Welcome to Children With AIDS Charity's website

Children with AIDS Charity was set up in 1992 to help the youngest of those infected or affected by HIV/AIDS maintain a good quality of life. It is a national UK charity with the aim of working towards a future without poverty or prejudice for these children and their families.

Success in the Walk for Life - 1st June 2008

The Walk for Life on the 1st June raised £3122.48 - big thanks to the team from the Standard Chartered Bank in London for giving up their Sunday and helping us reach this total!.
Walk for Life website

Overseas Charity Events

Trekking in Peru, the Sahara, Iceland or China or cycling in Vietnam, Cuba or from London to Paris …and raising funds for CWAC! Get details...

Make A Child Smile Appeal

CWAC's 15th Anniversary 1992 - 2007

CWAC has been providing inovative and vital services for 15 years. Read more about the history of CWAC, HIV and events during these 15 years on our News page.

Make a Donation
CWAC remains extremely grateful for all donations received, however small and offers a variety of ways to donate.

Get Involved
Find out how you can Get Involved to help us help children.

Fundraising
Find ideas of how you could get involved to help fundraise for CWAC.
You can raise money for Children With AIDS Charity just by searching the web!

Hardship & Respite Breaks Project
For more information about how to apply, and to download our application forms, click here.

Transport
The CWAC Transport Service is fundamental in assisting families to get to hospital appointments and support centres.

Education
CWAC produces a number of educational resources and is now offering Sexual Health and Awareness workshops in schools and youth centres.

Events
CWAC runs numerous events throughout the year to raise funds for and awareness of our work. View forthcoming and regular events and our previous events archive.

Volunteering for CWAC
CWAC is looking for someone to help edit and develop this website. See the Volunteering for CWAC page for details of this and other volunteering opportunities.

How Your Money Helps Support Children
£5 allows us to distribute resources, free publications and condoms.

£10 enables a child infected/affected by HIV to go on a respite day trip via the Respite Breaks Project.

£10 produces and mails out Talking With Children booklets to five affected families.

£15 pays for one copy of our educational video Problem?, including a teacher’s handbook and one copy of our HIV: Risky Business video.

£20 enables a child infected/affected by HIV to go on a specialist residential overnight stay.

£25 prints and distributes interactive worksheets for a class of 10 children.

£30 enables us to send free resources to voluntary organisations that cannot afford to buy resources.

£36 buys enough food to feed 50 -100 African children.

£50 pays for essential school items and uniform for a child via the Hardship Project.

£150 pays for a child's first bed via the Hardship Project.

£150 buys nutritious ingredients to help feed vulnerable African children for a week.

£200 provides a mother with essential items for her newborn baby via the Hardship Project.

£200 pays for an external workshop facilitator to work with up 80 young in one day, delivering vital HIV & safe sex information.

£400 enables a family of four to go on a family holiday together within the UK via the Respite Breaks Project.