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CANA strives to improve the quality of life for the slum residents physically, socially and economically. An estimated 40 percent of the 500,000 residents in the Mukuru slum are infected with HIV/AIDS. Due to deep-seated social discrimination, many of these infected residents have been abandoned by their family members and friends. They are often single parents with young, dependent children. Weakened by their disease and unable to find employment in the slum because of their illness and social stigma, they and their family are left for dead.
CANA recognizes the hardships of these residents and aims at alleviating their suffering by providing basic health care and moral support. Working closely with local community volunteers, CANA's fully-qualified social workers make daily visits to individual patients. They thoroughly assess each affected family to ensure they have the basic human necessities and that their children have a chance to receive adequate education. They also provide support to the sick residents and help those who are bedridden with domestic chores such as cooking, feeding young children, washing and fetching water. To date, CANA has helped over 500 Mukuru families. It is CANA's mission to assist more families and expand its programs to other slums in Nairobi.
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