WHAT WE DO

Our goal is to increase awareness about HIV, its transmission, and its prevention among youth residing in Sub-Saharan Africa, in order to shape their commitment and abilities to avoid or reduce behaviors that put them at risk for HIV/AIDS infections.

Our objectives are to teach teenagers safer sex strategies and risk reduction information through a series of interactive theatrical presentation workshops to be conducted every year; moreover, to conduct some one-in-one weekly outreach sessions, reaching a number of unduplicated individuals aged 12-21 who live in sub-Saharan Africa.

OUR RESPONSE

Prevention
Most prevention programs are made up of a combination of individual intervention and service. The different types of intervention are condom distribution, prevention counseling, prevention education, risk reduction workshop, and community awareness event.

We recruit peer actors and educators, we train young people as program coordinators and outreach workers in cities and rural communities and assign them to conduct interventions. Our workers are known for their compassion, leadership, expertise and guidance.

ACCAINC addresses HIV/AIDS as part of a comprehensive program that also deals with poverty, promiscuity, warfare, lack of education, and other.

Care
ACCAINC staffs work closely with community partners in Africa to ensure that infected children receive educational and vocational training, supplemental food when needed, and access to adequate health care. We also work with communities to make sure educational fees are met so children affected by Aids/HIV can attend school. We also help young people to discover and use their own vision, skills, and resources to move from abject poverty to abundant living.

EXPECTED OUTCOMES

We will increase the percentage of children attending HIV prevention counseling every year and get them to express confidence in discussing safer sex with their sexual partners and their loved ones. At the conclusion of each theatrical presentation workshop or outreach session, participant will demonstrate an average pre-post test gain in knowledge of at least 75% on a competency test on modes of transmission of HIV infection and risk reduction behaviors.

ACCAINC Education and Prevention Programs

To accomplish our mission, we:

• Provide financial, material and moral support to children affected by HIV and infected by AIDS and their loved ones
• Support Coordinate efforts in minimizing discrimination in issues relating to AIDS/HIV infections.
• Liaise with other agencies of similar orientation in the exchange of information and knowledge with regards to AIDS/HIV infection.
• Raise and disperse funds to carry out our objectives.
• Receive and hold donated properties and assets.
• Undertake any other activities as are incidental or conducive to the attainment of the above objectives.
• Encourage people in the affected communities to help with their own development.