Through
training and technical assistance programs, African Services shares its
innovative ideas, program design, practical techniques and community
mobilization experience with social service providers and NGO
counterparts in the U.S and Africa.
Training
curriculums and TA support are based on over 20 years of experience
designing, implementing and evaluating a full continuum of HIV/AIDS,
STD and TB programs for the African-born. We emphasize the unique role
community-based organizations serve in delivering healthcare services
and offer culturally-specific and language-specific models for
outreach, health information, individual and group-level prevention
education; HIV, STD, and TB counseling and testing; case management and
risk reduction programs.
For African NGOs working on HIV and AIDS, African Services opens the
door to a new framework for technical assistance--peer-to-peer, African
professional to African professional--based on respect for the
knowledge, skills, creativity, and dedication of African organizations.
We act as a natural bridge between cost-effective health and social
services programs produced for Africans in the Diaspora and the
African-born around the world. We understand opportunities and
constraints in the African context though:
Firsthand understanding of country economic, social and cultural context
Experience scaling up as a community-based HIV/AIDS organization
Recognition of innovative programs and techniques in resource-poor settings
Insight into overcoming stigma as a barrier to care
Needs assessment of PLWHA and affected communities
Ability to identify viable African organizations and evaluate organizational capacity
Integral to training and TA, we provide the support necessary for
NGOs to develop well-trained staff and build strong partnerships with a
wide network of other providers and potential funders.
Training and technical assistance is available in the following areas:
