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Last updated Monday, 07 April 2008

These are community-based organisations and individuals motivated by the needs of the community within which they reside, and the drive to see their situation change for the better. Many of the organisations are staffed and led by people who are personally invested in a problem with which they identify very strongly. They offer a wide variety of services within a broad array of scales and levels of sophistication. They range from small groups of volunteers offering feeding programmes, home-based care (HBC) or assistance with documents and grants, to large national organisations offering access to national media, advocacy campaigns and large-scale treatment services.

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January 2008

Bethesda Care Givers from Dobsonville (Soweto), PUSH from Eldorado Park (JHB South), Yakha Ikusasa Manje Health Development Centre from Benoni (East Rand) were amongst organisations that received a cash incentive at a gala event at Museum Africa. This event was hosted by The AIDS Consortium to honour and recognise the hard work being done by Community Based Organisations (CBOs) often with little or no resources.

On Friday 26 October, The AIDS Consortium, in partnership with Innovation Group (one of the AC’s corporate funders) awarded cash incentives to the value of R80 000. This initiative is a partnership which brings together corporate and civil society to mitigate the impact of HIV and AIDS. “The NSP calls for collaboration and an increase of the quality and scale of delivery at community level in terms of HIV programmes” said Dr. Liz Floyd, Head of the Gauteng Multisectoral AIDS Unit. “The mentorship offered through the Capacity Building Programme encourages learning and sharing of experiences, and this is what is needed in creating a focused approach that will help bring about behaviour change” she added.

Justice Edwin Cameron was honoured as a lifetime member and patron of The AIDS Consortium. In accepting the patronage, Justice Cameron commended the work done by all organisations present at the event and commended government in recognising the value added by these organisations in the fight against HIV/AIDS. He further shared with the house the momentous 10th anniversary of his antiretroviral treatment in November, enabling him to live a productive and full life. ‘We don’t have a cure’ he said, ‘but we do have treatment – and it’s up to all of us in this room to ensure that we share this good news and get everyone who needs it access to treatment’ he added.

Innovation Group expressed pride in being associated with the AC and pledged their continued support.
About the AC
The AIDS Consortium is a human rights organisation aimed at promoting a non discriminatory response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic based on people’s basic human rights as enshrined in South Africa’s constitution. AC was established in 1992 by Justice Edwin Cameron along with other HIV/AIDS activists. Through capacity building, networking and various other programmes, The AIDS Consortium helps CBOs, NGOs, Faith Based Organisations (FBOs) and individuals coordinate and strengthen their response to HIV/AIDS in their communities. Today, AC represents a constituency of more than 1000 CBOs, NGOs, FBOs and individual affiliates fully engaged in HIV/AIDS work and currently represents the broader NGO sector on the South African National AIDS Council (SANAC).

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Issued by: Rhulani Lehloka
Communication & Resources Manager

Affilates Application Form and Service Level Agreement

Last updated Tuesday, 14 August 2007

The Affilates Service Level Agreement (SLA) is available HERE

The document is in word format. Right click to link above and select 'save target as' to download this document to your computer. Please note that this sets formal standards for the AC and it's affilates to work by. After reading, and accepting, the SLA you can apply to become an affiliate which will give you greater access to our programmes and support.