Archives in the category: HIV-AIDS

Association Femme Plus- Togo (AFPT) Lome- Togo

$8,000 to organize awareness creation programs in the Plateaux and Central Regions of Togo as well as to train community paralegals. The aim of this project is to ensure the full enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by women living with HIV and members of vulnerable groups as well as promoting access to […]

Swaziland Positive Living (SWAPOL)

$50,000 to enable the organization conduct a strategic plan for three years and build capacity of their staff on monitoring and evaluation as well as building capacity of women living with HIV on treatment literacy. The grant will help SWAPOL to have a clear plan that will map the organization’s priorities for the next three […]

UthandoLoMama

$3,500 provide support for Thandiwe Langa, the leader of the care givers at UthandoLoMama to attend and participate in the 16th International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA), scheduled to be held in Addis Abbaba from 4th – 8th December, 2011.

Rural Women’s Movement (RWM)

$1,000 to create awareness around the issue of abduction and rape and forced marriages which are very rampant in some rural communities in South Africa. This gender based violence committed against young women and girls in the name of “culture” i.e. ukuthwala (abduction and rape) usually affects girls aged between 12 – 17 years who […]

Positive Women’s Network (PWN)

$80,000 over two years to support the programmes and institutional development of PWN. The grant will strengthen the participation and leadership of women living with HIV&AIDS in the national response to HIV&AIDS in South Africa.

Her Rights Initiative

$10,000 to help fight cancer of the cervix amongst women living with HIV/AIDS. It is estimated that approximately 7000 women develop cervical cancer every year in South Africa out of which 3000 die yearly. This grim statistics points to the urgency to which issues relating to cervical cancer must be addressed.

German Co-operation Sierra Leone(GEKO-SL)

$1000 to increase awareness of HIV issues in the communities of Rosotha, Rokulan, Madina and Rogbin, located in the chiefdom of Sanda Tainraren the Bombali District, Northern Province of Sierra Leone, through a community sensitization programme using cultural dances, football gala and video show.