We've just launched the CWAC online
bookshop! It's rather special -
every time you buy books through our shop, you contribute to the
Children With AIDS Charity.
The shop can be found at: http://cwac.eclector.com/
CWAC earn an enormous 50% of the gross profit on every sale.
Our specialist CWAC Reads section has
a wide variety of
our recommended title. In our Everything Else department you can buy
every book available in the UK. But whatever you buy generates
significant revenue for us!
Please take a look, place an order and
let us know if you agree that it's a great way to support us by buying
the books you need.
Me,
My Health & My Medicines
'Me,
My Health & My Medicines' is an interactive
workbook for primary school aged children in health care settings.
This workbook aims to improve
medication adherence by
encouraging children to participate in their own health care.
The
resource includes detachable worksheets and charts to illustrate a
child's well being.
The book has been compiled by Jenny Miah
and Diane Melvin, Clinical Psychologists at the CNWL Trust.
CWAC is
launching this publication on Tuesday 1st December to coincide with
World AIDS Day and orders will be processed from this day onwards.
If you would like a copy, then please
send email amena@cwac.org with
your full postal address.
Because of increased printing costs,
the workbook is now being sold at £8.50;
this price includes postage and packing. We apologise for any
inconvenience, but the matter is beyond our control.
Welcome to Children With
AIDS Charity's website
Children with AIDS Charity was set
up in 1992 to help the youngest of those infected or affected by
HIV/AIDS maintain a good quality of life. It is a national UK charity
with the aim of working towards a future without poverty or prejudice
for these children and their families.
Full-time Fundraising Executive Wanted
Children with AIDS Charity seeks a full time member of staff to work as part of a small team.
CWAC has successfully filled all 8
EXTRA PLACES in the 2010 London Marathon
We were
awarded 8 EXTRA PLACES in the 2010 London Marathon and we've been delighted by the response. All the places have been taken up, but watch this space for links to the runners' "Justgiving" donation pages.
The London Marathon is held on Sunday, 25 April and is a wonderful
event both for all the participants and the charities involved.
Research Reveals Alarming
Rise in Numbers of Children Affected by HIV Living Below the Poverty
Line
Health providers have long been
aware of the approximate numbers of children who are infected by HIV
but little is known on the numbers of affected children, according to
research carried out by Children With AIDS Charity (CWAC).
Data collected by CWAC has demonstrated that there are an absolute
minimum of 19,200 HIV affected children living in the UK today - an
increase of 550% since 1995 when Barnardos estimated numbers.
“HIV/AIDS has killed 25 million people worldwide and infected 33
million others but the plight of children affected by the global
epidemic, who are living in the UK, is still largely unknown,” said
Naylor, Chief Executive of the charity.
In the last ten years, there have been major changes within the HIV
community due to advances in treatments. Life expectancy continues to
improve and the numbers of HIV positive babies being born has dropped
significantly. There has been a corresponding increase in the numbers
of HIV affected babies being born. These are children who are growing
up dealing with long-term parental illness, excessive caring duties,
poverty, stigma, multiple bereavements, institutional care, fostering
and isolation.
CWAC’s research study (An Analysis of HIV Affected Children in the
UK, CWAC 2009) covered a caseload of 3,200 families and over 4,000
children.
Bev James, the charity Services Co-ordinator said, “the government
and the public are not well informed about the circumstances of
children who are affected by HIV, because there is no reliable method
to determine the total numbers of children, such as those who were born
abroad. There is an absence of data collected on the HIV-infected
relatives of children other than their mothers.”
“If we neglect the implications of these statistics, then this
almost invisible group of children will be forgotten about, and the
quality of their lives will not improve.” Naylor added.
Key Research Findings:
90% of beneficiaries live in families that are
unemployed due to illness, redundancy or long-term isolation.
70% of the families consist of single parents.
37% do not have access to dental care
46% have no access to a social worker
9% of families are homeless
18% can’t provide their children with 3 meals a
day.
17% can’t provide them with a warm winter coat
19% can’t buy their children appropriate
footwear
37% can’t buy their children 2 sets of school
clothes
40% can’t buy them school sports equipment or
fund any extra curricular activities
42% do not have the means to provide their
children the opportunity to enjoy at least one school trip a year.
James urged the government to
increase funding for hardship services targeting children living in
poverty.
More than 65,000 HIV infected individuals (of all ages) in Britain
are living with HIV according to the Health Protection Agency, which
monitors infectious diseases.
Children With AIDS Charity has been supporting the youngest of
those infected or closely affected by HIV/AIDS for 17 years. Since the
recession, there has been a 40% increase in referrals to the Hardship
service which the charity is struggling to deal effectively with.
*POSTPONED
Singing for Silence POSTPONED*
Apologies
to all who've bought tickets - Singing for Silence has been postponed
for the time being. We'll let you know as soon as a new date has been
set. Thanks for your continued support.
Original press release:
With an extraordinary 2009 coming
to an end that has seen the recession making headlines everyday, it has
turned the normally difficult task of fundraising for charities into an
even greater challenge. However Children With AIDS Charity (CWAC)
decided that this just meant they needed to get creative and find new
ways of fundraising with the help of Wired Events. See our Facebook
Cause.
AIDS is one of the most supported
causes around the
world but the knowledge that it exists within the UK amongst families
and children seems relatively unknown. CWAC aims to eradicate the
prejudice facing these children and families living with HIV & AIDS
and helps them on a daily basis with the financial concerns, stigmatism
and emotional suffering which many of them have to endure behind closed
doors. It was therefore decided that an event which could offer a voice
to those children and raise the profile of CWAC’s work to a new younger
generation which would be important for the future of the charity and
its essential work. So Singing for Silence was created.
The event is on Tuesday 1st December, to coincide with World AIDS Day,
will take place at the 100 Club, 100 Oxford Street, London. The night
will play host to a range of well-known and up-and-coming artists who
all have a strong acoustic vibe to their music. CWAC are excited to
announce that Sarah Champion from Absolute Radio will be hosting the
night which will include: Jamie Hartman, from Ben’s Brother, who will
be playing a solo acoustic set; SPECIAL GUEST Boy George, who is will
be performing a few songs accompanied by John Themis on acoustic
guitar. With the night rounded up by an exciting talent with a
folk/rock/blues feel - Marcus Bonfanti & band.
Tickets go on sale Monday 9th November via We Got Tickets
(http://www.wegottickets.com/)
or from 100 Club website (http://www.the100club.co.uk/).
Doors open at 7.30pm on Tuesday 1st December and acts are on stage from
8.00pm.
Press Contacts: (please contact for images and further information)
Trekking in Peru, the Sahara, Iceland
or China or cycling in Vietnam, Cuba or from London to Paris …and
raising funds for CWAC! Get
details...
Make A Child Smile Appeal
The Make A Child Smile Appeal both
educates young people and fights the prejudice that surrounds HIV.
CWAC's 15th Anniversary 1992
- 2007
CWAC has been providing inovative
and vital services for 15 years. Read more about the history of CWAC,
HIV and events during these 15 years on our News
page.
Make
a Donation CWAC remains extremely grateful for all donations
received, however small and offers a variety of ways to donate.
Fundraising
Find ideas of how you could get involved to help fundraise for CWAC.
You can raise money
for Children With AIDS Charity just by searching
the web!
Events
CWAC runs numerous events throughout the year to raise funds for and
awareness of our work. View forthcoming and regular events and our
previous events archive.
Volunteering for CWAC
CWAC is looking for someone to help edit and develop this website. See
the Volunteering for CWAC
page for details of this and other volunteering opportunities.
How Your
Money Helps Support Children £5 allows us to distribute
resources, free publications and condoms.
£10 enables a child
infected/affected by HIV to go on a respite day trip via the Respite
Breaks Project.
£10 produces and mails
out Talking With Children booklets to five affected families.
£15 pays for one copy
of our educational video Problem?, including a teacher’s
handbook and one copy of our HIV: Risky Business video.
£20 enables a child
infected/affected by HIV to go on a specialist residential overnight
stay.
£25 prints and
distributes interactive worksheets for a class of 10 children.
£30 enables us to send
free resources to voluntary organisations that cannot afford to buy
resources.
£36 buys enough food
to feed 50 -100 African children.
£50 pays for essential
school items and uniform for a child via the Hardship Project.
£150 pays for a
child's first bed via the Hardship Project.
£150 buys nutritious
ingredients to help feed vulnerable African children for a week.
£200 provides a mother
with essential items for her newborn baby via the Hardship Project.
£200 pays for an
external workshop facilitator to work with up 80 young in one day,
delivering vital HIV & safe sex information.
£400 enables a family
of four to go on a family holiday together within the UK via the
Respite Breaks Project.
Gifts for
Children living with HIV in the UK
Angelwish.org was created in 1999 with the mission to provide the
public with an easy way to grant wishes to the millions of children
that are living with HIV/AIDS around the world."Infected or affected by
the disease, their opportunities for a "normal" childhood are virtually
impossible. By harnessing the power of the Internet, Angelwish helps
donors add a ray of hope to their lives.
Angelwish have been working with CWAC the past 4
years to provide much needed gifts for children throughout the year but
most especially at Christmas.
Angelwish achieves its mission by ensuring that 100% of individual
donations are used for program services and that those funds are
extended, where possible, to incorporate an educational component
giving young people a hands on lesson
Please go to the link below a find out how to make a child smile this
charismas!
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