Planting Seeds..

As our mission states, Aniz exists to provide comprehensive health awareness, education and prevention services for the disadvantaged multicultural children, adults, and families, through therapeutic intervention and education. Our goal is to not only to educate the community about HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis C, teenage pregnancy, mental health and substance abuse but to prevent the spread of the intergeneration spread of these conditions. Aniz is led by the Founder, Zina Age, who has witnessed firsthand grandmothers, their daughters, and their grandchildren all become infected with HIV. It is when she took upon herself to remove the veil of “secrecy, shame, stigma, and guilt” that has led to the persistent high rates of HIV/AIDS, STI’s, teenage pregnancy, and domestic violence in the community. (more…)