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Our most recent
work 2006 to 2010
Department for International Development, UK
and Caribbean
(DFID) – Taking action against HIV and AIDS in the UK overseas
territories. 2008 to 2010. Working with Options consulting UK, AID
Inc is the regional implementation partner, managing the inception
and implementation phases of DFID’s contribution to the HIV
responses across the 6 UK overseas territories (Bermuda, Cayman,
Anguilla, Montserrat, Bermuda, Turks & Caicos). Involved undertaking
inception phase needs assessment (for technical assistance, capacity
building, institutional strengthening, stigma reduction and HIV
prevention and treatment, etc), implementation phase design,
planning, budgeting and development of profiles of baseline
information needs. AID Inc is also supporting the implementation of
the project in the British overseas territories in the South
Atlantic, through sharing of our resources and strategies being
designed and developed regionally.
PANCAP regional HIV stigma Unit: AIDInc recently won a bid to
Establish and manage the DFID-funded Pan Caribbean Regional Stigma
unit, serving 13 countries in the Caribbean in years 1 to 3 (2009 to
2011). The unit is responsible for initiating ground breaking
research, designing, implementing and delivering sustainable
programmes through strategic partnerships with national AIDS
programmes and international leaders working in the area of stigma
reduction and promotion of human rights including SRHR.
The project has adopted a parallel dual-tracked approach to ensure
sustained, tailored programmes through capacity building activities
to empower members of key populations to lead the response:
1. Preparing for effective collective action and
building sustainability - Initiate, develop and sustain the new or
existing anti- S & D programmes,develop strong institutional
partnerships at national and global level and build the capacity of
key populations to be Leaders in the response
2. Implementation of novel, evidence-based,
targeted behaviour change communication (BCC) programmes. Edu-drama,
puppetry, mascots, visual arts, celebrities, music media and street
theatre Community based dialogue and education using tailored and
targeted anti- stigma toolkits, empowerment and motivational
programmes for vulnerable populations, BCC psycho-social support and
mentoring approaches.
Dance 4Life (D4L) Barbados (2009 to 2014): AIDInc and sister
organisation, CHAT have joined forced with Dance4lIfe International
in 2009 to establish Barbados as the 20th country to join the global
youth leadership movement .
The D4L Barbados
initiative aims to reach 2500 youth in and out of school, through
dance, drama, sports,, peer empowerment, etc and in doing so create
2500 agents of change by the end of 2010. The overall aim of D4L
global teams is to create 1M agents of change worldwide, actively
participating in pushing back HIV and AIDS and addressing other
social disorders in their schools and communities that give rise to
the disease by 2014.
Ford Foundation Global HIV
initiative–
The overall goal of this mission is to directly contribute to the
achievement of the FF internal and external goals of their Global
HIV initiative (GHI) through harmonizing approaches and
building capacity within their M&E functions. Using
participatory approaches, in consultation with internal and external
stakeholders (global sub grantees), AIDInc is also developing a
streamlined, user friendly outcomes tracking system to measure
progress of Ford towards meeting its internal and external
objectives. That will also be effective in support grantees in the
development of best practice outcome models.
International
Labour Organisation (ILO)/ US Department of Labour ( USDoL)
Workplace Education Programme
–
Workplace Impact Survey & Formative Assessment, 2005 to 2007.
AIDInc were lead consultants in the, baseline assessment and the
design of the Barbados WEP through formative assessments, including
focus groups, in depth interviews, data analysis, report preparation
and feedback. Participatory approaches used throughout ensuring
inclusion of target group in the all aspects of process and to
support core capacity building goals of AIDInc.
We also continue
to support the roll out in other countries in the region through
sharing of best practices approaches and active contribution to
training programmes
Final evaluation
of the impact of the 2-year programme across the 12 enterprises
exposed to this novel multi faceted BCC programme in Barbados.
Survey adaptation, data collection, data management, data analysis
and report preparation and feedback.
Department for
International Development (DFID) – Accelerating the Private Sector
Response to HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean Implementation Phase, 2007-9.
AIDInc. Implementation
partner with International HIV/AIDS Alliance with responsibility of
managing Barbados inception phase outputs and supporting the roll
out in Jamaica. Technical support of the implementation of 34 sub
projects designed in the inception phase with a view to developing
models of best practice to be scaled up across other sectors and
throughout the region. There are plans to scale up the project is to
4 across other Caribbean countries in 2 years time.
DFID – Accelerating the Private
Sector Response to HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean Inception Phase, 2006.
AIDInc. Consortium partner with International HIV/AIDS Alliance with
responsibility of managing Barbados inception phase outputs. The
project aims to support active private sector involvement in the
development of health and wellness promotion strategies for the
private sector and NGO/CBOs in the Caribbean, initially in the Hotel
& Tourism Sector in Jamaica and Barbados, working in partnership
with PLHIV and other vulnerable groups. Responsibilities included:
technical planning; development of visual communication and
marketing; events coordination; technical assistance to private
sector and vulnerable group NGO stakeholders in the development of
evidence based BCC sub projects demonstrating responsible tourism
and effective partnerships. Key outputs include development of 34
sub-projects targeting approximately 4400 formal hotel workers in
and a minimum of 2000 members of informal workers (taxi drivers,
vendors) and vulnerable populations (MSM, Sex workers, PLHIV,
Youth,) through various BCC activities.
DFID - A
Caribbean Sub Regional Assessment on Sex Work & HIV - Policy and
Programme considerations.
A regional review of sex work and HIV in the Caribbean involving
a review of legislative framework, demographics, issues of stigma
and dissemination, access to needed services, needs of sex workers
and their families, breaches of human rights.
DFID – Events
Coordination. In
collaboration with the Pan Caribbean Partnership on AIDS
of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM - PANCAP), coordinated and
led a sub regional delegation in the Horizontal Technical
Working Group (HTWG)/DFID consultation, 2007, which ratified a set
of priority next steps for sex work and HIV in the Caribbean.
DFID – Events
Coordination. Regional
meeting on the stigma and HIV, 2006. and consultants responsible for
developing the technical focus for the 2004 high level conference
eon HIV/AIDS stigma and discrimination in the Eastern Caribbean-
Champions for Change.
DFID Events
Coordination– Accelerating the Private Sector Response to HIV/AIDS
in the Caribbean Inception Phase –
High Level Sustainable Tourism Conference
Sep 2006. Events coordination; technical planning; coordination and
implementation including development of visual communication and
marketing to all stakeholders including high level tourism
executives. Event resulted in the buy-in of 2 large hotel chains
with over 1000 hotel staff.
ILO/USDoL
Workplace Education Programme - Training trainers on
using and adapting the ILO/FHI Behaviour Change Communication
Toolkit for the workplace, 2007 - Adaptation and implementation of
4-day Training of Trainers workshop in the use of the ILO/FHI BCC
Toolkit for the workplace. Involved design and development of
workshop materials including PowerPoint presentations, leaflets,
charts and handouts.
ILO/USDoL
Workplace Education Programme, National BCC Consultant, Peer
Education Programme (Manual Design, Training and Implementation),
2006/7. Design,
development and testing of tailored Peer Educators Manual for the
training of peer educators and resource tool for peer educators in
the workplace. Development and co-execution of three, 3-day Peer
education workshop for over 60 peer educators in the ILO/USDoL
programme. Ongoing in-field support for peer educators in the
workplace to ensure that peer education programme is truly a
Behaviour Change Intervention - dynamic and responsive to the
changing needs or workforce and to ensure daily tracking for M&E of
peer educator activities.
National
HIV/AIDS Commission (NHAC), Barbados –
Barbados Men’s Lifestyle Survey, 2006/7
- Community based project aimed involving the design and
execution of the first extensive national lifestyle survey (using
quantitative and qualitative methods) for males (the Great male
Survey and discussion forum) to inform health and social services
planning and programming. The survey targets a representative sample
of self-identified MSM (men who have sex with men) in addition to
self-identified heterosexual males. Novel BCC approaches used to
promote survey and gain stakeholder buy-in across various
socioeconomic strata, cultural backgrounds and sexual orientations.
Public relations campaign component raise national awareness about
the survey, the importance of participation, and to promote healthy
lifestyles in males. Current initiating collaborating with the
regional “man initiative” project
National
HIV/AIDS Commission (NHAC), Barbados – - summative Evaluation
of the World cup Cricket BCC campaign.
ILO/USDoL
Workplace Education Programme, National BCC Consultant, BCC
Materials Development - 2006. Health Communication for HIV
prevention in the Workforce. Development of six tailored
sector-specific materials for 3 sectors (Banking & Finance, Hotel &
Tourism, and Manufacturing) using participatory approaches in which
the target group themselves were consulted through focus groups to
design evidence based (using formative assessment and workforce
impact findings) slogans, channels and materials appropriate for
their workplaces. Conducted focus groups and in-depth interviews;
analysed data; and undertook pre-testing, in order develop BCC
materials.
US Caribbean
Ambassadors Fund, Health promotion for hard to reach populations
– The
Informal
Workers HIV/AIDS Peer Education Project, 2005/7. HIV/AIDS
Education/ BCC in the informal Tourism Sector, pilot with taxi and
minibus drivers. Education of over 500 individuals in these groups
through a peer education approach which trains Taxi drivers, ZR bus
drivers and fishermen to act as information sources and champions
for tourist and their local communities. Development of BCC based
health promotion materials including posters, aprons for fisher
folk, key chains, dominoes etc. Targeting the informal sector to
design and develop novel BCC strategies using theatre production and
related approached through working with actors and newsmen,
presenters, etc including peer education, policy dissemination,
condom distribution and partner reduction.
See Update.
Most recently
as a spin off from this project, in 2008, AIDInc partnered
with CHAT, the US Embassy and ILO to mobilize informal workers in
community HIV/AIDS prevention.
Read more.
NHAC & Gob -
Supporting the development and Implementation (roll out and buy-in
strategies) of National HIV/AIDS Monitoring and Evaluation System,
2005/7. Implementation of a Mulitsectoral National M&E system.
Design of M&E system and development of a database. Training
community organisations, NGOs, Ministries to streamline the
execution of M&E strategies with HIV programme implementation.
Developing and executing implementation and roll-out strategies.
Community consultations; Programme evaluation; Strategic information
system design; Development of public relation communication
strategies for roll out of a new system; Implementation of
monitoring and evaluation structures for all aspects of national
HIV/AIDS programmes including monitoring of public communication
strategies.
Global Fund,
PWC - Assessment of M&E Principal Recipient M&E structures on behalf
of Global Fund Suriname,
2005 – present. In collaboration with PWC, providing LFA
services in Suriname; specialist health inputs to the assessment of
the Global Fund Principal Recipients (PRs) with particular emphasis
on work planning, and monitoring and evaluation (M&E). Evaluation of
Monitoring and Evaluation Systems through programme evaluation and
community consultations.
Mainstreaming
Gender into HIV/AID S Programmes
- On behalf on UNIFEM AIDInc staff
were part of a team of consultants for the development of regional
manual/toolkit to mainstream gender into HIV/AIDS Programmes. This
also included the pilot of the manual and initiation of master
training workshops.
HIV/AIDS
Strategic planning -
Undertaking the situational assessment and developing an evidence
based profile of recommended strategies for the National HIV/AIDS
Strategic plan for Barbados 2007 to 2012, Costing the plan and
developing the M&E framework.
HIV/AIDS
Services provision Assessment in the OECS -
(HSPA
Caribbean) in collaboration with MEASURE EVALUATION/USAID
Our Recent
Contributions
AIDInc
Internship Programme:
AIDInc has a growing internship programme aimed at strengthening the
public health skills base among young local and regional scientists.
We work closely with a number of other agencies such as PAHO and
government of Barbados on various projects sharing interns to expose
them to a broad range of skills sets and experiences. In addition
AIDInc provides a fund for internship training and hence take on
approximately 5 short term interns a year and 1 to 2 long term
intern
Support to
our sister non-profit, CHAT:
Community
Health Action Transformation CHAT was founded by the AIDInc
directorate in 2005.
In
addition to technical support, AIDInc lends financial support by
fundraising, and undertake institutional strengthening of our sister
Charity. AIDInc contributes to
programmes and projects that are insufficiently funded and require
counterpart funding, technical advice and sustainability
planning.
CHAT is just one of our grass roots
partners and AIDInc is developing best practice approaches
that demonstrate dynamic transfer of leadership to the grass
roots community organisations. Our approaches promote long term sustainability through transfer
of governance procedures, technical support, organizational
development assistance and accelerated technical capacity
building and proposal development. AIDInc has founded and currently work with 3 organisations
in this capacity.
Our partnerships are growing -
AIDInc combines its strengths in technical capacity building,
planning organizational management, implementing, evaluation
and economic development with those of several non-profit and for
profit organisations Documentation of this model
and associated outcomes will be available by December 2008.
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