AIDS work with staff activities to help staff to face up to AIDS as a personal issue (questionnaires, workshops, involving PLWHA in training and workshops, discussing internal mainstreaming, etc…), staff awareness and education (from a gender and sexuality perspective) and prevention activities for Staff (availability of condoms, VCT, etc.).
HIV/AIDS competence An AIDS-competent society means that people in families, communities, organisations and in policy making acknowledge the reality of HIV/AIDS and act from strength to build capacity to respond, reduce vulnerability and risks, learn and share with others and live out their full potential. (source: the constellation for AIDS competence)
SAN! Stop AIDS Now is a joint initiative of NOVIB, CORDAID, HIVOS, ICCO and the AIDS fund to join forces in the fight against HIV/AIDS. At the beginning SAN! was focussed on public awareness building and fundraising. Since 2004 SAN! has become also active in lobby and advocacy work and the CFAs have started joint research development projects within SAN!.
