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Oxfam in Angola

Oxfam trained peer educator Joachim Domingos demonstrates how to use a condom as part of our HIV prevention work in Angola. Photo: Andy Hall

From our staff

Sebastiao Vemba, HIV & AIDS Programme Manager

Oxfam works in Angola to support the poorest and most vulnerable people. We run a variety of projects to help the country meet the Millennium Development Goals, such as a large project to enable people in the Huambo, Moxico, Benguela and Bie provinces to have a reliable supply of clean, safe water.

We also focus in particular on the needs of women - as is the case with Oxfam's work everywhere. And we strive to attract attention to the issues Oxfam works on, and to build better links with decision-makers, so we can push for changes that focus on the needs of poor communities. 


Full details of what Oxfam is doing in Angola (PDF, 272KB)

In 2010-11 Oxfam helped:

80,000
people in
Angola

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Snapshot of Oxfam in Angola

Photo 1/10 photo by: Andy Hall

High rates of HIV are a serious concern in Angola. Oxfam supported activist Pedro Jamba Augustino goes out into the community and encourages people to use condoms to prevent HIV infection. Here he does a condom demonstration at a truck stop in Kuito market.

  • High rates of HIV are a serious concern in Angola. Oxfam supported activist Pedro Jamba Augustino goes out into the community and encourages people to use condoms to prevent HIV infection. Here he does a condom demonstration at a truck stop in Kuito market.
  • Oxfam partner the Association of Hope and Life runs a voluntary counselling and testing centre at Kuito Hospital. As well as providing free HIV tests (pictured above), the centre also provides free care, support and treatment for people living with HIV.
  • Teresa Bingo, an Oxfam trained peer educator, teaches her village about the different modes of HIV transmission and how to protect against the disease. "This work is something I like very much. I like working with the community. I like learning and passing the message on. But what I like most is the drama. I live to act and sing and dance."
  • Activist and home-based carer, Beatrice, counsels Francisca Ngueve (name changed to protect identity), one of her HIV positive patients in Kuito. In Angola, stigma not only prevents people from seeking HIV testing and AIDS treatment, but also from seeking care and support from their own families and communities.
  • Oxfam's work in Angola also includes providing clean water and health and hygiene training in order to prevent the spread of disease. Here people in Kuito collect water from a water pump constructed by Oxfam.

The impact of our work

 I was chosen to be a mobiliser by the village chief. There is a need in our community for lots of different kind of educators. I used to do similar work talking about how important it is to be clean and healthy. I used to talk about sanitation and latrines. Now I talk about HIV and AIDS.


Teresa Bingo, an Oxfam peer educator