HIV Young Leaders Fund (HYLF) is seeking applications for our 2012 regional Community Review Panel (CRP) for Eastern Europe & Central Asia.
Regional CRP members play a unique role within HIV Young Leaders Fund. CRP members review grant applications and recommend proposals for funding. The CRP process gives young people invested in HIV issues the opportunity to make funding decisions for their peers. The 2012 EECA CRP will review proposals aimed at meeting the needs and addressing the rights of young women affected by HIV and drug use.
Applicants should be young people between 15 and 30 years of age with experience working with and for young people most affected by and living with HIV. Applicants must also work in the EECA region; experience working on HIV policy and/or programs in Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Ukraine especially needed. Applicants with experience working on issues faced by young women affected by HIV and drug use will be prioritized.
HIV Young Leaders Fund (HYLF), in partnership with Youth LEAD, is pleased to announce seven new grants in Southeast Asia & the Pacific for its 2011-2012 grants cycle for youth-led initiatives addressing the needs and rights of young people most affected by HIV.
Over 95 percent of new HIV infections among young people in the region are among men who have sex with men, sex workers, and people who use drugs – yet the majority of HIV resources in the region go towards programs targeting all young people. HYLF’s grants ensure most affected young people have access to resources to deliver peer-based services, conduct advocacy, and mobilize their peers to create a more effective HIV response.
Support for the small grants in Southeast Asia and Pacific has been generously provided by ViiV Healthcare’s Positive Action programme. The seven funded initiatives are:
Family Planning Organization of the Philippines Davao (FPOP~Davao): Philippines
Kid’s Sun Group: Vietnam
Pioneer Institute for Social Change: Indonesia
Raks Thai Power Teen Network: Thailand
Youth AIDS Filipinas Alliance (YAFA): Philippines
Young People Living with HIV Speak Up! A youth-led initiative of the Southern Self-Support Groups Network of PLHIV (SPN+): Vietnam
Vietnam Youth Network for HIV Prevention (VYPN): Vietnam
Please download the full Grantee Announcement to learn more and read descriptions of the funded work!
HYLF has been one of many partners encouraging UNAIDS to create a new strategy for how they work with young people. Now there is an opportunity for young people to help develop this new strategy, through an online collaborative project called CrowdOutAIDS.org!
CrowdOutAIDS.org uses online and offline tools to connect young people inside and outside the AIDS response, to share knowledge and experiences for concrete action.
You will be given the opportunity to shape the new strategy on HIV and young people, through 8 regional discussion forums in six languages, different voting and ranking applications, and finally through a wiki-like platform that will be launched to draft the strategy. This approach will ensure that the recommendations for action in the strategy reflect the needs and challenges faced by young people today.
This is a radically new way for the UNAIDS Secretariat to collaborate with young people, transferring decision making power to you. So sign up and take a part in shaping the future AIDS response at CrowdOutAIDS.org.
The online survey, “‘WHO HIV testing and counselling – Voices, values and preferences of adolescents” will be used to create international guidelines on HIV testing and counseling for adolescents and young people. The survey development was informed by youth-led and youth-serving organisations. Participate in the confidential survey here: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/WHO_AHTC and share your thoughts!
Attending the upcoming 2011 ICAAP in South Korea? Join us for the session, Community-driven grant making program for young key affected populations and the best methods of providing technical assistance and mentorship, on August 27 from 14.00 to 15.00 at the Common Ground space.
Also, be sure to check out HYLF grantee Youth AIDS Filipinas Alliance (YAFA) as they present two abstracts.
1) August 27: Utilizing Internet and SMS Technologies to Provide Care and Support to Young MSM living with HIV: Experience from the Philippines
Contact: Igor Mocorro: igor@youthaidsfilipinasalliance.org
2) Addressing the Lack of Youth Friendly Drop In and Counseling Centers for Young Key Affected Populations
Contact: Ismael G. Aquino: ishi@youthaidsfilipinasalliance.org
