Services
- Care and support for people living with HIV/AIDS
- Care and support for orphans and vulnerable children
- education programs for youths
- Information, Education and Communication
The Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE), a program organized by the Catholic Diocese of Koforidua, the first of its kind in the country, trains chaplains to provide low cost and easily accessible care to people infected with HIV/AIDS.
Matthew 25 House, based in Akwatia, with a branch in Koforidua, all in the Eastern Region of Ghana with the highest concentration of AIDS.
Matthew 25 provides:
- School fees for the children
- School uniforms and workbooks
- Foot wear, school supplies and school bags
- Visiting individual homes
- Bringing children to the center for leisure and
- learning.
Income Generating Activities
Matthew25 House strives to be self-sustaining and to decrease its dependency on donations by:
- Sewing of school uniforms
- Tailoring
- Palm Oil Production
- Tie & Dye / Batik
- Ambulance Services
- Funeral Undertakings
- Farming
Care and Support
HIV/AIDS can render people lonely and helpless, shortening the life span of HIV/AIDS victims. As a solution, Matthew 25 offers various forms of care and support services to people living with HIV/AIDS. They meet there to interact, encourage one another, share various experiences as to how best to manage the disease ensuring a longer life span.
Many lose their jobs when employers realize they are infected or can not continue working due to their illness. Here, they receive counseling and engage in income generating ventures like batik, tie & dye, and soap & pomade making, allowing them the dignity of work and providing alternate income.
Matthew 25 has trained volunteers who visit, give food items, financial support and care to AIDS victims in their homes. Many Children are orphaned as a result of the HIV/AIDS menace. With the help of donor agencies and benefactors Matthew 25 takes care of children either orphaned by AIDS or who have lost their parents through other means.