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Based on their learning they prepared presentations.
This presentation is created by
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• Today's young people are the first generation who has never known a world without HIV and AIDS.
• In the United States, 34,000 young people ages 13-24 are living with HIV. One in four new cases of HIV are among young people.
• Despite this harsh reality, young people and their allies are determined to end this pandemic once and for all.
1. Ecomog Road, Plot 650
Haatso, Accra, Ghana
P.O. Box KD 130
Kanda, Accra, Ghana
Email: info@waafweb.org
Website: www.waafweb.org
Phone: +233—(0)243-362447
Some of our leading partners are:
ABOUT WAAF
The West Africa AIDS Foundation
(WAAF) is a registered nongovernmen-tal
organization (NGO) founded in 1999.
The organization focuses on research,
advocacy, care and support. WAAF
regularly organizes community outreach
programs to provide education and
counseling with the aim of inducing be-havioral
change, especially in areas with
high incidence of HIV/AIDS in Ghana.
By respecting human dignity and diver-sity
WAAF creates an atmosphere of
trust, which enables people living with
HIV/AIDS to make informed choices. We
welcome everyone irrespective of age,
gender, sexual orientation or socio eco-nomic
background.
OUR MISSION is to help battle the
spread of HIV/AIDS and mitigate its ef-fect
on communities by providing care
and support centers and developing and
implementing pragmatic intervention
programs.
OUR VISION is to set up comprehen-sive
health care centers in all regions of
Ghana and West African sub-regions to
provide quality health care and to reach
out to identified target groups in col-laboration
with local and international
partners.
From the large public transport hub near ’37
Military Hospital take a tro-tro in the direction
of Madina and ask the mate to stop at Atomic
Junction. From there, take another tro-tro in
the direction of Dome, and ask the mate to stop
at Yam Market. From there, you can follow the
signs directing you to WAAF and IHCC.
2011
2. WAAF in 2011...
463,000 condoms distributed
46,266 in- and out-of-school youth reached with HIV/AIDS educa- tional workshops
8,458 people reached with commu- nity HIV testing and counseling services
Over 500 attendees of WAAF’s World AIDS Day concert
539 Most At-Risk Populations tested and educated
102 persons living with HIV trained in an entrepreneurial skill
47 attendees of WAAF’s Media Training Workshop
In 2011, WAAF organized HIV testing, counsel- ing, and educational outreach for the inmates and officers of the Sekondi-Takoradi Prison. Working within the national guidelines for pre- vention intervention services on most at-risk populations, the outreach focuses on reducing the number of partners, educating on correct use of condoms, changing the perception of personal risk, improving accessibility to high quality health care, and encouraging the disclo- sure of the patient's status to partners.
In July, WAAF partnered with the Ghana AIDS Commission (GAC), Ghana Health Services (GHS), and National AIDS Con- trol Programme (NACP), among others, to organize a workshop for key media per- sonnel focused on reversing the stigma against people living with HIV.
We train persons living with HIV/AIDS, persons affected by stigma and discrimination, and per- sons of little or no income in entrepreneurial skills and lessons in personal development which enable them to become self-sufficient. They are trained in such skills as batik/tie and dye, bead-making, liquid soap production, farm- ing, and food processing.
To commemorate World AIDS Day, WAAF or- ganized a concert to reach out to the youth of Accra to stop new HIV infections, prevent mother to child transmission, and reduce HIV- related stigma. The performers included rapper E.fine, Empress, and FOI, with drama perform- ances and stories from people living with HIV.
Our staff, volunteers, and trained peer educa- tors bring HIV/AIDS education workshops to youth both in the classroom and outside of it. The topics include basic HIV facts, modes of transmission, methods of prevention, stigma and discrimination and information about other Sexually Transmitted Infections.
WAAF organizes HIV testing, coun- seling, and educa- tional outreach for many companies and communities throughout Ghana. In 2011, the major- ity of HIV tests ad- ministered by WAAF were administered during community outreach events.