Where We Serve
Florida, Uganda, India
Florida
We bring companionship and comfort to adults and children infected or affected by HIV/AIDS, to low-income elders, and to people living with poverty and homelessness in Indian River County, Florida. Feed Everyone, the River Fund’s local grassroots program in Gifford, Florida, serves individuals and families. MORE>>
Uganda
Our programs in Uganda continue to grow:
MA'S CENTER - Our partnership with the Uganda Martyrs Orphan Project now cares for 1400 orphans and other vulnerable children of all ages. MORE>>
HIV/AIDS LONG TERM SURVIVAL SKILLS FOR RURAL WOMEN WORKSHOPS - This program started in Tororo in 2005 with the goal of helping people with AIDS live longer and healthier lives. The initial group of 35 women has trained more than 5000 others. MORE>>
RARUDO - Since 2002 we have partnered with the Rayland Rural Development Organization (RARUDO), a farm coop of about 100 mostly women-headed families. MORE>>
THE NORTH - Twenty years of war in Northern Uganda have left enormous suffering and loss. Now a fragile truce has been arranged, and the people are on the move, back to villages and farms to restart their lives. It will not be easy. Against this background, the River Fund has begun to work with women to train others and develop grassroots networks.MORE>>
India
Little Hearts Orphanage in Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India cares for children whose parents died from AIDS. Nellore has a very high occurrence of HIV. The orphanage is now home to 26 girls and boys from ages 3 – 14. These children attend school, are fed three meals a day, clothed, and given medical care. They are healthy and happy and loved. MORE>>






