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UK Consortium on AIDS and International Development is its members.
We can only function through the commitment of members to our programme
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Milk Action Baby Milk Action is a non-profit organisation which aims to save lives and to end the avoidable suffering caused by inappropriate infant feeding. Baby Milk Action works within the global network the International Baby Food Action Network (a network of over 200 citizens groups in over 100 countries) to strengthen independent, transparent and effective controls on the marketing of the baby feeding industry. Baby Milk Action advocates that policies and programmes on HIV and infant feeding are based on research which is funded by those who do not have a commercial interest in the outcome. Based on IBFAN’s systematic global monitoring, it is evident that companies whose products compete with breastfeeding are not appropriate funders of such work, nor are they appropriate partners for NGOs wishing to protect infant and maternal health. Website: http://www.babymilkaction.org British Red Cross The British Red Cross helps people in crisis, whoever and wherever they are. We are part of a global network of volunteers, responding to natural disasters, conflicts and individual emergencies. We enable vulnerable people at home and overseas to prepare for and respond to emergencies in their own communities. And when the crisis is over, we help people to recover and move on with their lives. Website: http://www.redcross.org.uk British Volunteer Agencies Liaison Group (BVALG) BVALG links the work of UK-based volunteer sending agencies. BVALG aims to share the experience of its members and promote discussion about topics related to their work in development. BVALG members are: BESO, CIIR/ICD, International Service, Skillshare International, Volunteer Services Overseas. (See also the individual listings for these organisations.) Email: shobbs@unais.org.uk A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z back to top
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Health Foundation/Company The Female Health Company produces female condoms, providing low-cost female condoms in Africa through an agreement with UNAIDS. Through this partnership, the female condom has been made available in over 60 countries and is proving to be a vital product in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Working with Ministries of Health, donors, NGOs and social marketing organizations, FHC can assess and develop practical introductory strategies, a framework for distribution, communication, marketing, training and monitoring activities, facilitate the exchange of information between country programmes, donors and NGOs, and share lessons learned. It sponsors the Female Health Foundation, which provides technical assistance to organisations and programmes; maintains a resource centre of IEC, training and research materials; and publishes an electronic newsletter regarding female-initiated prevention programmes. Website: http://www.femalecondom.org Email: info@femalecondom.org Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Economic Policy Department [view: 'Observers to the Consortium on AIDS' at the top of the page.] Friends of Treatment Action Campaign (FOTAC) FOTAC is a UK-based charity fighting on issues of HIV and AIDS. Its primary function is to act in support of the Treatment Action Campaign (South Africa), a grassroots organisation with thousands of members which campaigns for greater affordability and access to HIV treatment for all, and for the empowerment of people affected by HIV and AIDS. FOTAC also seeks to sensitize and educate people in the UK about the AIDS crisis in southern Africa, working particularly with schools, colleges, businesses and unions. We also seek to bring pressure to bear, where appropriate, in UK and European parliamentary and governmental forums in relation to barriers to treatment, the international movement of African healthcare professionals, and other matters open to their influence. Website: www.fotac.org Email: info@fotac.org The Futures Group (Europe) [view: 'Observers to the Consortium on AIDS' at the top of the page.] A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z back to top
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House Trust George House Trust is the HIV voluntary organisation for the North West of England. We were established (as "Manchester AIDSLine") in 1985 and are the second oldest surviving HIV charity in the UK. George House Trust provides voluntary support services for people with HIV in the North West, together with support to carers, partners and children directly affected by HIV; runs education campaigns for people with HIV and to raise awareness about HIV; challenges discrimination against people with HIV and campaigns for the best quality of life for all people with HIV. Website: http://www.ght.org.uk/ Email: ght@ght.org.uk Global Dialogues Global Dialogues is a charity dedicated to promoting excellence in education and communication about HIV/AIDS. It coordinates "Scenarios from Africa" (formerly "Scenarios from the Sahel"), a community mobilization, education and media project being carried out with and for young people, primarily in West Africa. The project gives young people an exciting opportunity to educate themselves and others about HIV/AIDS by inviting them to participate in the production of a series of short fiction films. The films are distributed on a non-commercial basis across the Africa for broadcast and for use as discussion tools by organisations and schools. Website: http://www.globaldialogues.org Email: info@globaldialogues.org A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z back to top
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Worldwide Healthlink Worldwide aims to improve the health and wellbeing of poor and vulnerable communities. It does this by working in partnership with organisations in developing countries to strengthen communication on health and disability issues, including HIV/AIDS. Our work on HIV/AIDS promotes a broad understanding of HIV/AIDS and sexual health issues in the context of human rights and gender inequalities. It offers expertise and training in various aspects of health and disability-related communications, including needs assessment and impact evaluation, project management, networking, development of print and electronic materials, and resource centre and database development. Websites www.healthlink.org.uk www.asksource.info E-mail: hammond.s@healthlink.org.uk HelpAge International HelpAge International is a global network of not-for-profit organisations working with and for disadvantaged older people worldwide to achieve a lasting improvement in the quality of their lives. Members and partner organisations work in over 70 countries, on practical projects and policy work. We support older women and men both affected and infected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. We work with partner organisations to strengthen their response to older people caring for people living with AIDS, and for orphaned and vulnerable children, by providing home and community-based care programmes, information and awareness raising on HIV/AIDS and programmes to address the socio-economic impacts of HIV/AIDS on already poor and vulnerable older-headed households. HelpAge International is advocating for a range of social protection measures, such as cash transfers, to alleviate the poverty impacts of AIDS. Website: http://www.helpage.org Email: hai@helpage.org Help the Aged 'Our vision is a world where older people can lead lives that are valued, involved and fulfilled. We believe this is their fundamental right.' Help the Aged is committed to addressing the issues that matter to older people. They have four main priorities: Combating Poverty, Reducing Isolation, Defeating Ageism, Challenging, Poor Care Standards. Working together with older people they campaign, research and develop practical solutions. Wesite: http://www.helptheaged.org.uk/default.htm Email (England): info@helptheaged.org.uk Email (Wales): infocymru@helptheaged.org.uk Email (Scotland): infoscot@helptheaged.org.uk Email (Northern Ireland): infoni@helptheaged.org.uk Help the Hospices' UK forum for hospice and palliative care worldwide Forum members aim to improve the extent and quality of hospice and palliative care. The forum aims to have a facilitative and enabling role that covers: · the development of a UK network of interested people and organisations · facilitating “twinning” arrangements between hospice services in the UK and overseas · Funding training and education activities and volunteer placements · information-giving e.g. about funding opportunities It also advocates with Government and other international organisations bodies about the work of UK forum members and the role of hospice and palliative care. The UK forum secretariat is funded by Help the Hospices. Membership is free and benefits include a bi-monthly e-mail service containing news and information, access to training events; and free copies of UK forum publications (e.g. a policy paper on HIV/AIDS and palliative care). Website http://www.helpthehospices.org.uk Website: http://www.hospiceinformation.info HIV/AIDS Association of Zambia (HAAZ) HIV/AIDS Association of Zambia is a charitable organisation formed to address the high prevalence of HIV/AIDS in Zambia and among the Zambian community living in the UK. Providing culturally and linguistically appropriate HIV/AIDS and sexual health prevention services; advancing public understanding of HIV/AIDS; providing a safe place for HIV+ men and women to come and share their experiences. HAAZ now extends its services to all Africans living in the UK. HAAZ also undertakes international projects and is currently working with Poverty Relief Organisation (PRO) in Zambia. Website: http://www.haaz.org.uk Email: admin@haaz.org.uk Hope for Children HOPE's aims and objectives are to assist children, who suffer through being handicapped, orphaned, poor and exploited, in particular those living in developing countries. This is achieved through providing, promoting and advancing children's rights to basic necessities, including education and health care, aimed at sustaining their long term development. Website: http://www.hope-for-children.org/ Email: hope@hope-for-children.co.uk HOPEHIV HOPEHIV helps African children who have lost their parents to AIDS by providing them with the support, affection and the encouragement they need to re-build their lives. HOPEHIV works with partners in Africa that provide care for children orphaned by AIDS. Education, skills training, recreational camps, residential facilities, counselling and advice to community workers are among the services that these projects provide in their communities. Its three main themes for future funding are innovation, multiplication and leadership development. Website: http://www.hopehiv.org Email: info@hopehiv.org A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z back to top
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ImpAcTAIDS ImpAcTAIDS (Campaign for Improved Access to Treatment for AIDS in resource poor countries) was formed to raise awareness of the treatment issue and to campaign for urgent research and funding where the most benefit can be achieved in the global fight against AIDS. To promote FREE treatment for AIDS in resource poor countries. To press for well-funded, large-scale, multi-centre treatment options setting out the practicalities of implementing AIDS treatment programmes with locally negotiated solutions. To complement the work of other organisations striving to address the combined effects of poverty and AIDS in the developing world. Website: http://www.impactaids.org.uk/ Email: impactaidsuk@hotmail.com Interact Worldwide Interact Worldwide works to ensure all individuals, in particular the poor and marginalised, are empowered to enact their human rights with regard to sexual and reproductive health and comprehensive HIV/AIDS services, within the framework of poverty reduction. Through partnership projects and contracted technical assistance we support capacity building, service delivery and advocacy amongst vulnerable people in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. In our focus countries, which include Ethiopia, India, Malawi, Nicaragua, Pakistan and Uganda, our partners work to advance access, rights, gender equality, quality or services, the role of civil society, public-private partnership and sustainability. We work to reduce HIV/AIDS related stigma and discrimination amoung key populations and support sustained investment in new HIV prevention technologies, including hosting the UK Campaign for Microbicides. We undertake policy analysis and advocacy in Europe as a member of the European Network for Global Health as well as work through EURONGOS and other Reproductive Health Consortia. Our policy and advocacy work in the UK is advanced through the Consortium and Stop AIDS Campaign by co-chairing the Heath Systems Working Group and chairing the Gender Working Group. Email:dalyf@interactworldwide.org Web: www.interactworldwide.org International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative is a global organization working to speed the development and distribution of preventive AIDS vaccines. IAVI’s work focuses on four areas: mobilizing support through advocacy and education; accelerating scientific progress; encouraging industrial participation in AIDS vaccine development; and assuring global access. Website: http://www.iavi.org Email: swalker@iavi.org International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS (ICW) ICW is the only global network run for and by HIV positive women. ICW promotes all our voices and advocates for changes that improve our lives and has a membership of more than 3000 women living with HIV from over 138 countries. Through its advocacy work, trainings and publications, ICW aims to realize its vision of a world where all HIV positive women have a respected and meaningful involvement at all political levels, local, national, regional, and international, where decisions that affect our lives are being made; have full access to care and treatment; and enjoy full rights, particularly sexual, reproductive, legal, financial and general health rights; irrespective of our sexuality, culture, age, religion, social or economic status/class and race. Website: http://www.icw.org Email: info@icw.org International Partnership for Microbicides The International Partnership for Microbicides (IPM) was established to accelerate the development and accessibility of microbicides to prevent transmission of HIV. The organization's goal is to deliver a safe and effective microbicide for women in developing countries as soon as possible. IPM is focused on overcoming the four major challenges that stand in the way of microbicide development and distribution. IPM is working to: (1) accelerate product development by building production and formulation expertise; (2) build clinical trial capacity in developing countries; (3) establish appropriate regulatory pathways for microbicide products; and (4) plan for widespread and affordable distribution of these products. IPM identifies the most promising technologies and invests its resources to help develop them into usable products. Through partnership and collaboration, IPM can accelerate and increase the efficiency of product development at every stage, including formulation and drug delivery research, clinical trials and manufacturing. IPM also works to create awareness and support for microbicides and to pave the way for clinical trials in developing countries. IPM is actively mobilizing resources and seeking support from policy makers and advocates at national and multilateral levels for policies supportive of microbicides. Web: www.ipm-microbicides.org/ International HIV/AIDS Alliance The International HIV/AIDS Alliance was set up to respond to the need for a specialist, professional intermediary organisation to work in partnership with non-governmental and community-based organisations in developing countries, as well as with national governments, private and public donors and the UN system. The Alliance provides technical support, often alongside financial support, to in-country intermediary ‘linking organisations’ which, in their turn, provide financial and/or technical support to NGOs and CBOs in their respective countries. The Alliance currently has ongoing programmes in 19 countries. Website: http://www.aidsalliance.org International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) IPPF links Family Planning Associations (FPAs) in over 180 countries worldwide and is the largest voluntary organization in the world concerned with family planning and sexual and reproductive health. IPPF has a commitment to promoting the right of women and men to decide freely the number and spacing of their children and the right to the highest possible level of sexual and reproductive health. Education is a key focus of IPPF's HIV/AIDS work worldwide. While many FPAs concentrate on education and counselling as well as the provision of condoms, some also provide a range of clinical services, including early detection test and home-based care. Website: http://www.ippf.org International Service International Service recruits skilled and motivated people to work in locally initiated and managed development projects in West Africa, Latin America and the Middle East. They act in response to requests from local organisations for technical skills not available locally. They aim to promote self-reliance, justice and development in developing countries through partnership with local organisations. Website: http://www.internationalservice.org.uk Email: unais-uk@geo2.poptel.org.uk A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z back to top
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AIDS Support Services An independent voluntary organisation providing services for people affected by HIV/AIDS in Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland Website: www.lass.org.uk Learning for Life Learning for Life works with local partners to provide education for children in South Asia. We also work in UK schools to raise awareness of development issues and South Asia. LfL works with community-based partners, toward achieving innovative and sustainable solutions. LfL supports its partners by providing them with funding, capacity-building skills and advocacy. LfL educates children and trains teachers in a manner that is realistic and relevant to their lives. Website: www.learningforlifeuk.org/ London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Health Policy Unit The Unit aims to inform and strengthen the development and implementation of appropriate health policy and to increase understanding of the process of policy development, with an emphasis on low- and middle-income countries. Areas of expertise include comparative health policy and health systems analysis, health economics and international public health. The Unit hosts four main Programmes, health economics and financing, infectious disease policy, conflict and health and globalisation. Website: http://www.lshtm.ac.uk A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z back to top
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Stopes International (MSI) Marie Stopes International and its Partners provide sexual and reproductive health information and services to communities in 38 countries worldwide, upholding their right to choose the timing, spacing and size of their families. MSI's Partners undertake a range of activities including; family planning, ante-and post-natal care, contraceptive social marketing, obstetric care, STI prevention and treatment, HIV/AIDS awareness raising, condom distribution, voluntary counselling and testing and primary healthcare. Centre-based and outreach activities ensure that sexual and reproductive health information and services are accessible when and where they are needed, for example in schools, refugee camps and slum areas. The network of global Partners ensures the services are sustainable, appropriate and of the highest possible quality. Website: http://www.mariestopes.org.uk Medical Foundation for AIDS and Sexual Health (MedFASH) Medical Foundation for AIDS and Sexual Health (formerly known as the BMA Foundation for AIDS) is a charity which works with policy-makers and health professionals, to promote excellence in the prevention and management of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. It does this by influencing policy and by providing information and advice to professionals. Its primary focus is on policy and practice in the UK. It also engages with UK-based initiatives relating to the international HIV epidemic. The work of MedFASH is supported by the British Medical Association. Website: http://www.medfash.org.uk Email: enquiries.medfash@medfash.bma.org.uk Mildmay International Mildmay has over 16 years of specialist experience in HIV/AIDS care, education and training worldwide. It improves the quality of life of adults and children living with and affected by HIV with a holistic approach to care and works in collaboration with Ministries of Health in all its programmes. It runs the only specialist HIV related brain impairment unit in the UK, based at its London Hospital and has set up large projects in Uganda, Kenya, Zimbabwe and Tanzania. Training programmes have been designed and delivered in over 30 countries. Areas of expertise include health system strengthening, home based care, paediatric care and counselling and all training is carried out in-country and integrated into practice on the ground. Website: http://www.mildmay.org.uk A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z back to top
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Society Foundation, London The Open Society Institute/Soros Foundation Network as a whole is heavily involved in the fight against HIV/AIDS, at the global, regional, national, and local levels. The various parts of the Soros Foundations Network - national foundations, relevant network programs and representative offices - support and work with NGOs, and bilateral and multilateral agencies to change policy. The network has supported crucial global campaigns such as the Panos Institute's global AIDS initiative, Aidspan's Global Fund Observer, and the Social Science Research Council's Initiative on HIV/AIDS and Global Transformation, and is a supporter of the Global Fund to Fight HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria. These initiatives aim to increase civil society investment in the fight against HIV/AIDS by promoting public participation, ownership, resource mobilization and accountability within the response to the epidemic. We also give support to local organisations in numerous countries to assist them with their work related to public health policy - including harm reduction, the fight against TB and HIV/AIDS, and mental disabilities. As part of this global network, the London office works closely with the British government and London-based NGOs, helps build partnerships, serves as a channel for information and contacts, develops coalitions with long-term partners, and raises awareness in U.K. policy circles about these issues. The London office also focuses on the EU as a whole, in this respect. Web: www.soros.org/about/foundations/osf_london Oxfam GB Oxfam GB is a development, relief, and campaigning organisation dedicated to finding lasting solutions to poverty and suffering around the world. Oxfam works in over 80 countries with poor women, children and men, many of whom are affected by or vulnerable to HIV/AIDS. Oxfam is campaigning cheaper medicines for people in poorer countries in the belief that ‘an important way to begin helping the millions of AIDS-sufferers in sub-Sahara Africa is to change the World Trade Organisation rules to allow countries to produce or purchase affordable generic drugs.’ They are also campaigning for the cancellation of poorer countries debt so they can invest in health, education and development’. Website: http://www.oxfam.org.uk A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z back to top
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Institute Panos is an international non-profit institute providing information on global issues with a developing country perspective. Panos-London’s mission is to work with media and other information actors to enable developing countries to shape and communicate their own development agendas through informed public debate. Panos is a leading international authority on the social and economic causes and consequences of HIV/AIDS in the developing world. Through a range of publications and activities with the media, policymakers and non-governmental organisations, Panos stimulates debate and further research into the causes and impact of the disease, which in turn leads to the creation of appropriate strategies to confront these issues at a national and international level. Website: http://www.panos.org.uk People & Planet People & Planet is the largest student network in Britain campaigning to: alleviate world poverty, defend human rights, protect the environment. The People & Planet network consists of: University and College Groups, Sixth Form Groups, Individual Campaigners. Support Office. There are People & Planet groups at over 45 UK universities and colleges. They are run by students and are the core of the People & Planet network. They campaign and raise awareness about the global issues that matter to them by having speakers, debates, quizzes, colourful demonstrations, boycotts, club nights and more… so get involved in your local group to learn about the issues, have fun and campaign for real change. There are over 150 People & Planet groups in sixth forms and further education colleges. They are exploring global issues and running a Fairtrade campaign. This involves positive local action such as asking local shops and cafes to stock Fairtrade products, having exhibitions and tasting stalls, giving assemblies and persuading the staff room to “go Fairtrade”. People & Planet also has a network of campaign supporters throughout the country who actively campaign with us to tackle the root causes of global poverty, injustice and environmental destruction. Web: www.peopleandplanet.org Plan UK Plan works in 45 developing countries worldwide. Their work influences issues at every level: from a local community's policy on education to the creation of international coalitions on children's rights, on the rights of children affected by HIV/AIDS, and on universal birth registration. Plan is also involved in the ‘Hope for African Children Initiative’, set up to address the challenges faced by children affected by AIDS. The work includes: building awareness and reducing stigma; providing better home-care to families, with increased nutrition and food security; preparing families for the loss of a parent by providing psychosocial and economic support to families; securing children’s access to education and health care following a parents death. Website: http://www.plan-uk.org Population Concern (see: Interact Worldwide above) Population Services International (Europe) Population Services International/Europe (PSI/Europe) is a non-governmental organisation that works in social marketing, ‘using private sector methods to solve public sector problems’. PSI/Europe works in family planning, HIV/AIDS, maternal and child health including malaria. Its principal activities are: Fundraising for and management of social marketing projects addressing the health needs of lower- and middle-income people in developing countries. Liaising with the European donor community, the European Union and United Nations, European NGOs and academic bodies. Providing technical support in behaviour change communications, sustainability planning and project design, monitoring and evaluation. Website: http://www.psiwash.org Email: info@psieurope.org.uk Progressio Progressio is an international charity working for justice and the eradication of poverty. They work in partnership with civil groups and governments around the world. Through their skillshare programme, they place experienced professionals to share their expertise with partners in 11 countries. Formerly: Catholic Institute for International Relations (CIIR). Website: www.progressio.org.uk/ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z back to top
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Army The Salvation Army acts internationally in response to HIV/AIDS in over 40 countries to stimulate sustained local care and prevention approaches. The approach of 'Human Capacity Development' results in learning by organizations as well as expansion within local communities. Regionally and nationally based 'facilitation teams' have became a key strategy for expanding quality and quantity of response. These teams wok directly with Salvation Army churches and health programmes, and are available to support and partner with people and teams from other organizations. Website: www1.salvationarmy.org/health Samaritan’s Purse Samaritan’s Purse (SP) is a non-profit, Christian organisation providing emergency relief and development assistance to suffering people around the world. We are an international organization with offices in the United States, Canada, Germany, Australia, Ireland and the Netherlands. The HIV and AIDS work through Samaritan’s Purse UK has two regional areas of funding: Eastern Europe/Former Soviet Union/Central Asia and Africa. In Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, Samaritan’s Purse has formed an alliance with Geneva Global to fund HIV/AIDS programmes in these countries. We partner with local organisations, focusing on prevention, care and advocacy as well as integrate prevention and care programmes into our field offices. Samaritan’s Purse’s approach is to work alongside and build the capacity of the local Church and community to respond to the impact of HIV and AIDS in their communities. We believe that the HIV pandemic offers a key opportunity to demonstrate the compassion of Christ to those that are impacted by HIV and AIDS. e-mail: debora.randall@samaritans-purse.org.uk website: www.samaritanspurse.uk.com Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund (SCIAF) website: http://www.sciaf.org.uk/ Skillshare International Skillshare International works for sustainable development in partnership with the people and communities of Africa and Asia. They do this by sharing and developing skills, facilitating organisational effectiveness and growth. They currently work with partner organisations in ten countries in Africa and India. The bulk of their work is in education and vocational training, agriculture, health, HIV and AIDS, engineering and planning, the environment and income generation. These incorporate rural development, empowering disadvantaged groups and improving opportunities for young people. Website: http://www.skillshare.org Email: info@skillshare.org SOS Children’s Villages SOS Children's Villages is an independent, non-governmental and social development organisation, which has been active in the field of children's needs, concerns and rights since 1949. Its activities focus on neglected and abandoned children and orphans, as well as disadvantaged families. SOS Children's Villages carries out its activities in 132 countries and territories. SOS Children's Villages makes it possible for children to be part of a family once again by providing family-based care. Increasingly our focus in sub-Saharan Africa is the HIV/AIDS crisis and we have comprehensive community outreach programmes to treat/support/advise and provide health education to largely child and grandparent–led families affected by this disease. Website: http://www.soschildrensvillages.org.uk/ Starfish Greathearts Foundation Starfish Greathearts Foundation is a global response to the growing number of children made orphaned and vulnerable by the impact of HIV/AIDS. As a growing worldwide community, we are on a passionate quest to change perspectives, beliefs, and ultimately outcomes. Our aim is to Turn the Tide on AIDS by showing that there is a way to make a difference; a way to bring hope where there is only despair, one child at a time. Starfish currently delivers comprehensive care and development programmes around health and education to vulnerable orphaned children in South Africa as well as providing food aid for children and families in crisis. These vital intervention and development programmes are delivered through partnerships with non-governmental and community based organisations in communities across eight out of nine provinces. Starfish has been instrumental in developing and establishing a coalition of local NGOs in order to facilitate a nation-wide co-ordinated holistic response to the needs of children orphaned by the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Email: ukinfo@starfishcharity.org Website: www.starfishcharity.org/ Strategies for Hope Trust Founded in 1989 by ActionAid, the Strategies for Hope (SFH) project produces print and audiovisual materials aimed at promoting ‘good practice’ in community-based approaches to HIV/AIDS, gender and sexual health, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. The SFH Trust - an independent, not-for-profit organisation - has managed the project since July 2003. SFH has produced 16 booklets, five videos, one DVD, the ‘Stepping Stones’ training package and a video Facilitator’s Guide. These materials are used - mainly in sub-Saharan Africa - by NGOs, faith-based organisations, community groups, health providers, HIV/AIDS support groups, schools and government HIV/AIDS programmes. Website: www.stratshope.org Email: sfh@stratshope.org Street Child Africa Founded in 1998 by Father Patrick Shanahan, Street Child Africa is a UK based non-denominational organisation working to improve the lives of street children in Sub-Saharan Africa. We currently fund seven partners in 5 countries. Our partners work on the streets befriending and advising these vulnerable children. Our partners provide refuge, street corner literacy, skills training, advocacy and medical assistance. We are now funding the second generation of street babies in Accra, Ghana. Street Child Africa supports partners’ programmes in country that seek to address the issue of HIV/AIDS/TB within this marginalized community. We are actively seeking positive interventions and support research programmes into Child headed households. We seek to lobby both civil society and political players both here and in Africa, to raise the profile of street children’s needs. Website: http://www.streetchildafrica.org.uk Email: info@streetchildafrica.org.uk Student Partnership Worldwide (SPW) SPW implements community level programmes that tackle the underlying causes of poverty whilst building local capacity. With international and in-country government support a focus on empowering young people, SPW works in rural communities in sub Saharan Africa and South Asia. Programmes raise awareness of and address health and environmental issues affecting young people. In particular non formal education is used to deliver preventative health education and training in the sustainable use of environmental resources. By working with and through young people, SPW empowers the next generation to act as catalysts for change in their own communities. Wesite: http://www.spw.org Email: spwcampaigns@gn.apc.org Support for Africa The objectives of Support For Africa are to inform the people of the developed world of the terrible effect that AIDS is having on the people of Sub-Saharan Africa and to raise funds to provide practical medical help and create awareness throughout Africa of the devastation caused by the disease in order to stop its inexorable increase. Website: http://www.supportforafrica.org/ Email: info@supportforafrica.org A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z back to top
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Committee for UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund) The United Nations Children's Fund, is a global champion for children's rights, working in over 150 countries and territories to fulfil children's rights to health and nutrition, education, emergency relief, protection, and water and sanitation. The UK Committee for UNICEF is one of 37 National Committees of UNICEF which meet regularly to share ideas, experiences, and materials among Committees. UNICEF UK is part of the Stop AIDS Campaign. UNICEF is also running a global campaign - Unite for Children, Unite against AIDS - over the next 5 years from 2005 - 2010 to increase access to education, healthcare and affordable drugs for children and their families affected by HIV and AIDS. Website: http://www.unicef.org.uk/aids UKC (UK Coalition of People Living with HIV and AIDS) UKC is a group of people living with HIV and AIDS, campaigning, researching and providing services by and for people like ourselves. Any person resident within the UK and who has tested positive for antibodies to the HIV virus is eligible for affiliate membership. Our aim is to enable the diverse voices of people living with HIV and AIDS to be heard in order to influence change. Website: http://www.ukcoalition.org/ Email: reception@ukcoalition.org Uganda AIDS Action Fund Providing education, prevention and advocacy services to the African community both infected and affected by HIV. Services provided cover information exchanges, training seminars, peer group work or community/church work. Email: UAAF@aol.com UNISON UNISON is the UK’s largest public sector union with 1.3 million members. HIV/AIDS has been identified as one of UNISON’s key international themes which falls under the work of the International Unit of the Policy and Public Affairs Department. As a public sector union, UNISON considers HIV/AIDS an issue of critical importance to public sector workers and the public sector around the world. The impact of HIV/AIDS on women is of serious concern as UNISON has a majority of women members. UNISON is a strong advocate of work place and human rights and wishes to ensure workers with HIV/AIDS around the world are treated justly by their employers and society in general. UNISON has longstanding solidarity with many trade unions in southern Africa and is continuing with this around tackling HIV/AIDS. Current projects include a national seminar for trade unionists throughout southern Africa on sharing best practice of HIV/AIDS projects and campaigns and developing a public sector code on HIV/AIDS. Email: P.Jones@unison.co.uk Website: www.unison.org.uk/international/index.asp United Reformed Church, Church & Society Department Church and Society Department seeks to ‘serve local churches, district councils and synods, ecumenical and appropriate secular bodies, in raising awareness, sharing information and encouraging reflection and action on matters of justice and peace, healing and reconciliation.’ Their work covers a very wide range of issues such as social policy, peace and disarmament, world development, race relations, unemployment and the future of work, and 'end of life' issues. They work especially closely with Christian Aid, World Development Movement, One World Week, Jubilee 2000, Church Action on Poverty, the Churches National Housing Coalition and the Churches Commission on Racial Justice. Website: http://www.urc.org.uk Email: church.society@urc.org.uk United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel (USPG) USPG is a major mission agency of the Anglican Church in Britain and Ireland. USPG works in partnership with the Anglican and United Churches in more than 50 countries worldwide, exchanging people, resources and training for mission. Exchanging people: USPG has over 100 missionaries serving in five continents. Exchanging resources: USPG funds hospitals, schools, theological colleges, prisons and children's homes. They link parishes in Britain and Ireland with projects in other parts of the world. Exchanging training: USPG is committed to helping Christians learn from one another through cross-cultural training for parishes in Britain and Ireland and further education for church and community leaders. Website: http://www.uspg.org.uk A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z back to top
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VSO
(Voluntary Service Overseas) VSO is an international development charity that works through volunteers. The volunteers aim to pass on their expertise to local people so that when they return home their skills remain. Volunteers can be aged between 18 and 75 years old and must have a formal qualification and some work experience, today the average age of a volunteer is 38. These volunteers work in partnership with colleagues and communities to share skills and learning and achieve positive change together. HIV & AIDS is one of six goals within VSO's corporate strategic plan. VSO has 22 programmes working in HIV & AIDS in Africa, Asia, and the Pacific. Our objective is to combat stigma, support prevention, and increase the availability of treatment, care and support for those infected and affected by HIV & AIDS. The largest of these programmes is the Regional AIDS Initiative of Southern Africa (RAISA) now planning for its 3rd phase which aims to strengthen the capacity of civil society and government in six southern African countries, to develop and to work with partners around implementation of the multi-sectoral response to HIV&AIDS. Policy and Advocacy Advisers: Nina.O'farrell@vso.org.uk Michael.Podmore@vso.org.uk Programme Development Advisor: HIV & AIDS; Kate.iorpenda@vso.org.uk Email: hiv@vso.org.uk Website: http://www.vso.org.uk Email: enquiry@vso.org.uk A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | |||||