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AIDS 2012, Washington DC -- Turning the Tide Together
The 2012 International AIDS Conference will take place July 22-27 this summer in Washington, D.C. Check for general up-to-date information on the conference by clicking the link below!
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GYCA E-Course Alumni Survey
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AIDS 2012 Pre-Conference - Save the Date July 18-20
The D.C. Youth Force is planning the Pre-Conference for AIDS 2012, which will take place on July 18-20 in D.C. Click on the link below for more information!
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Board of Global Fund Speeds Up Implementation of its Strategy
*GYCA Joins World Health Organizations (WHO) Global Campaign for Violence Prevention Violence Prevention Alliance (VPA)
The Violence Prevention Alliance (VPA) is an informal network of over 40 governmental, non-governmental, international, private organizations, research institutions and universities which aims to implement the recommendations of the WHO World report on violence and health.
VPA participants inform public health approach that targets the risk factors for violence and promotes multi-sectorial cooperation. VPA supports capacity development particularly in the area of individual and institutional resources, and contributes to setting the global violence prevention research agenda and bridging the gaps between research and violence prevention programming.
GYCA, now a formal participant in the Violence...
Voices from the Field
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Final blog post for ‘Promoting awareness and empowerment in Nepalese adolescents on HIV and AIDS and drug use’.
Dear GYCA members, Hello once again from Nepal. This is my final blog post wherein I will be talking about the final outcomes of my project, along with the successes and challenges faced throughout. We were aiming to increase the number of youngsters having right information about peer-pressure, drug use and HIV and AIDS and empowering young Nepalese to prevent and not be a part of peer pressure driving the vicious cycle of drug use and HIV through extensive participation with collaboration and partnership with school administration, parents, management committees and other civic organizations. We were able to reach 370 youngsters with the right information among which 75% showed raised awareness level in the post-test survey. We...
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Small Grants Project Management Challenges
The emergence of young leaders in project management has exposed some pertinent challenges in managing small grants projects. The execution of Our Chances with HIV Project' in Cameroon was a great experience on such challenges. We faced challenges like scope changes, adherence to HIV confidentiality policy and working with partners. Let me share an experience on scope changes.
GYCA announce the award of small grants for my project in January. That was quite timely since the project was planned for January to June 2010 in consideration of the National Youth Week that runs from February 1st...
Resources
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GYCA World AIDS Report 2007
On December 1st, 2007, members of the Global Youth Coalition on HIV/AIDS (GYCA) commemorated World AIDS Day with 104 local events in 34 countries. The goal of the events was to highlight the pressing need to build youth leadership and to listen to the voices of young leaders fighting HIV and AIDS in their communities. Despite the fact that 40% of the 2.5 million new infections each year occur in young people aged 15 to 24, young leaders are uniting to inspire others from our generation to take action against HIV and AIDS on our own terms - through street theater, care for AIDS orphans, peer education and work with young injecting drug users. GYCA events were organized in partnership with the World AIDS Campaign's "Take the Lead" World...
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World AIDS Day Campaign Kit (2007)
For World AIDS Day 2008, GYCA is partnering again with World AIDS Campaign to coordinate youth-led World AIDS Day events worldwide. This year’s theme is leadership: which gives you an opportunity to highlight youth leadership through a wide range of possible activities in your community. Last year, GYCA mobilized its powerful network and members organized 50 events in 30 countries.1 This year, we are hoping to target more youth in more countries to “Take the Lead” in ending the spread of HIV! Focusing on our theme of leadership, you can organize an event that best suits the needs of your own community. It could be a networking meeting, a training, a film screening, a panel discussion, a letter writing session to public...
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Steady, Ready, Go! Advocating for Effective Youth HIV Prevention Interventions
GYCA and TakingITGlobal, with the support of the WHO, created a youth-friendly version of the WHO publication taking stock of HIV prevention programs for youth.
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Youth Leadership: Recommendations for Sustainability
GYCA, Advocates for Youth, aids2031, CHOICE, World AID Campaign, Youth Coalition, YouthRISE
GYCA Directory
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FreePride Foundation Project Inc.
To encourage further development of high quality, sustainable and accredited research of sexology & safe-sexual. Empower and advocate equality, human rights/well-being, promote and disseminate localized resources towards the marginalized non-hetero community and endorse understanding/appreciation of human diversity in our beautiful twin island of Trinidad & Tobago.
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FOC-REV Ministries
FOC-REV Ministries is an indigenous non governmental organisation who's mission is to: “Promote delivery of quality and equitable health and socio-economic services to vulnerable groups and communities in Uganda”. FOCREV ministries envision having “a society where all persons are enjoying their basic human rights for achievement of their aspirations and development”.
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Bright Stars
We want to establish a generation that is able to compete with the best the world can offer and a group of individuals who believes that the choices we make today will determine our future. A generation that will be driven by their desire to succed, but not their fear of failure.
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Friends in Life Education Peer Club (FLEP Club, Nigeria)
We envisage a Nigeria where ‘all’ people work together to significantly reduce the number of young people involved in crime or affected by HIV/AIDS, number of young women that die in pregnancy or childbirth, number of children exposed to difficult conditions, through broad awareness development that meet their human rights goals and aspirations.
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AIDS COMMUNITY AND ORPHAN TRUST
ACOT is a volunteer national non governmental organization,non profit making organization specializing in Environment,Youth sport Development, Formal Education, School and heath projects, women empowerment, protection of the girl child, health , income generating activities and other community activities. OFFICE TO OFFICE INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH GOVRNMENT LEADERS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS.
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Focal Point Updates
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GYCA RFPs and NFPs East Africa and Indian Ocean CCM Regional Workshop
From the 5th to the 7th of July the East African and Indian Ocean Country Coordinating Mechanisms (CCM) of Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, met in Crown Plaza Hotel, Nairobi for a regional Workshop that aimed to present the new Global Fund strategies and its impacts in their grants lifecycles and the responsibilities of the CCMs. The workshop was attended by Eastern Africa and Indian Ocean National Focal Points. Ibrahim from Comoros, Enoch from Uganda and Guffran from Mauritius represented youth in the region in this CCM workshop and were later joined by Job from Kenya and East African Regional Focal Point Yvonne.
The 3 day workshop was organized by the Global Funds CCM Team to discuss about issues and new...
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Report on the Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) Regional Civil Society Universal Access Consultation, 10-11 March 2011 in Johannesburg, South Africa
GLOBAL YOUTH COALITION ON HIV/AIDS SUMMARY REPORT
Report on the Eastern and Southern Africa (ESA) Regional Civil Society Universal Access Consultation, 10-11 March 2011 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Drafted by Yvonne Akoth, East Africa RFP and edited by Mawethu Zita, Southern Africa RFP
The UNAIDS Regional Support Team for Eastern and Southern Africa invited key Civil Society Partners to a regional eastern and southern Africa civil society consultation on Universal Access to HIV Prevention, Treatment, Care and Support. The purpose of the...
40% of all new HIV infections occur among young people 15-24 years old.
– UNAIDS, AIDS Epidemic Update - 2009
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