“The AU Youth Volunteer Corps is a continental development program that recruits and works with youth volunteers, for deployment in all 54 countries across the Union.”

SAfAIDS thrive to use evidence-based information to design and implement its programmes. With  support from Research Triangle Institute, SAfAIDS is one of the partners implementing the Gender Challenge Initiative funded by the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) through the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (HHS/CDC).

Launched in August 2011, the YWL regional programme focuses on building leadership skills and capacity of 9 young women aged 18-24years from Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe, to become leaders and champions in sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR), HIV and GBV prevention, gender equality and sexual rights in their respective communities. The programme is a 3-tier training which focuses on empowering young women to serve as advocates, enhancing their knowledge and skills to reclaim their Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), and building innovative thinking - as the basis for nurturing young women advocates who are conversant, passionate and devoted to raising awareness of SRHR, gender equality and LGBTI issues in Africa.

SAfAIDS is working with local and international partners to bolster HIV prevention efforts in Swaziland with a focus on treatment as prevention. Under the MaxArt-For Better Health and Zero New HIV Infection project, SAfAIDS works with community based organizations, government  traditional and political leaders to mobilise communities to take the lead, know their HIV status and get treated.

A Collection of Success Stories in OVC Programming in Zimbabwe: Sharing and Learning from Experiences for Improved Programming, SAfAIDS, NAP for OVC, 2011

A Success Story: The Etafeni Trust Fit for Life, Fit for Work Programme: Integrating Economic Empowerment Skills into Sexual and Reproductive Health Programming for Young People