Caprivi Hope for Life

Mahohoma Garden

When we visited the garden project at Mahohoma, we found it well underway. Each member of the support group spends a day caring for the garden.

CHFL would like to thank NANASO for their generous support in donating the materials & tools for the support group gardens.

Mr & Mrs Kumukwake with their children

Our promoter from  new Masokotwani  community shared with us  about a story  of   a women  who  participated  in CLAAHA programme :

We  met  with  Gracious  kumukwake  to follow-up on  her  success story  ,she told  us  that  she  used to drink  alcohol  not   only drinking   but abuse alcohol  she could  leave home at   six  o’clock in the morning till six o’clock in the evening  even   very  late  sometimes ,she was known for drinking  too  much, as  such  the kids at home  were not  looked after ,the husband  does not drink, because of her drinking  the husband was not happy  and they  had problems  every  time, later  she  joined  the CLAAHA program  and they started learning together with  the husband, when they  were   discussing  about alcohol   she realized  her  behavior  was not  good  and  decided then  she will  change  her behavior, it was  very difficult  to  stop drinking  but  she   looked at the benefit  of  not  abusing alcohol, now she  is even attending  church  ,and the husband  told  us  that  she  will soon be  baptized. We  also  asked the husband  how   he feels  about  the change  in her  wife. He  said,  “I want to thank  Caprivi Hope for Life  for  bringing  this lessons  my  wife  was lost  but now  she is  found, we are now  happy  as  a family  as you can see my kids ,I hope my  wife  remains like  that. we will continue attend  your lessons  even  other  women  are  wondering what happened to my  wife  that she  does not  drink  now.”

In July 2011, Obert Mafwila, CHFL’s MER Officer and Tracy Longacre, VSO Organizational Dev’t Advisor, visited the sites of the garden projects for CHFL’s PLWHIV support groups. Here, Tracy and two members of the group discuss what will be needed to clear the land the group was recently given by the khuta in Masokotwani.