Ndibwami Integrated Rescue Project

Ndibwami Integrated Rescue Project (NIRP) is a community based organization initiated by the Kimmanya Catholic youths under the leadership Sr.Rosemary Shields of the Daughters of charity from the UK in 2002. The organization started as a parish arm to provide support and care to people Having HIV/AIDS. NIRP stands to provide compassion to the people infected and affected by HIV and AIDS in their multitudes of problems. The founding of NIRP was based on people that were unified by common experiences faced when encountering HIV/AIDS at a time of high stigma, ignorance and discrimination. The founding team met informally in Kimmanya Church Compound to provide mutual psychological and social support. Cohesion among these was strengthened by the fact that they were either directly infected with HIV or implicitly affected because their very close family associates were infected. One distinguished feature about the founder members was that they voluntarily used their time and other resources to visit AIDS patients, carrying them to the hospital and sometimes providing basic material and counseling support.