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AJWS currently supports over 150 projects in 16 countries throughout Africa. AJWS grantmaking in the region funds organizations that are promoting community-driven health initiatives; protecting and promoting women’s rights at the grassroots level; empowering youth through access to education, and, bolstering marginalized communities before, during, and after conflicts and natural disasters.
In East Africa – Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda – AJWS supports women’s and children’s rights-focused organizations that are fighting HIV/AIDS, promoting development activities, creating programming for adolescent girls, and working on disaster and conflict mitigation.
In Southern Africa – Namibia, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe – AJWS focuses on organizations addressing the impact of HIV/AIDS at the local level, linking them to international AIDS resources and supporting economic empowerment activities for families living with AIDS.
In West Africa – Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal – AJWS targets women’s and human rights focused organizations carrying out health and economic development activities.
In conflict-affected countries – Democratic Republic of Congo, Somalia and Sudan – AJWS supports the provision of emergency aid and trauma relief to displaced communities, community-based disarmament, de-mobilization and reintegration campaigns, and ensuring the participation of women and youth in the transition from conflict to peace.
Traditional and Modern Health Practitioners Together Against AIDS and Other Diseases (THETA) was established in 1992 to provide traditional healers with the skills necessary for STD/HIV/AIDS education, counseling, prevention and patient care and support.
Ethiopia native brings free public libraries and literacy programs to thousands of children in his homeland.
PLAs mission is to promote rights awareness for vulnerable and marginalized workers. The organization advocates for work-based rights as an essential and integral element of poverty eradication, emphasizing the principles of democracy and good governance for improved livelihoods and productivity.
Established in 1987, KCCC is a community faith-based organization that aims to mitigate the psychosocial, spiritual and economic impact of HIV/AIDS in the Kamwokya community. KCCC's programs and activities take an integrated approach to development, AIDS care and prevention, counseling, social support and spiritual guidance.
Ann Njogu, the executive director of Centre for Rights Education and Awareness (CREAW)—an AJWS grantee—has been instrumental in building CREAW as an organizational leader in eradicating sexual and gender-based violence to help Kenya become a country that actualizes womens rights, increases womens access to legal education and trauma counseling, and sustains a national peace-building process.
