Siaya
Siaya District, Nyanza Province is divided into 40 Geographical divisions and ACE Africa works in two of these rural areas: North Ugenya and Central Alego.
Siaya District
(Refs: Siava District Development Plan 2002-2008 and National Bureau of Statistics 2007)
| Estimate Population 2008 | 520,697 |
| Estimated % living below poverty line | 65% |
Official HIV/AIDS prevalence | 24% |
| Average doctor to patient ratio | 1:96,000 |
ACE Africa 2 areas of operation
(Ref: ACE Siava Mapping Survey 2006)
| Total population | 41,000 |
| Estimated population | 67% |
| Estimated % PLWA | 40% |
| Estimated no adults living with AIDS | 16,400 |
| Estimated % of children orphaned | 32% |
| Estimated no OVC | 4,000 |
| Average Household size | 6 |
Other facts about Siaya:
- Over 20,000 orphans in district need urgent attention
- Over 10% of children attending school are known to be HIV+
- No services in mitigation of the OVC crisis in target areas
- One of the highest incidences of Orphans and Vulnerable Children in Kenya
- Remote rural areas lack access to basic health and welfare infrastructures
- High incidence of malnutrition, poverty and a lack of HIV/AIDS awareness
- Cultural traditions such as polygamy, witchcraft, wife inheritance and abused of land inheritance commonplace
- Stigma and discrimination associated with HIV/AIDS is rife
- Lack of knowledge on the benefits of nutrition in the treatment of HIV infection
- Main income from small scale fishing
- Every community member affected by HIV/AIDS
