Kenyan PLHIV network: NEPHAK

Summary

The National Empowerment Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS in Kenya (NEPHAK), established in 2003, is an NGO that unites support groups of People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV) into a national and formidable force to counter the impact of HIV/AIDS on their lives and that of their loved ones in Kenya.

NEPHAK is a non-profit making, voluntary body, by and for PLHIV that seeks to highlight the important contribution people infected and affected by HIV/AIDS have made and continue to make in response to the epidemic and subscribes to the Paris 1994 principle of Greater Involvement of People Living with or Affected by HIV/AIDS (GIPA).

Mission and Vision

Vision:

The vision of NEPHAK is to see a nation where PLHIV are in the frontline in the fight against HIV/AIDS and where their rights are recognized and respected to support their meaningful involvement in HIV/AIDS prevention, care and support towards an AIDS free society.

Mission:

The mission of NEPHAK is to promote greater involvement of PLHIV at all levels of HIV/AIDS prevention, care and support in Kenya.

The overall goal of NEPHAK is to work to improve the quality of life of People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLHIV) through co-ordination of PLHIV activities in Kenya.

Current Campaigns