Why Do We Do This?

MRA is motivated by the belief that health care is a basic human right.

MRA's main focus is rural families afflicted with HIV/AIDS in Kenya. Kenya has a population of almost 40 million and is ranked 148th out of 177th on the UNDP's Human Development Index.

More than half of Kenyans live below the poverty line, while almost 3 million people are infected with HIV/AIDS.

It is in this context that MRA was developed to participate in regressing the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Kenya, beginning with rural communities where HIV/AIDS has devastated communities. With HIV/AIDS infection rates lingering around 10% of Kenya's population, the socioeconomic impact of this occurrence has overstretched the social fiber of this country.

80% of Kenyans live in rural areas with 70% of them dependent on agriculture and livestock production for their livelihoods. Unfortunately, rural based households of PLWHA barely have adequate resources to sustain their familial needs let alone the special needs of a family member living with HIV/AIDS.