediatric centre at Kibagabaga Hospital in Kigali.

In the HIV Paediatric Centre at Kibagabaga Hospital, Kigali
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Ukraine / Eastern Europe

Between 2008 and 2011, Mildmay conducted palliative care training for Ministry of Health workers in Ukraine and training for faith-based drug rehabilitation workers in Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, Romania and Moldova.
Training Ministry of Health Workers in Kharkiv, Ukraine
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Zimbabwe

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Training session cohort
In 2003, Mildmay opened a paediatric HIV clinic centre at Harare Children’s Hospital, which it transferred to the Zimbabwean Ministry of Health in 2005. In the same year, we helped remodel community outreach and HIV training in Zimbabwe.
Volunteer Community Health Workers in Kenya

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