Small Grants - Angola

Grantee Name: Acção Humana
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Project Name: Reduction of stigma related to HIV/AIDS in Neves Bendinha
Region: Africa
Country: Angola
Areas of Focus: Care and Support for People Living with HIV/AIDS and Affected Communities; Stigma/Discrimination Reduction
Project Description: The objective of this grant is to to reduce the stigma related to HIV/AIDS in Neves Bendinha comuna. Major activities include: 1) Training five activists, one coordinator and ten volunteers in voluntary counseling & testing; 2) Counseling twenty families living with AIDS for a more positive life; 3) Sending families living with HIV/AIDS to psychotherapy sessions at LPV and referring them to public hospitals where sexually transmitted infections are being treated; and 4) Distributing informative material with positive messages related to stigma.

Grantee Name: ACJ – Associação Cristã de Jovens Angola para o Grupo Comunitário de Acção sobre o SIDA
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Project Name: Action against stigmatization and HIV/AIDS.
Region: Africa
Country: Angola
Areas of Focus: Stigma/Discrimination Reduction
Project Description: The objective of this grant is to reduce stigma related to HIV/AIDS for 100 families affected in Sapu a kilamba Kiaxi comuna. Major activities include: 1) Training of three community groups in Sapu Bairro (30 activists); 2) Carrying out workshops and debates with different groups about stigma related to HIV/AIDS; and 3) HIV/AIDS sensitization for 20 families with HIV/AIDS and stigma information.

Grantee Name: ADEMA – Associação para Ajuda e Desenvolvimento da Mulher e da Criança Angolana.
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Project Name: Reduction of stigma related to HIV/AIDS in Nova Vida Feira
Region: Africa
Country: Angola
Areas of Focus: Stigma/Discrimination Reduction
Project Description: The objective of this grant is to contribute adequate information to reduce stigma related to HIV/AIDS for 150 families in Nova Vida market in Kilamba Kiaxi municipality. Major objectives include: 1) Training 25 sellers’ activists; and 2) Establishing 3 groups (nucleos) for a door-to-door sensitization to affected and stigmatized families.

Grantee Name: AJUMA – Associação Juvenil da Maianga
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Project Name: Youth united to reduce AIDS
Region: Africa
Country: Angola
Areas of Focus: Stigma/Discrimination Reduction
Project Description: The objective of this grant is to sensitize 1600 persons about stigma related to HIV/AIDS. Major activities include: 1) Meeting the school boards to sensitize them and sign agreements; 2) Setting up meetings with 22 persons (2 coordinators and 20 delegados de turma); 3) Carrying out four surveys at each school to inquire about their knowledge, attitudes and practices related to stigma; 4) Preparing the program for the workshops; and 5) Procuring all goods for the workshops.

Grantee Name: AMORA - Associaçãdo Movimento de Ordem Rastafari de Angola
Project Name: Circle of information about stigma and HIV/AIDS
Region: Africa
Country: Angola
Areas of Focus: Stigma/Discrimination Reduction
Project Description: The objective of this grant is to train one group of Rastafarian community members in the fight to reduce stigma related to HIV/AIDS, and to enhance knowledge of stigma related to HIV/AIDS in Rastafarian community members and in schools. Major activities include: 1) Carrying out a capacity workshop about stigma related to HIV/AIDS for activists; 2) Carrying out workshops (10) and debates (10) about stigma and HIV/AIDS at Dominante English school and in the Rastafarian community; and 3) Creating a wallpaper in the Dominante English School and in the Rastafarian community at Cazenga municipality.

Grantee Name: ASASP – Associação Angolana Salvadora dos Povos
Project Name: Information to reduce stigma related to HIV/AIDS
Region: Africa
Country: Angola
Areas of Focus: Stigma/Discrimination Reduction
Project Description: The objective of this grant is to contribute to the reduction of stigma related to HIV/AIDS in Cacuaco within 6 months. Major activities include: 1) Selecting an activists group; 2) Purchasing materials; 3) Carrying out a capacity workshop about HIV/AIDS and stigma; 4) Carrying out workshops and debates about HIV/AIDS and stigma at schools; 5) Carrying out an inquiry to find out students’ attitudes and behaviors concerning HIV/AIDS.

Grantee Name: CICA – Conselho de Igrejas Cristãs em Angola
Project Name: Fight against stigma related to HIV/AIDS Project
Region: Africa
Country: Angola
Areas of Focus: Care and Support for People Living with HIV/AIDS and Affected Communities; Stigma/Discrimination Reduction
Project Description: The objective of this grant is to contribute to the reduction of stigma related to HIV/AIDS within the church members of CICA. Major activities include: 1) Training of two church leaders on HIV/AIDS issues related to stigma; and 2) Establishment of 20 groups for psychosocial support to promote pastoral counseling in the affected families to reduce stigma.

Grantee Name: FOJASSIDA – Fórum Juvenil de Apoio à Saúde e Prevenção da SIDA
Project Name: Promote the well being and the self esteem of the people living with AIDS
Region: Africa
Country: Angola
Areas of Focus: Stigma/Discrimination Reduction
Project Description: The objective of this grant is to reduce the negative impact of HIV/AIDS through the promotion of the well-being and self-esteem of people living with HIV in two schools at Cazenga. Major activities include: 1) Recruiting a coordinator for the project; 2) Selecting leaders from schools; 3) Selecting people living with AIDS for the activities; 4) Identification of a place to carry out the workshop; 5) Recruiting a facilitator for the workshop; 6) Carrying out the workshop; and 7) Carrying out sensitization sessions for students.

Grantee Name: LADS – Liga de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento Social
Project Name: ETU-MU-DIETU-SIDA
Region: Africa
Country: Angola
Areas of Focus: Stigma/Discrimination Reduction
Project Description: The objective of this grant is to contribute to full coexistence with HIV/AIDS in the families and Cazenga community especially in areas 17,18,19. Major activities include: 1) Selecting target groups at Cazenga schools; 2) Training of civic and moral education teachers; 3) Organizing debates at schools; 4) Counseling and moral support for those families affected by HIV/AIDS; and 5) Strengthening the partnership with education and health municipality delegation.

Grantee Name: União Biblica de Angola
Project Name: Motivated religious leaders fighting against stigma related to HIV/AIDS.
Region: Africa
Country: Angola
Areas of Focus: Stigma/Discrimination Reduction
Project Description: The objective of this grant is to reduce stigma related to HIV/AIDS in the religious community. Major activities include: 1) Procurement of bibliography about stigma; 2) Getting in touch with leaders of 10 congregations to establish the training; 3) Preparation of a training program; 4) Sending 84 invitations; 5) Procuring means and material needed for the workshop; 6) Carrying out four workshops for 20 leaders apiece; 7) Monitoring; and 8) A presentation of report.