Activities in 2010

          Renovation of Abuja Branch of the Foundation commenced on 1st Feb 2010 to enhance service delivery. The renovation works are projected to be completed by the 15th of March 2010. Free and confidential counselling and testing will resume wef 18th of March and would be conducted every Thursday and Friday between the hours of 1030am to 1.30pm.

Activities in 2009

         2009 End of Year Party. An End of Year party was held at the Foundation Headquarters on the 18th of December 2009

Promoting Behaviour Change in the Community through Community Mobilization and Awareness on Community TB Care

The Association for Reproductive and Family Health (ARFH), the Principal Recipient of the Round 5 Global Fund for Scale up of DOTS Expansion in Nigeria (Quarter 12 of  TB Phase 2) for and on behalf of the Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM), Nigeria, contracted our Foundation to accomplish the following task on her behalf between the 1^st – 31^st of December 2009:

i. Community mobilization on TB service

      ii. Support in the identification of community volunteers

iii. Monitoring and supporting the activities of CV

iv. Help access resources & support for TB care in the community

i.         Ensure accountability of TB services in the community

• Nigerian Air Force Officers Wives Organisation (NAFOWA),Kaduna Chapter visits  the Easterbrook Foundation on 26 Sept 2009'
  	Donation of food items by NAFOWA

• Donation of Cereals and Food Supplements by representatives of NAPEP on 27 June 2009
  	DR PETERS WITH EXCO MEMBERS OF THE FOUNDATION

• Donations
  	First term school fees of 46 OVC attending various Primary and Secondary schools were paid by the Foundation in January 2009. Above is the photo of Mrs Serah-Dejo making the donation to a member of the Foundation Support Group whose child was a beneficiary.		Food items being donated to members of the Support Group by the President and Vice President of the Foundation in January 2009.

• Visit Of Dr. Peters Of National Poverty Eradication Programme To The Foundation In March 2009
  	DR PETERS WITH EXCO MEMBERS OF THE FOUNDATION
  	DR PETERS, MRS SALLY EASTERBROOK AND SOME MALE MEMBERS OF THE FOUNDATION.
  	DR PETERS WITH SOME FEMALE MEMBERS FO THE FOUNDATION

  
  

Activities in 2008

• Lecture on Puberty, HIV/AIDS, STI and Abstinence was delivered to students of Command Day Secondary School, Lungi Barracks, Abuja on 17 Oct 2008. Photos below shows a cross section of participants and a student being rewarded for answering a question correctly by a resource person as Mrs. Sally Easterbrook, Vice President of the Foundation looks on.

• Photos of participant
  	Participants		Awardees

  
  

Activities in 2007

• Public awareness campaigns (lectures, posters and flyers CLICK TO SEE ATTACHMENTS) had been ongoing. Considering that adolescents make up about 22% of the Nigerian population and are constantly in risk occasioned by poverty, early marriage, sexual harassment and teenage pregnancy, we included recently as a strategy, lectures to Secondary schools with high female students population. We have so far delivered lectures to two schools (Therbow Secondary School and Government Girls Day Secondary School) in Zaria on Puberty, HIV and Abstinence.
• In November 2007, AIDS Prevention Initiative Nigeria Plus/ President’s Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (APIN Plus/ PEPFAR) commenced the provision of Test kits to the Foundation, with this support, we are able to screen all those who come for CT.

Activities in 2006/2005

1. In accordance with the objective of our foundation, the following assistance were renderd:
       
          a. GSM Set for commercial purposes was procured for Miss Lola Emmanuel in Aug 2005
          b. The sum of N2,500 monthly financial support since June 2005 to the following people for             the procurement of prescription drugs
                  i.    Mrs Grace Bassy
                  ii.   Miss Chindima Obadu
                  iii.  Mrs Binta Ibrahim
          c. Payment of one year 2005 room rent for Mama Yar - Kano
   
2. To support and actualise the objective of our foundation, we embarked and sucessfully executed the following projects.
   
         a. Renovation and modification of No 90 Club Street, Sabon - Gari, Zaria in Kaduna State into the           foundations orphanage.
        b. Construction of a VCT Centre at No 90 Club Street, Sabon - Gari, Zaria in Kaduna State

Activities Gallery
	Couselling		Testing

Ongoing Projects and their Intended Impact

1. ORPHANAGE.- The orphanage is not yet functional even though we have a Temporary Licence to Operate. Basic kitchen furniture and furniture for the four bedroom and parlours are available; however, due to the Foundation’s present constraints to feed and clothe possible orphans that would be brought to the Foundation, it was decided to make the orphanage available to the public in the second or third quarter of 2008. An Orphanage will give hope for a brighter future, love and care to those who have lost their parents or are abandoned.
     
2. AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS. – Continuation of awareness campaign in 2008 will impact directly on people’s risky behaviour thereby causing a behavioural change and an overall reduction of new HIV infections. Lectures to adolescence will enlighten them on the risks associated with early sex and the consequences of HIV and STI thereby encouraging abstinence, consequently, lectures to various Secondary Schools will be delivered monthly in 2008. Posters to create awareness of the availability of free and confidential HIV CT thereby encouraging people to avail themselves to our services, know their status and enable them make informed choices will continue to be pasted in strategic locations within Zaria metropolis. 
   
3. HIV CT – The Foundation will continue to provide free Counselling and Testing to enable individuals to know their status, live healthy and positively. Knowing ones status will enable the person to seek medical assistance if need be thereby living a healthier and longer life, at the same time those who are positive will be more responsible in their sexual activities. CT will achieve a reduction in new HIV infections when people are aware of their status and enlightened on the modes of transmission of the virus and AIDS cases will be reduced through early medical intervention.
   
   
4. SUPPORT GROUPS – A support group will be established in 2008 to enable PLWHA realise that they are not alone; during meetings a they and would be able to discuss freely about their concerns, worries and share experiences.