Calvert House
5 Calvert Avenue
London
E2 7JP

Tel: 020 7033 8620
Web: www.cwac.org
Best time to telephone: 10am - 4pm, Monday - Friday

Children with Aids Charity (CWAC) was conceived in 1992 within the paediatric department of St Mary's Hospital, Paddington. The founders were a small group of healthcare professionals and parents who became increasingly aware of the acute shortage of services for children infected and affected by HIV and AIDS. CWAC aims to help the youngest of those infected and affected by HIV and AIDS to lead as near normal a life as possible by providing the following services:

• The Hardship Fund helps provide basic items such as clothing, bedding and household items and grants towards individual family breaks within the UK.
• Education to promote awareness amongst children of all ages about the facts and fallacies surrounding HIV and AIDS issues, and to combat fear and prejudice.
• Education also provides ad hoc work experience to positive young people who may have been disengaged from education, training and employment.
• Outreach programmes provide emergency emotional and practical support and supports young people with emergency gas, electricity and food.
• Events to raise funds and give paediatric HIV and AIDS a more prominent media profile.

For further information, call the above number or view the website.