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Background Information
The fishing populations along Lake Victoria which borders Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania among the poorest people in East Africa. Fishermen are five times more llikely to die of an AIDS related illness than farmers in the Lake Victoria region HIV/AIDS prevalence remains high in this region despite general reduction in prevalence rates in the three countries.
"Jaboya" is a term originally coined by fishing communities in Kenya. In its original
meaning, the word is derived from the system of anchoring fishing nets in the water and is often used to refer to the leader of one-boat fishing crew. It has however acquired new meanings over time, taking on the meaning "Girlfriend". Jaboya today refers to well organized "husband-wife" relationships in the fishing iindustry.
It sits at the core of exploitation of fishmongers, manifesting itself in highly controlled access to much wanted fish for trade, which has increased fishmongers
(mainly women and young girls) vulnerability to sexual exploitation, occuring through the "Sex for Fish" phenomenon, in a business that is supposed to sustain local communities, is a source for East African states, but has also become fertile ground for wanton poverty and HIV/AIDS against a backdrop of endangered fish population.
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Project Aim
Jaboya Project aims at contributing to poverty reduction in the Lake Victoria region of East Africa by reducing the spread of HIV/AIDS, improving SRH&R and mitigating the socio-economic impact of the epidemic among fishing communities by supporting a multi-sectoral response to HIV prevention, treatment, care support and impact mitigation, in line with the national objectives of the Governments of Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, and in support of the NEPAD health strategy and the attainment of MDG's 1,3,4,5,6 and 7.
It will improve the health and livelihoods of the fishing communities and reduce their vulnerability to HIV/AIDS, through a mainstreamed rights based approach.
The project has an overall objective of increasing Social Cohesion and Equity while addressing HIV/AIDS and fragile livelihoods among the fishing communities, approached from the perspective of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights. |
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Independent Appeal: Trading fish for sex-How HIV spreads in western
Kenya.......Read |
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Case Study: Sex, fish and stigma in
Kenyan beach communities.....Read |
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