Health

'Give Life A Chance' (GILAC), is an HIV/AIDS initiative under the Health Department of FrontLine. It is designed to fill the gap left by existing institutions that are simply overwhelmed by the scale of the pandemic. It encompasses three initiatives: HIV Prevention & Advocacy, under which 'Life Goes On' (LGO) falls; HIV/AIDS Care & Support (Including orphan care and support); and HIV/AIDS Mitigation. Plans are underway to open an Opportunistic infections Clinic to help improve the welfare of people living with HIV.

'Life Goes On' is an advocacy and information dissemination strategy within the context of 'Give Life A Chance' (GILAC). The project is fighting stigma and discrimination and increasing behaviour change through spreading HIV prevention messages working through a network of support groups in Masvingo, Midlands, Mat North, Mat South and Bulawayo. It is through such networking relationships that training requirements for particular support groups are identified and prioritized.

Through this programme, support groups are capacit- built and assisted to establish nutrition gardens and herbal gardens. They also trained in project proposal writing and project management to ensure that support groups run their own viable income generation projects.