Large Grants - South AfricaGrantee Name: International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS (ICW)
Organization Web Site: http://www.icw.org/
Project Name: Realities and Rights: Strengthening participation of HIV positive women in Southern and East Africa
Region: Africa
Location: South Africa
Areas of Focus: Stigma/Discrimination Reduction; Capacity Building
Project Description: The International Community of Women Living With HIV/AIDS (ICW) has been awarded a grant to strengthen the capacity and voices of young women living with HIV/AIDS in Southern and East Africa. This objective is accomplished by building their leadership capacity and ensuring that they have the confidence, tools, and support to get their issues on the local, national, regional, and international agenda. The CORE Initiative supported an ICW Young Women's Dialogue meeting that contributed to the development of the International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS (ICW) Vision Paper 1. This grant also funded the translation of the Positive Women’s Survival Kit into Portuguese for use in Angola and Mozambique.
Project Documents: ICW Vision Paper 1: HIV Positive Young Women
Grantee Name: Positive Muslims
Organization Web Site: http://www.positivemuslims.org.za/
Project Name: Awareness Raising on HIV/AIDS Prevalence and Prevention among Muslims based on an Islamic Theology of Compassion
Region: Africa
Location: South Africa
Areas of Focus: Care and Support for People Living with HIV/AIDS and Affected Communities; Stigma/Discrimination Reduction
Project Description: The overall goal of the project supported by the CORE Initiative is to develop tools and model program approaches to support effective responses to HIV/AIDS among Muslim communities most vulnerable to HIV/AIDS and its impacts in the Western Cape of South Africa. The organization is based in Capetown and serves the Western Cape area with a specific focus on addressing the HIV/AIDS-related needs of Muslim communities. Positive Muslims has three program areas: care and support for people living with HIV and affected families; awareness raising and behavior change among Muslim populations vulnerable to HIV/AIDS; and research to better understand how the epidemic is affecting Muslim communities and how Islamic leadership and Muslim communities are responding. The deliverables of this grant are three publications on the Theology of Compassion: HIV, AIDS, and Islam booklet, a companion workshop manual, and a scholarly essay on the topic of HIV and Islam.
Project Documents: HIV, AIDS and Islam: Reflections based on Compassion, Responsibility and Justice
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