Almost 2 million people live with HIV in Tanzania while over 2 million children have been orphaned by the virus. Tanzania suffers from a severe shortage of health workers; there are only 3 trained health professionals for every 10000 people. This means that many who are HIV-positive are undiagnosed and untreated.
We are concerned about the community of 7000 Maasai in Mererani. That’s why our community workers visit them regularly and provide them with medical treatment and medicine. That’s not enough though. We need to build a health center in Mererani where people can be tested and where we can talk to them in a more private way.