INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP AGAINST AIDS IN AFRICA

Info e-mail weekly bulletin No 59, 17 August 2001

1. "Together We Can." Youth Against Aids In South Africa
2. Educational kit for Rwanda
3. World Bank funds for West Africa
4.   AMICAALL mission to Namibia

     
1. "Together We Can." Youth Against Aids In South Africa
This 55-minute documentary, highlighting how South Africans from all walks of
life are attempting to address the AIDS Epidemic, was released at the United
Nations General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS (UNGASS). The documentary
produced by Synergy Films, with support from United Nations Television and the
UNAIDS Intercountry Team, pays tribute to work being done by community workers,
peer educators, traditional healers and care providers. This film provides a
number of examples of actions that can be undertaken in developing programmes
aimed at supporting young people to become involved in the campaign against
HIV/AIDS.  Copies of the film may be ordered by contacting Richard Delate,
Information and Media Strategist, UNAIDS Intercountry Team. Email:
rdelate@un.org.za or by telephone 27 12 338 5294. 


2. Educational kit for Rwanda

Through the Training of AIDS Educators Project in Kigali, the Jerusalem AIDS
project has produced a special educational kit for youth, with flipcharts and
manuals, tailored for Rwandan culture and needs. Produced in French, the kit was
compiled in cooperation with the National AIDS Program and the Ministry of
Education of Rwanda, and the Israeli MASHAV program. For more information,
please contact Mrs Hanni Rosenberg: Fax: +972 2 6797737 or Nurit Ravid,
Jerusalem AIDS project, E-mail: jaipisrael@yahoo.com.


3. World Bank funds for West Africa

The World Bank has recently approved two interest-free credits supporting the
fight against HIV/AIDS in West Africa: the HIV/AIDS Program Development Project
in Nigeria (US$90.3 million) and the HIV/AIDS Disaster Response Project in
Burkina Faso (US$ 22 million). The projects are part of the World Bank's US$ 500
million Multi-country HIV/AIDS Program for Africa (MAP). Both countries have
developed a strategic approach to HIV/AIDS in a participatory fashion and
established high-level HIV/AIDS coordinating bodies.  For more information check
the World Bank website at www. worldbank.org/aids.


4. AMICAALL mission to Namibia

The Alliance of Mayors' Initiative for Community Action on AIDS at the Local
Level (AMICAALL) was developed in collaboration with the Alliance of Mayors and
Municipal Leaders on HIV/AIDS in Africa, UNDP and UNAIDS and with financial
support from USAID and the Netherlands.  The Alliance was launched in l998 with
the key objective of promoting partnerships between local governments and civil
society, including the private sector and community organisations, to support
the national response to HIV/AIDS. In June 2001, meetings were held in Windhoek,
Namibia to formalize the agreement with the Government of Namibia to host the
Alliance secretariat.  The headquarters of the Alliance will be in Windhoek,
with a sub-office in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. The UN AMICAALL Partnership
Programme will provide short term services of administrative and communications
staff and assist with resource mobilisation. It is expected that the secretariat
will be inaugurated in October. For more information, please contact Mina
Mauerstein-Bail at mina.mauerstein-bail@undp.org