THE PROJECT ' S Strategies and activities

Ø      Contribute to decreasing HIV/AIDS related stigmatization by encouraging and empowering individuals and groups to seek VCT services and on coping with consequences of VCT in Simanjiro district.

Strategies and Activities:

• Use of mapping and stepping stone approaches

• Collaborate with Traditional leaders and District AIDS Committee

•  Involve religious leaders in campaigns

• Risk behavior, areas, and opportunity mapping

• Conduct training workshop for Traditional leaders and ward leadership

• Facilitate formation of Village AIDS Committees

• Select and train Peer Health Educators at village level using stepping stone approach

• Facilitate Peer Health Education in villages

Ø      Contribute to decreasing HIV.AIDS risks through condom promotion and distribution and development of other gender-focused interventions.

Stategies and Activities:

•  Condom promotion and distribution

• Campaigns through Village AIDS Committees

• Use local mass media to disseminate message on HIV/AIDS

• Follow up and monitoring

Ø      Promote responsible SRH (Sexual and Reproductive Diseases) related behaviour among youth in and out of school including awareness raising on HIV/AIDS issues for informed sexual and reproductive health rights, so as to reduce HIV transmission.

Strategies and Activities

•  Work with District AIDS Committee, school authorities and other relevant district officials

• Collaborate with parents, Village AIDS and school Committees

• Select and train Physical Health Educators in schools

• Select and train school guardians Facilitate meeting between school guardians and Village AIDS committees

• Follow up and monitoring

• Documentation of learned experiences

• Identify active youth groups

• Facilitate a workshop on meaningful activities for youth

• Facilitate sports competitions among youth groups

Ø      Facilitate managements and owners of workplaces on dealing with effects of HIV/AIDS through implementation of best strategies for awareness, education, prevention and care of HIV/AIDS at workplaces.

Strategies and Activities

• Collaborate with District AIDS committee and relevant district officials

• Involve Trade Unions in the fight against HIV/AIDS

• Facilitate formation of AIDS Committee at workplace

• Select and train Physical Health Educators in workplaces

• Condom promotion and distribution

Ø      Contribute to decreasing HIV/AIDS risks through development of gender-focused interventions

Strategies and Activities

• Work closely with women groups

• Identify women groups in the district

•  Facilitate selection and training of Physical Health Education Trainers among women groups on HIV/AIDS and micro projects

Ø      Build the skills and capacity of home based caregivers to utilize their indigenous knowledge and locally available resources in caring of People living with Aids/HIV

Strategies and Activities

• Identify care givers from health facility, village/ community and family levels for training in home care

• Train caregivers from health facility, village and family levels in community mobilization and care for People living with Aids/HIV

• Provide logistical support to caregivers

• Organize caregivers meeting

• Evaluate the level of care and support to people living with Aids/HIV and their acceptance in their communities

•  Documentation and dissemination of learned experiences

• Develop a system for efficient support with basic needs to people living with AIDS/HIV in a sustainable manner through community mobilization.

• Work closely with District and village AIDS committees

•  Involve Traditional leaders and groups in provision of care and support to people living with AIDS/HIV

•  Assist people living with AIDS/HIV with maize flour and beans 

Ø      Ensure that HIV at risk and widows are not obliged to risk unsafe sex in order to survive (eat) by increasing their participation in Income Generation Activities.

Strategies and Activities

• Collaborate with District and village AIDS committees

• Facilitate formation of women groups that includes HIV at risk individuals and widows

Ø      Increase the number of orphans who have access to education, health care and shelter as their basic rights.

Strategies and Activities

• Work with District and village AIDS committee

•  Collaborate closely with departments of social welfare, education and community development

•  Establish number of orphans in the district

• Consultative meeting with district officials on orphans issues

•  Facilitate a workshop to set criteria for orphans support

•  Identify local sources of support to orphans