HIV and AIDS - Changing children's lives
Partners
The International Memory Project involved six partners from sub- Saharan Africa. Each organisation has extensive experience of working with local communities on HIV and AIDS prevention, care and support programmes. Each has different strengths focus and structures - while some work at the local level, others operate nationally.
Based on the original model of memory work developed by NACWOLA, the organisations have been implementing memory work since 2004. Each organisation integrated memory work into its existing programmes and introduced it into the communities where it works. There was a long initial phrase of community sensitisation, which also identified key supporting people and services in the communities.
Family AIDS Caring Trust (FACT) in Mutare, Zimbabwe - runs prevention and
care initiatives including training programmes for community-based organisations
across South Africa.
Hiwot HIV/ AIDS Prevention, Care and Support Organisation (HAPSCO)
Addis, Ethiopia - an NGO which implements a range of programmes including
work with children and a strong home-based care programme.
The Kenya AIDS NGOs consortium (KANCO) in Nairobi, Kenya - a network of
800 community-based organisations with considerable experience of working
on HIV and child-related issues. KANCO supports its members through capacity-building
and engaging a policy level in Kenya around children's issues.
National community of Women living with HIV and AIDS (NACWOLA)- a network
of 40, 000 women living with HIV, with 25 branches in Uganda. It implements
a range of activities - including positive living and the empowerment of
women - to support its members and the communities where they live.
Women Against AIDS in Kilimanjaro (Kiwakkuki) - a women's organisation working
to fight against AIDS in the Kilimanjaro region. It implements a range of
different HIV and AIDS prevention and care programmes including OVC programmes.
Tilla association of women living with HIV in Awassa (Tilla),
Ethiopia - an association of women living with HIV and AIDS working in Awassa
in Southern Ethiopia. Its main aim is to reduce the stigma and discrimination
of women living with HIV in that region and to increase their livelihoods
starting with members who live in the community.
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