The Heart of the Matter:
Heart disease among infants is an unrelenting adversary, silently affecting the most vulnerable members of our society. The pain and helplessness faced by families with newborns diagnosed with congenital heart diseases are immeasurable. These families, grappling with the anguish of watching their infants fight for every breath, need our unwavering support.
Strategic Goals:
Our mission is ambitious, but we are driven by a commitment to save lives. Here are our strategic goals for the near future:
Comprehensive Support: Our ultimate goal is to provide holistic support for families, including emotional and financial assistance. We want to stand by their side throughout the challenging journey of caring for their infants.
ACDIPE recognizes the importance of addressing the challenges of HIV and AIDS in its work with vulnerable communities in Uganda. We support a holistic, inclusive and compassionate approach to HIV and AIDS which is founded on accurate and current information and which recognises the need for practical and realistic solutions.
We recognise the value of different approaches to HIV and AIDS in different communities, with different age groups, lifestyles and livelihoods. We favor approaches which have been developed in response to the local context and which tackle discrimination, stigma and isolation of PLWHAs.
ACDIPE finds the ABC framework to working with HIV and AIDS (Abstinence, Be Faithful, Condom use) somewhat limiting and does not support the highly judgemental ways in which it is sometimes used, where A and B are portrayed as more morally sound and responsible than C. There can be a tendency for the ABC framework to limit the discussion to sexual activity and prevention of transmission, ignoring other important aspects of the HIV and AIDS debate.
ACDIPE feels that the SAVE framework is more in line with our values and mission.
Safe practices mean that individuals, families, communities and organisations are encouraged to adopt practices which reduce the chances of infection and appropriate in their particular situation.
These will be different for different people.
For example
For a pregnant woman who is HIV positive it will mean making sure she reduces the risk of mother-to-child transmission
Accessing appropriate interventions requires that organisations are fully informed with up-to-date information on the ways in which those affected with HIV and AIDS can increase their quality of life and actively encourage people to make use of these services.
This will include access to Anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs), clinics to support drug users to address their addiction, access to improved nutrition and rapid referral to health services for HIV positive people who are also infected with TB.
It will also mean actively encouraging families not to reject family members who are HIV positive but to provide ongoing care and support.
ACDIPE implemented the Integrated Community Managed water, hygiene and Sanitation pilot projects. The project are aimed at improving the general health conditions of the communities through increased access to safe and clean water, effective hygienic and sanitary facilities, and community capacity building to maintain the facilities.
In order to improve access to safe water in the communities, ACDIPE has constructed and protected water sources, promoted rain water harvesting at household and school levels as well as constructed water harvesting jars for the elderly, disabled and HIV/AIDS infected persons in communities and constructed Kiosks. ACDIPE has also promoted good hygiene and sanitation practices among the targeted households and schools.
ACDIPE is a registered Non-Profit Organization located in Kagoma along Bombo Road in Wakiso District.