The Clare Nsenga Foundation has its physical address on 63 Alexander Drive, Colchester, Connecticut. The Foundation has a board of directors who direct the activities of the Foundation. The Foundation which was founded in the year 2000 by relatives and friends of the Late Clare Nsenga lead by Bernadette Kazibwe has had numerous achievements since its inception.
PRESIDENT'S LETTER TO ALL SUPPORTERS:
Welcome to Clare Nsenga Foundation where we believe a health community is a wealthy one. We invite you to unite with us to fight Ignorance, Disease and Poverty. Here is Information on HIV/AIDS. Acquired Immune deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), is caused by a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that weakens the immune system, making the body susceptible to and unable to recover from other opportunistic diseases that lead to death through these secondary infections. The predominant mode of HIV transmission is through heterosexual contact, followed in magnitude by prenatal transmission, in which the mother passes the virus to the child during pregnancy, delivery or breastfeeding. Other modes of transmission are through infected blood and unsafe injections.
Be a part of the Fight Against AIDS: However there is a new symbol of hope in developing countries. That is the awareness of AIDS. I say this because awareness is the first step in combating this pandemic that has already claimed the lives of 30 million people in Africa with 10 million more expected to die by the year 2005. As AIDS turned 20 in 2001, there is a renewed sense of “let’s join forces and fight AIDS” rekindled by the continual spread of the disease especially in the poorer countries. The awareness of AIDS and the availability of Anti-retrovirals is dramatically improving the lives of people in the third world countries, especially Uganda, the country where I was born and raised. However, more efforts are required to reach the poor in rural areas of the country. We, at Clare Nsenga Foundation (CNF), believe that sensitization programmes are changing lives in these areas. Coupled with the above, there is more need to provide drugs to the affected people. People struggle day by day with ignorance about the simple communicable diseases, because they lack the resources. Poor people in the villages of Uganda rarely have the means or ways to learn about AIDS.
Bernadette Kazibwe
PRESIDENT CLARE NSENGA FOUNDATION