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Light up a life this Christmas

As part of SCIAF’s Christmas appeal this year, we’re asking supporters to send Christmas cards to people in Uganda who are living with the effects of HIV and AIDS.

You can send your own special message now by using the video on the left.

You can also make a direct donation to SCIAF’s Christmas appeal by clicking here.

HIV and AIDS not only affect people that have the illness but their families too.

At the age of 12, Sharon lost her parents to AIDS and she was left to look after her six younger brothers and sisters.

Every day she wakes them up, gets them washed and fed, and takes the older ones to school. Amazingly, she manages to do all this while carrying on with her own education so that the family can have a chance of escaping poverty.

Thanks to a SCIAF-funded project, people like Sharon don’t have to face the difficulties of daily life alone. Our project trains carers who make visits to families orphaned by AIDS and to people living with the virus.

These wonderful carers provide counselling and basic nursing, and help with anything else that needs doing like washing, cooking or fetching water. The most vulnerable families also receive our food packages.

Sharon is so grateful for the help she receives. She told us:

‘I don’t know how we would survive without this help. My grandmother is too old to be able to help me much. I am working hard on the farm to get the food for the family. I am the head of the household and do not have an elder who can be responsible for us all. It’s all up to me. We are grateful to the project for the help we get. They assist us financially and bring us food, and other things we need but cannot afford like soap and toothpaste.’

  • £12 could provide a child-headed family with a food package to help them get by.
  • £18 could give a hygiene kit to someone living with HIV or AIDS, to help protect them against further infections.
  • £75 could train a volunteer carer in nursing and counselling skills.
  • £186 could provide a child-headed family with food packages for a whole year.

Please donate to SCIAF’s Christmas appeal by clicking here. Your donation could change someone’s life.

If you would prefer to donate and leave your message over the phone please call us on 0141 354 5555.