Mbn hiv/aids evaluation final report Team of consultants

Table 24: Overview of counterparts visited who are supporting NGOs and CBOs to cope with the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the three countries in Southern Africa and India (n=8)

	Counterparts	Nature of their activities
Southern Africa	AIDS Law project AFSA (core business) SACBC (core business) SAFAIDS WASN Yoneco	Trainings and consultancy services: workplace policy development focusing on non-discrimination principles Conference: exchange experiences with delivery of advisory services Training and workshops: organisational development, exchange of experiences Grants for CBOs and NGOs Training and workshops: organisational development, exchange of experiences Grants for CBOs and NGOs Training and consultancy services: HIV/AIDS mainstreaming Training and workshops: gender mainstreaming in AIDS service organisations Support to many CBOs such as women groups, youth groups, drama groups, etc.
India	SIAAP Gujarat AIDS prevention	Training and consultancy services: workplace policy development and gender mainstreaming in AIDS-focussed organisations Workshops for village committees President of a network of … CBOs

Worth mentioning is the approach of AFSA and SACBC in South Africa, who in their turn facilitate grants for CBOs and NGOs that do not easily access external (and) internal donors but who play an important role in their (sometimes remote on underserved) communities. These grants are supported by technical assistance and knowledge sharing.

All of these 8 capacity building organisations (ALP, AFSA, SACBC, Safaids, WASN, Yoneco, SIAAP and GAP) are involved in national and international HIV/AIDS networks; however it is not clear to what extent they link their clients (CBOs and support groups) with these networks (except for Zimbabwe: WASN who linked CBOs to the National AIDS Committee and Malawi: the LL diocese who refers CBOs to NAPHAM, the network of PLWHA)