Small Grants - HIV Prevention

Grantee Name: ADCR Associação Para O Desenvolvimentro das Comunidades Rurais de Xai-Xai
Project Name: Avante SIAIA
Region: Africa
Country: Mozambique
Areas of Focus: HIV Prevention; Stigma/Discrimination Reduction
Project Description: The objective of this grant is to 1) Reduce the HIV/AIDS contamination rate; 2) Reduce the stigma; and 3) Improve the diet and strengthen the hemonologic system. Major activities include: 1) Training HIV/AIDS activists; 2) Mobilizing and sensitizing ADCR members and beneficiaries of SIAIA village about the need for behavioral change; and 3) Multiplication and expansion of medicinal plants and vegetables.

Grantee Name: AIDS Program Group
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Project Name: Improving the managing and caring ability for PLHA and establishing self-help group of HIV infected people
Region: Asia
Country: Vietnam
Areas of Focus: Care and Support for People Living with HIV/AIDS and Affected Communities; HIV Prevention; Stigma/Discrimination Reduction
Project Description: The objective of this grant is to design a method of care, assistance, counseling, and medicine approaches for people with HIV/AIDS, with their self-reliant and community-based participation. Summarize experiences to reflect, and influence the policies, especially on heroin user gathering and HIV/AIDS. Train personnel as an organization of the masses and personnel doing HIV/AIDS study. Create materials and communication to encourage the masses, volunteers, and HIV infected people to confidently participate in activities, so that AIDS activities are more popular and effective in the communities. Major activities include: 1) Designing and organizing basic activities, such as identifying and developing appropriate IEC materials, telephone hotline, etc.; 2) Developing skills and forming self-help group (training, technical support for new self-help group); 3) Organizing activities for HIV infected people or who are in their last phase of AIDS living in poor communities and who have recently returned home from rehabilitation centers (leaflet distribution, counseling, providing care and support for PWA and communication).

Grantee Name: Alden House
Project Name: Alden House Project
Region: Asia
Country: Thailand
Areas of Focus: HIV Prevention
Project Description: Key to a reduction in risk behavior in IDUs is their reintegration into the community. This provides them with a greater feeling of acceptance and self-esteeem and gives them other options to the uptake and unsafe use of drugs. To this end, the Thai National AIDS Foundation is supporting Alden House, a half-way house which provides treatment literacy, HIV prevention, a healthy choices program, risk-reduction training, vocational training, and employment placement to IDUs.

Grantee Name: All Saints Church Youth Anti-AIDS Group
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Project Name: All Saints Church Youth Anti-AIDS Group
Region: Africa
Country: Uganda
Areas of Focus: Care and Support for People Living with HIV/AIDS and Affected Communities; HIV Prevention
Project Description: The objective of this grant is to encourage youths to go for Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) services through awareness creation. Major activities include: 1) Conducting awareness campaign through Drama Shows; 2) Organizing VCT promotion film shows; 3) Organizing behaviour change activities through games and sports.

Grantee Name: Associação Agrícola de Nhancutse
Project Name: Ku Hanha (To Live)
Region: Africa
Country: Mozambique
Areas of Focus: Care and Support for People Living with HIV/AIDS and Affected Communities; HIV Prevention
Project Description: The objective of this grant is to 1) Sensitize the community to the dangerous disease and ways it is transmitted; 2) Convince the community of the behavioral change needed in regard to this disease; and 3) Improve the living conditions of People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) and their families. Major activities include: 1) Training of activists; 2) Sensitizing the community; 4) Home visits and improvement of the diet by growing crops for the PLWHA.

Grantee Name: Associação do Técnicos Agro-Pecuarios
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Project Name: Hope is Vital Project
Region: Africa
Country: Mozambique
Areas of Focus: Care and Support for People Living with HIV/AIDS and Affected Communities; HIV Prevention
Project Description: The objective of this grant is to 1) Form a group of trained HIV/AIDS community leaders in the rural community (Maluana); 2. Trained community leaders will have the capacity to facilitate discussions and disseminate proper information on HIV & AIDS and issues related to prevention, care, support and facts on stigma and discrimination; 3) Mobilization of the community in dissemination of information on the impact of HIV and food insecurity on the community; 4) Accessibility/production of appropriate HIV & AIDS IEC materials to the rural community; 5) Accessibility of condoms to the rural community (Maluana); 6) Development of kitchen gardens for additional nutritional values in the diets of the community members (especially children and those suspecting they are living with HIV) and assistance in the fight against food insecurity. Major activities include: 1) Organizing sensitization and training workshops for community leaders and influential people among the community; 2) Distribution of IEC materials and condoms; 3) Organizing and implementing the International AIDS Candlelight Memorial 2004; 4) Organizing HIV& AIDS community outreach activities; 5) Installation of a kitchen garden demonstration; 6) Monitoring of activities; and 7) Production of appropriate IEC material (Picture codes).

Grantee Name: Associação Para O Desenvolvimentro de Nhampndzoene
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Project Name: A Vida é Só Uma (There Is Only One Life)
Region: Africa
Country: Mozambique
Areas of Focus: Care and Support for People Living with HIV/AIDS and Affected Communities; HIV Prevention; Stigma/Discrimination Reduction
Project Description: The objective of this grant is to 1) Reduce the proliferation HIV/AIDS infections; 2) Reduce discrimination and stigmatization of People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLwHA); and 3) Improve food diet - Implementation of positive lives by PLwHA. Major activities include: 1) Dissemination of messages on HIV/AIDS prevention through lectures, theatre and radio programs: training of activists; 2) Home visits to People Living with HIV/AIDS (PlwHA) and Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) in order to reduce discrimination and stigma; 3) Provide knowledge about cultivation and use of medicinal plants and improvement of food diet by creating multiplication fields and demonstrations.

Grantee Name: ATHAP – Associação dos Transportadores de Horticolas Mariscos e Passageiros
Project Name: Drivers, conductors, Associates in the Fight Against Prevention and Stigmatisation on HIV/AIDS
Region: Africa
Country: Mozambique
Areas of Focus: Care and Support for People Living with HIV/AIDS and Affected Communities; HIV Prevention; Stigma/Discrimination Reduction
Project Description: The objective of this grant is to 1) Involve drivers, conductors, supervisors and associate members in the transmission of messages about the fight against HIV/AIDS. Each taxi operating in our district must display the symbol of the fight against HIV/AIDS in the rear windscreen; drivers and conductors must wear t-shirts and caps about HIV/AIDS. Our supervisors at Xiquelene, Romão and Albazine terminal stations should possess knowledge about HIV/AIDS as well as have condoms for sale to the gathered crowds. ATHAP has been sensitizing its drivers, conductors and associate members to do HIV/AIDS tests and to change their sexual behavior. Once every ATHAP promotes sanitary education activities and explains to its associates the usage of condoms and the need of being faithful to ones partner, we explain to the transporters that they may be carriers of HIV/AIDS and that they can play a vital role in the education of passengers about HIV/AIDS and stigmatization of People Living with HIV/AIDS (PlwHA).

Grantee Name: Butare Bakyara Tukore
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Project Name: Butare Bakyara Tukore
Region: Africa
Country: Uganda
Areas of Focus: Care and Support for People Living with HIV/AIDS and Affected Communities; HIV Prevention
Project Description: The objective of this grant is to scale up behaviour change and communication activities. Major activities include: 1) Conducting drama shows in Muhanga Parish; 2) Training and supporting community counseling aides; 3) Conducting educational talks to encourage the youth to go for Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) services.

Grantee Name: Comité Ecuménico para Desenvolvimento Social –CEDES
Project Name: Sensitisation on HIV/AIDS Stigma Reduction
Region: Africa
Country: Mozambique
Areas of Focus: Care and Support for People Living with HIV/AIDS and Affected Communities; HIV Prevention; Stigma/Discrimination Reduction
Project Description: The objective of this grant is to 1) Advocate the mobilization of the community leaders so that they accept that the disease is within their community; 2) Educate the community for behavioral change; and 3) Encourage the community to create their own HIV/AIDS program. Major activities include: 1) Organizing two meetings to increase the community leaders' awareness about the current situation about HIV/AIDS and People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLwHA) to break the silence; 2) Printing 200 t-shirts, 250 pamphlets and posters to sensitize the community against discrimination of PlwHA3. Cover the media and PlwHA in all the activities to be carried out.

Grantee Name: Creative society and Mong development of Thailand
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Project Name: Improving quality of life of the hill tribe people in prevention from HIV/AIDS and drugs
Region: Asia
Country: Thailand
Areas of Focus: HIV Prevention; Stigma/Discrimination Reduction
Project Description: The objective of this grant is to 1) Campaign towards raising awareness of the issue of drugs and HIV/AIDS among the hill tribe community; 2) Encourage community cooperation among the Mong community in order to determine benchmarks in prevention and solutions for HIV/AIDS and Drugs. Major activities include: 1) Training target group in the issue of AIDS and Drugs; 2) Developing media in order to campaign towards raising awareness to the community about the issues and problems facing the Mong community; 3) Meeting for members of the Mong community to exchange views, knowledge and experiences about the different issues and problems facing Mong.

Grantee Name: Creative Society of Mong Development of Thailand
Project Name: Creative Society of Mong Development of Thailand
Region: Asia
Country: Thailand
Areas of Focus: HIV Prevention
Project Description: This project is designed to improve the quality of life among Mong hill tribes in order to protect against drug abuse, HIV, and AIDS.

Grantee Name: Edzi Kumudzi Association of Malawi (EKAM)
Project Name: Edzi Kumudzi Association of Malawi (EKAM)
Region: Africa
Country: Malawi
Areas of Focus: Care and Support for People Living with HIV/AIDS and Affected Communities; HIV Prevention
Project Description: The objective of this grant is to 1) Improve and empower the quality of life among single women and girl children to prevent and stamp out HIV/AIDS; 2) Reduce transmission of sexually transmitted infections including HIV and the impact of AIDS and other sexually related social problems; 3) Improve the quality of life among the HIV infected and affected people, people with chronic illness and the destitute; 4) Empower single women and youths in social-economic and development aspect of living. Major activities include: 1) To promote non-STI/HIV risk behaviour sexual practices among the youth; 2) To create awareness for sexually transmitted infections including HIV infection, the impact of AIDS and other sexually related problems and issues of gender and human rights; 3) To promote and strengthen the provision of a quality care and support services to infected people and people with chronic illness and the destitute; 4) To provide technical support to community structures and institutions that are providing services in the area of HIV prevention, AIDS mitigation and advocate gender and human rights and enable infected and affected individuals, households and communities cope with the impact of AIDS epidemic; 5) To advocate for gender and human rights with emphasis on women and child rights; 6) To lobby for change of some of some traditional and constitutional laws that affect the well-being of youths and children.

Grantee Name: Foundation of volunteer health welfare of Petchaboon Thailand
Project Name: Developing community network strengthening relationship of family, friends and organizations solving problems of AIDS
Region: Asia
Country: Thailand
Areas of Focus: Care and Support for People Living with HIV/AIDS and Affected Communities; HIV Prevention
Project Description: The objective of this grant is to educate families on how to live with People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLHWA), to educate PLHWA and their families on how to live in the community and improve their quality of life, and to build strong relationships between PLHWA network and community networks. Major activities include: 1) Camp for families living with HIV/AIDS; 2) Peer to peer counseling for PLHWA; 3) Campaign for understanding towards prevention of HIV/AIDS; 4) Home visits to PLHWA groups.

Grantee Name: Foundation of Volunteer Health Welfare of Petchaboon Thailand
Project Name: Foundation of Volunteer Health Welfare of Petchaboon Thailand
Region: Asia
Country: Thailand
Areas of Focus: HIV Prevention; Stigma/Discrimination Reduction
Project Description: This organization works to increase HIV and AIDS prevention and decrease stigma through strategic communication.

Grantee Name: Hamurwa Abakazi Tweyombekye Association
Project Name: Hamurwa Abakazi Tweyombekye Association
Region: Africa
Country: Uganda
Areas of Focus: HIV Prevention
Project Description: The objective of this grant is to scale up behavior change and communication activities through training of peer educators and drama shows. Major activities include: 1)training of peer educators; 2) concluding drama shows to six parishes; adn 3) conducting sensitization meetings for local leaders and management committees.

Grantee Name: Huey Nam yen mountain training centre for the promotion of Buddhism and morality
Project Name: Developing solutions responding to the problems of HIV/AIDS
Region: Asia
Country: Thailand
Areas of Focus: HIV Prevention
Project Description: The objective of this grant is to support the Huey Nam Yen community in strengthening their awareness on the issues of HIV/AIDS and to promote community participation in developing solutions responding to the problems of HIV/AIDS in their community. Major activities include: 1) Training workshop to increase quality and capacity of core community leaders, community networks and community volunteers, to brainstorm and discuss solutions for the problem of HIV/AIDS in their community; 2)Raising awareness about HIV/AIDS issues by holding workshops for community leaders, door to door visits, and organizing a forum for community members to discuss and identify the community problems relating to AIDS and develop solutions for these problems through participation; 3) An open forum to discuss strategies and work plans for each sub-community, groups and networks. The objective here is to conclude the achievements of the project, future plans and strategies and a SWOT analysis on each sub-community, groups and networks, and formulating a long term strategic plan for activities that will respond to the problems of HIV/AIDS in the community.

Grantee Name: KAMWEZI Women’s Effort To Save The Orphans
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Project Name: KAMWEZI Women’s Effort To Save The Orphans
Region: Africa
Country: Uganda
Areas of Focus: Care and Support for People Living with HIV/AIDS and Affected Communities; HIV Prevention
Project Description: The objective of this grant is to increase awareness about the available Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) services in the district. Major activities include: 1) Conducting sensitization meetings in 6 parishes about the benefits of VCT services; 2) Conducting drama shows in Kamwezi sub county; 3) Training community counseling aides in six parishes.

Grantee Name: KARUBANDA Youth association
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Project Name: Karubanda Youth association
Region: Africa
Country: Uganda
Areas of Focus: Care and Support for People Living with HIV/AIDS and Affected Communities; HIV Prevention
Project Description: The objective of this grant is to make youth aware of the benefits of Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) through Drama and Sports. Major activities include: 1) Developing drama messages and presenting drama shows in Kabale municipality and Kitumba sub county; 2) Organizing different sport events (inter- competitions) among the youth; 3) Conducting film shows to supplement sports events and drama to disseminate HIV/AIDS messages among the youth.

Grantee Name: Karujanga Parish Fighters Of AIDS Project
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Project Name: Karujanga Parish Fighters Of AIDS Project
Region: Africa
Country: Uganda
Areas of Focus: Care and Support for People Living with HIV/AIDS and Affected Communities; HIV Prevention
Project Description: The objective of this grant is to mobilize the young people for Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) services in Katuna and Karujanga parishes. Major activities include: 1) Conducting 8 behavior change workshops for youth and community leaders; 2) Coordinating VCT outreach in 3 parishes with Rugarama Health unit; 3) Conducting sensitization meetings through drama shows.

Grantee Name: Luzi Community Based Organization
Project Name: Luzi Community Based Organization
Region: Africa
Country: Malawi
Areas of Focus: Care and Support for People Living with HIV/AIDS and Affected Communities; HIV Prevention
Project Description: The objectives of this grant are to deal with high HIV/AIDS prevalence and food insecurity. Major activities include: 1) Home Based Care; 2) Orphan care; 3) Prevention and advocacy on HIV/AIDS; 4) Community Child Care Program.

Grantee Name: Mobile Drama Performance Group of HIV/AIDS (DPG H/A P)
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Project Name: Comedy on HIV/AIDS Epidemic Awareness
Region: Asia
Country: Cambodia
Areas of Focus: HIV Prevention
Project Description: The objective of this grant is to support capital to 14 youth, orphans, and vulnerable children, who reside in four communities to implement their activities. Major activities include: 1) conducting a workshop on information dissemination to authorities; 2) training 14 youth, who are residents of four communes on HIV/AIDS knowledge and practice; and 3) implementing the performance in 48 villages.

Grantee Name: Mu-cer Mountain Training Centre for the Promotion of Buddhism and Morality
Project Name: Mu-cer Mountain Training Centre for the Promotion of Buddhism and Morality
Region: Asia
Country: Thailand
Areas of Focus: HIV Prevention
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Grantee Name: Muhanga Women in Development
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Project Name: Muhanga Women in Development
Region: Africa
Country: Uganda
Areas of Focus: Care and Support for People Living with HIV/AIDS and Affected Communities; HIV Prevention
Project Description: The objective of this grant is to integrate care and support for women living with HIV/AIDS with mobilization for Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) services for younger people in Muhanga and Nyabirerema parishes. Major activities include: 1) Conducting mobilization meetings in the two parishes of Muhanga and Nyabirerema; 2) Training peer educators in each village in the above parishes; 3) Staging drama shows in each village in above parishes to mobilize for VCT srvices.

Grantee Name: Network of Development Consultants (NEDCO)
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Project Name: Network of Development Consultants (NEDCO)
Region: Africa
Country: Uganda
Areas of Focus: Care and Support for People Living with HIV/AIDS and Affected Communities; HIV Prevention
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Grantee Name: Project Development of Baan Turg Kow Petchahoon Organization
Project Name: Project Development of Baan Turg Kow Petchahoon Organization
Region: Asia
Country: Thailand
Areas of Focus: HIV Prevention; Stigma/Discrimination Reduction
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Grantee Name: Regional Synod in the North of Mania (SPAM)
Project Name: Awareness Creation and Institutionalization of the Best Practices in HIV/AIDS
Region: Africa
Country: Madagascar
Areas of Focus: Care and Support for People Living with HIV/AIDS and Affected Communities; HIV Prevention; Stigma/Discrimination Reduction
Project Description: Through a CORE Initiative large grant to Lutheran World Relief, this organization received a small sub-grant for the following objective: A “training of trainers” workshop was provided to 18 participants (government representatives and authorities, church representatives, and health minister representatives) from six SPAM districts. The first workshop lasted five days and covered the following topics: communication skills, HIV/AIDS and STDs, and medical care and protection against HIV/AIDS. A second four day workshop was conducted the following month and addressed the following topics: peer counseling of behavior change and stigma reduction, care and support to PLWHA and the affected, best practices strategies in fighting HIV/AIDS, and stories of impacts of HIV/AIDS in other countries. Following the workshops the participants went to their respective towns and villages and trained other group leaders, church staff and entire congregations. The 18 original participants conducted 143 training sessions reaching 23,076 people.

Grantee Name: RUBANDA Primary Health Care Program (PHC)
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Project Name: RUBANDA Primary Health Care Program
Region: Africa
Country: Uganda
Areas of Focus: Care and Support for People Living with HIV/AIDS and Affected Communities; HIV Prevention
Project Description: The objective of this grant is to make Volunary Counseling and Testing (VCT) services attractive and available to the youths of Rubanda sub county. Major activities include: 1) Conducting outreaches in far parishes; 2) Strengthening post test clubs to include drama; 3) Training 20 more peer educators.

Grantee Name: RUGARAMA Health Center
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Project Name: RUGARAMA Health Center
Region: Africa
Country: Uganda
Areas of Focus: Care and Support for People Living with HIV/AIDS and Affected Communities; HIV Prevention
Project Description: The objective of this grant is to scale up Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) services for younger people by setting up post-test clubs and opening up new VCT outreaches. Major activities include: 1) Establishing 3 post–test clubs with basic requirements; 2) Supporting and strengthening the post-test clubs with drama equipment; 3) Conducting VCT outreaches.

Grantee Name: RUSHOROZA Community HIV/AIDS Control Initiative Project
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Project Name: RUSHOROZA Community HIV/AIDS Control Initiative Project
Region: Africa
Country: Uganda
Areas of Focus: Care and Support for People Living with HIV/AIDS and Affected Communities; HIV Prevention
Project Description: The objective of this grant is to increase access and awareness of Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) services to the young people in five sub counties of Kabale district. Major activities include: 1) Conducting training of community counseling Aides; 2) Opening two more VCT outreaches; 3) Conducting awareness campaigns through music, dance and drama.

Grantee Name: Saang Dhamma Num Sukh Centre
Project Name: Developing Overall Health care Service for People living with HIV/AIDS
Region: Asia
Country: Thailand
Areas of Focus: Care and Support for People Living with HIV/AIDS and Affected Communities; HIV Prevention
Project Description: The objective of this grant is 1) To improve quality of life for those living with HIV/AIDS; 2) To improve and support employment and economic independence for families affected by HIV/AIDS; 3) To raise awareness among every age group about taking preventative measures against HIV/AIDS and also how to live with people living with HIV/AIDS; 4) To build hope and spiritual strength to those living with HIV/AIDS. Major activities include: 1) Friend helping friend activity; 2) Practical workshop on improving capacity for people living with HIV/AIDS; 3) Investment in equipment and raw materials to be used for people living with HIV/AIDS so that they can improve and sustain economic and financial stability; 4) ‘Family ties’ activities, bringing together 50 families that are affected by HIV/AIDS to engage in group activity to share ideas, problems and cooperation; 5) Training workshop for community volunteer leaders working with HIV/AIDS.

Grantee Name: Save the Street Children Kabale
Project Name: Save the Street Children Kabale
Region: Africa
Country: Uganda
Areas of Focus: HIV Prevention
Project Description: The objective of this grant is to create awareness about the importance of voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) services among adolescents (street children). Major activities include 1)conducting sensitization workshops for street children about the benefits of VCT services; 2) training ten peer educators; and 3) conducting video shows and processsions to promote VCT services.

Grantee Name: St. Monica Bakyara Tukore
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Project Name: St. Monica HIV/ AIDS control for the youth
Region: Africa
Country: Uganda
Areas of Focus: Care and Support for People Living with HIV/AIDS and Affected Communities; HIV Prevention
Project Description: The objective of this grant is to mobilize the youth in Kabale municipality and Bubaale sub county to go for Voluntary Counseling & Testing (VCT) services. Major activities include: 1) Conducting sensitization meetings about the benefits of going for VCT; 2) Organizing behavior change meeting and workshops to provide accurate information on adolescent sexuality issues; 3) Conducting training for ten peer educators.