what if ?

An HIV/AIDS Prevention Campaign

Partners for Care

Kenya asks the question:
what if? and we can see
the answer.

Changing the face of Africa with One question

what if? there was no pandemic of AIDS. what if? the 71 children that die everyday in Kenya because of this disease would
have a future. what if? - most would say the answer is a dream. Partners for Care Kenya sees it differently.

The what if? campaign is a revolutionary program intended to create an dedicated to helping these community organizations form our program
HIV/Aids free generation in Kenya and the rest of Africa. Designed by in order to bring about the overall community transformation that they
Partners for Care Kenya, a non-profit organization, this program is have dreamed.
focused on making changes where it counts: on the ground. Most
AIDS awareness and prevention programs spend their lives resting in Because AIDS is a behavior-related disease, it is with the change of
manuals, office buildings, and board rooms, not the what if? campaign. behavior that creates a true difference. It is with this in mind that the
what if? campaign has created 7 specific areas that have to be
The soul of this project: the question of what if? is something that
addressed in a community organization in order to bring about
cannot be answered in these traditional resting grounds. It is a
behavior change:
question that can only be answered by those longing to see its
answer--the woman and her children living in the slum, the pastor of a
1. Must have teaching on purity and how it relates to HIV/AIDS
small church tired of his community’s struggle, the youth of the nation
2. Must have an outreach ministry for those infected
wanting a better future. These are the people that can bring about real
3. A non-discrimination policy for those infected has to be in
change in a nation and it is with them that Partners for Care Kenya
place
works.
4. Mandatory testing and awareness education prior to marriage
5. Must have a youth program teaching purity
What makes this campaign revolutionary? Most programs use
6. An outreach for orphans and vulnerable children must be
education and information distribution as their means of making
active
change. what if? uses case management and outcome measures that
7. Community leaders need to test publicly
are put into place to ensure behavior change is both lasting and
perpetuating. Implementing specific processes that can be measured
is a new approach in the fight against AIDS. In order for this approach
to be successful, the propelling force must be community based. It is
with this reason that the focus is placed on churches, schools, and
what if? you join us.
community organizations. In other words, Partners for Care Kenya is