AIDS Counselling Trust (ACT) Zimbabwe Expand view PO Box 7225 Harare ACTs aim: To complement government efforts in preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS and also provide psycho-social support to the infected and affected. ACTSs objectives: Train a wide range of people in counselling, including potential care givers and those in contact with persons living with HIV/AIDS. Provide over the phone and face to face counselling . Identify, mobilise suitable resourse persons in the community who will facilitate the work of ACT. Develop, distribute and use appropriate materials, courses and other resources for the dissemination of informatnion on HIV/AIDS in order to influence behavioural change. The ACT resource centre is open to the public
Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana (PPAG) Ghana Expand view PO Box 5756 Accra - North The aim is for Ghana to become a country in which the youth are well informed about sexual and reproductive issues and can confidently exercise their right of choice of Sexual and Reproductive Health services without fear and/or any obstacle from any sector of the society The resource centre is open to the public
Walio Katika Mapambano na AIDS Tanzania (WAMATA) Tanzania Expand view PO Box 33279 Dar es Salaam WAMATA deals with HIV transmission. AIms include: the reduction of social, pathological, psychological, legal and humnan rights problems for people living with HIV/AIDS; An increase in the institutions capacity in counselling and home based care services; Institutional support; Monitoring and evaluation of performance facilities with WAMATA branches. The WMATA resource centre is open to the public
World Vision Uganda (WVU) Uganda Expand view PO Box 5319 Kampala This is a Christian, development and child care agency. It believes that all development is integral to improving the well-being of children. Its aims are to contribute to the reduction of infant and maternal mortality rates through community-based programmes and empowerment of the beneficiaries; to improve water and sanitation; to increase education rates; to improve agriculture and the environment and to assist in the development of midro-enterprises. It s resource centre is not open to the public, but it is planned that in the future it will be http://www.wvi.org
Promhandicam Association Cameroon Expand view BP 4018 Yaounde The organisation has disabled members of staff and committee. For further details of Promhandicam's activities see the website which is in English, French and Italian. http://www.promhandicam.org
National Council on Women and Development (NCWD) Ghana Expand view PO Box 38 Kumasi NCWD's goal is to promote the advancement of women in Ghana by enhancing women's participation in development and in the long run to eliminate inequality between the sexes, thereby raising the standard of living on a broad national basis. The NCWD resoucrce centre is open to the public
Tanzania Council for Social Development (TACOSODE) Tanzania Expand view P O Box 63196 Dar Es Salaam Its goals are networking and partnership, capacity building, advocacy and lobbying, fundraising, and project planning and management. Its resource centre is open to the public
Youth Development Foundation (YDF) Ghana Expand view PO Box 4941 Kumasi YDF was started by young people at the University of Ghana. It is aimed at young people between the ages of 10 and 24, especially out of school children and street youth in urban and rural areas. It works in the area of population, family life and reproductive health, environmental issues and skills training. It has 11 projects in West Africa, setting up youth centres in rural areas particulary aimed at out of school youth and providing reproductive health information. The resource centre is open to the public.
Mozambique Red Cross Mozambique Expand view PO Bix 2986 Maputo The Mozambique Red Cross' objective for the next three years is to strengthen the capacity of the host vulneranable members of the population by supporting their development, particularly in protecting their health and improving their social conditions. In order to achieve this objective, the MRCS must first of all strengthen itself, becoming a national association that is capable, strong and independent http://www.recross.org.mz
Matabeleland AIDS Council (MAC) Zimbabwe Expand view PO Box 1280 Bulawayo MAC provide public education and research on HIV prevention and care. They run a youth programme and workplace programme, counselling, information, training and prevention. Their two resource centres are in `high density housing' areas of Bulawayo. They are open to the public. Actual Address: 97a Josiah Tongagara St.
Association SOS SIDA|Jeunesse Mobilisee Burkina Faso Expand view 01 B P 2162 Ougadougou 01 SOS SIDA aim to improve the education of rural and urban population on AIDS and Health and Sexual reproduction. Its objectives are: counselling and voluntary HIV depositing; medical, psychological and social caretaking of people living with HIV/AIDS and HIV fatherless children (children whose parents have died of AIDS). The SOS SIDA resource centre is open to the public
Institute of Research and Behavioural Studies (IRESCO) Cameroon Expand view BP 13888 Yaounde IRESCO contributes to the identification of the needs of African populations and finds appropriate solutions to their problems. It encourages the emergence of interdisciplinary collaboration among researchers, and promotes the consideration of behavioural research as an indispensible factor of socio-economic development. Resource centre open to the public http://www.iresco.org
Lumiere Action Côte d'Ivoire Expand view 14 BP2101 Abidjan Aims to give psychological and social support to people living with HIV. To provide information to help the prevention of HIV. To fight for the rights of people living with HIV as well as many other discriminations. To promote the access to clinical carre and therapy treatment. Resource centre open to the public
Ruban Rouge Côte d'Ivoire Côte d'Ivoire Expand view 22 BP 1211 Abidjan 22 Ruban-Rouge's aims to combat the spread of AIDS/HIV. This fight is based on raising the awareness of people about AIDS, and taking care of PLAs. The resource centre is open to the public http://www.presseci.com/rubanrouge/
African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF)|South Africa South Africa Expand view PO Box 11489 The Tram Shed Pretoria 0126 Aims to improve the health of disadvantaged people in South Africa. It does this through the development, testing and promotion of appropriate models for improving health; contributing to capacity strengthening at all levels of sustainable health action; and contributing to the development of an enabling environment for health improvement. The Resource Centre is not open to the public
