Eagas Global Charity Foundation (Egcf)

eagas global charity foundation (egcf) commenced in 2003 as a response to support women living with and affected by hiv and aids. at that time, the government distributed food supplements such as rice and beans to persons living with hiv and aids at their monthly meetings. children often came clutching the wrappers of their mothers quite several them already widowed by the ravaging aids pandemic. not much was known about the disease. those infected were seen as being very promiscuous. there was no sympathy nor empathy for the effected nor affected and stigma was a rift. stories about the hiv pandemic condemned rather than enlightened. moreover, women were mainly seen as vectors. it was at this stage in nigeria's history of the epidemic that women infected decided to take their destinies in their own hands and chart their own pathos survival. they launched the association for women living with aids. during the formal launching ceremony, augusta akparanta-emenogu, who had been actively