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What we
do
(Please see the list at left for details of some of our current projects.)
We
initiate and run seminars and
training
workshops for cultural and development associations (CUDAs) and other
community
organizations for the
elaboration and implementation of comprehensive anti-HIV & AIDS
projects.
We provide technical and
professional advice
and supervision to community organizations during the execution
of their anti HIV & AIDS projects, including:
- Mass
sensitization, counseling
and screening for HIV
- Follow-up
care and treatment of
people living with or affected by HIV & AIDS
- Creation
and
oversight of
village AIDS control centers
- Establishment
and oversight of
community solidarity funds for HIV & AIDS control
- Establishment
of orphan support
projects
- Establishment
of income
generating projects for people living with HIV & AIDS
- Training
of
community AIDS
workers and counselors
- Facilitation
of
service and funding partnerships between community groups and NGOs for
HIV & AIDS control projects
We
also organize educational seminars on all
aspects of HIV & AIDS to enable Cameroonian nationals and
foreign
professionals to engage in the fight against HIV & AIDS in
developing
countries.
Current
projects- overview
In our current work, we are
scaling up the community empowerment strategy that we have developed for
the fight against HIV/AIDS to 10
more villages in the Northwest Province of Cameroon. This project is
funded by by Care Cameroon- Global
Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
The goal of
our community empowerment strategy is to get communities to take
responsibility for the fight against HIV/AIDS at the local level. This
contrasts with participation which implies initiation and conduction of
the
fight by somebody else. The COPAAP empowerment process starts with the
following activities:
- Raising
awareness among the community leaders about the gravity of the problem
of
HIV/AIDS as it concerns their communities. Success in this domain
ensures that the community leaders take control of the decision to
fight the pandemic.
- Helping the
communities to know how to organize and to conduct the fight. This
is done in seminar workshops to enable them draw up comprehensive,
predominantly self-reliant anti-HIV/AIDS projects.
- Assisting
in capacity building, including training community health volunteers
(CHVs) and laboratory technicians and building
infrastructure.
- Establishing
Village AIDS Control Centres and organizing services for
community and home based care of people living with HIV/AIDS.
- Enabling
groups and the community as a
whole to start income
generating projects, orphan and vulnerable children support programs,
and community solidarity funds to fight HIV/AIDS.
In addition, we are working on developing income-generating activities
in several villages to ensure the sustainability of these projects.
The income generating projects are described in more detail here.
Please see the list at the left for details of some of our current
projects. |
