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Helping to support those affected by poverty, disability and HIV

WEBAbout us. Advantage Africa supports people affected by poverty, disability and HIV to improve their education, health and incomes. Our work helps some of East Africa’s …

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Prosthetics and Surgery

WEBIn Kenya, healthcare services remain very limited and are usually concentrated in urban centres. Government funded surgical assistance is rarely available and private …

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Community health care projects which assist and educate

WEBAdvantage Africa helps people find pathways out of poverty by direct health assistance on the ground, backed up with health education for long term change.

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What we do Advantage Africa

WEBAdvantage Africa supports people affected by poverty, disability and HIV to improve their education, health and incomes. Our work helps some of East Africa’s most vulnerable …

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How Advantage Africa supports Home based care for people with …

WEBAdvantage Africa has been working with Obambo Community Action Group (OCAG) for many years to support 75 people from 25 of the most vulnerable local families. OCAG …

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COVID-19 Advantage Africa

WEBSeemingly overnight, the world has become a different place due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The people that Advantage Africa supports are affected by HIV, disability, …

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Advantage Africa’s Home Based Care for people living with HIV

WEBSince 2005 Advantage Africa has been working with Rescue Team for HIV & AIDS in Kibwezi District of Eastern Kenya to support families affected by HIV & AIDS through a …

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Topics Advantage Africa

WEBIn Kenya and Uganda, where Advantage Africa works, it’s estimated that 6.7% and 4.1% of adults respectively are HIV positive. In Uganda, this means that nearly half a million …

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The difference we make Advantage Africa

WEBAdvantage Africa is a small charity making a big difference. During the last year, we helped 3,000 families receive treated malaria nets, health education and training; provided …

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Single Parents' Group – Katente Advantage Africa

WEBIn 2014, Advantage Africa and SPAU helped 60 vulnerable families in the Katente Single Parents’ Group in rural Mukono District, south-east Uganda, to improve their health and …

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Tackling Sexual Abuse of People with Disabilities

WEBDuring 10 years of work with people with disabilities in Kenya and Uganda, Advantage Africa’s project workers have dealt first hand with numerous incidents of sexual abuse. …

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Advantage Africa’s support for disabled people in the community

WEBWith Advantage Africa’s assistance, Kibwezi Disabled Persons' Organisation (KDPO) make over 300 visits a year by motorbike or bicycle to the urban and rural homes of people …

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Report and Accounts

WEB5 Sex workers in Kenya are routinely exploited and stigmatised and 30% are HIV positive - the highest prevalence of any group. In June 2022 Advantage Africa and Rescue Team

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See how Advantage Africa is providing meals for orphans in Kenya

WEBThe orphan feeding project in Obambo provides more than 27,000 nutritious meals a year to 85 of the community’s poorest local school children. The meal they receive every school …

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What we can do about the impact of stigma on the lives of …

WEBRecommendations 1. Birth & Family Stakeholders including Ministry of Health to: 1.1 Include albinism in the curriculum for training midwives and

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Advocating for the Rights of People with Albinism Advantage Africa

WEBProjects. Advocating for the Rights of People with Albinism. Alongside practical support to prevent skin cancer and help people with albinism to lift themselves out of extreme …

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View our projects to see the practical difference we are making

WEBOur projects. Advantage Africa has projects in Kenya and Uganda. Below you can find out more about how we are making a practical difference on the ground. View any project by …

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Our work with dispaced people who live in Masese slum

WEBADSN and SCAU (Former Partner) In 2007 Advantage Africa began The Masese Child-Headed Households project within and around slums near Jinja, Uganda. This is an area …

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Improving Life Opportunities for Children with Albinism

WEBProjects. Improving Life Opportunities for Children with Albinism. Advantage Africa is challenging the discrimination, insecurity and lack of opportunity experienced by people …

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Single Parents' Group

WEBIn 2012, Advantage Africa and SPAU helped the community of Bulange, Kampala District, to from a Single Parents’ Group under the leadership of Jane Nakiyemba.

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Primary Education

WEBProjects. Primary Education - Bajjo-Bombo. In Uganda Advantage Africa and SPAU support a group of single parents in Bajjo-Bombo, Luwero District, about an hour’s drive from …

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