African Services Ethiopia works with a range of allies including government, NGO, corporate and PWA organizations.
Government partners include the Ministry of Health, Amhara and Tigray Regional Health Bureaus, and the Addis Ababa City Health Department.
These partners have enabled African Services to increase the
accessibility of HIV testing through the donation of rapid test kits
and two clinic facilities. Government hospitals, including Black Lion
and Zewditu, have also contributed to the accessibility of care by
enrolling our HIV-positive clients in ART programs.
NGO sector partners include the Ethiopian Anti-AIDS Women's Association, Tesfa Berhan Ethiopian AIDS Orphan Youth Association, and Barlow House.
These organizations support program implementation by offering an
extended spectrum of care and resources for our clients. Barlow House
provides palliative care and ART for our pediatric referrals, and in
support of our youth initiatives, members of the Tesfa Berhan Ethiopian
AIDS Orphan Youth Association assist African Services in conducting HIV
prevention outreach in schools and at sporting events.
Faith-based partner organizations include the
Organization of Social Services for AIDS (OSSA), which provides our
PLWHA referrals with follow-up home-based care, and the Kale Hiwot and
Ethiopian Evangelical Churches.
PLWHA partners include the Mekdim PWA and Orphans
Association, which accepts newly-diagnosed PLWHA referrals for
home-based care, ART, nutritional packages, and support groups, and
PLUS Forum and NAP+, who conduct country-wide advocacy on issues of HIV
prevention, treatment, and funding.
Private sector partners include BGI, a French bottling
company with operations in Ethiopia, that co-invested in our Kombolcha
site. Ethiopian Airlines supports staff travel to/from Ethiopia for
training and program monitoring, and Becton Dickinson, an American
medical supplies company, donated two FACS Count units, a generous
supply of reagents and a large supply of Safety-Lok syringes.
Supplemental Funding and In-kind Donation Sources:
Addis Ababa Health Bureau
Ethiopian Federal Ministry of Health
American Jewish World Service
HAT Foundation
Izumi Foundation
International Foundationv
New Field Foundation
Sanaam Quarashi and Monique Millane (Students of the World)
Sue and Judith Greenwald (Mercato Children's Project)
