The National Empowerment Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS in Kenya (NEPHAK) is an NGO that unites support groups of People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHAs) and individual PLWHAs into a national and formidable force to counter the impact of HIV/AIDS on their lives and that of their loved ones in Kenya.
It was established in 2003 and is nationally recognized as the official organization of PLHA and is therefore ready to take on its focused responsibilities of promoting quality life for PLHA NEPHAK has developed a strategic plan that currently serves as a guide to implementation of its stated objectives.
NEPHAK is a non-profit making, voluntary body, by and for PLWHAs. Its formation is in response to the growing need to harness existing individual and organizational PLWHA efforts in Kenya to respond meaningfully to the impact of HIV/AIDS.
NEPHAK 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).
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