Since we began operations in June of 2000, GAIA's programs have touched the lives of many Malawians, their families and communities. We've provided life-saving services to thousands of rural villagers including:
 

(Note: The numbers below reflect final 2011 numbers)

Through these programs, lives are being saved as more orphans are tested and treated for HIV. Orphaned children attend high school in the hopes of a brighter future. Villagers learn how HIV is spread thus reducing HIV-stigma. Orphaned, HIV-positive and HIV-negative youth form clubs that teach invaluable life-skills and produce their own plays and programs to teach other villagers how HIV is spread. Villagers learn home-based care strategies empowering them to care for their neighbors, family and friends. HIV-positive mothers are tested and treated so that they will not transmit the disease to their children. Women living in rural villages are granted microfinance loans helping them begin, expand and maintain their small businesses. Caregivers learn how to operate small income-generating activities that will support sick villagers and orphans for generations. Finally, young women, many of them AIDS orphans, are granted the opportunities that only an education can provide through Nursing Scholarships that build the country's nursing corps and empower women to become agents of change in their communities.