HIV

Irene Musarapasi and her daughter Tabeth in Zimbabwe (photo © Marcus Perkins/Progressio)

We believe that people living with HIV have a right to life and dignity. It is the poorest and most powerless people who suffer the most, so we work with poor and marginalised people at local and national levels to stand up for this right.

From our early innovative work in Somaliland and Yemen in the early and mid 1990s, through our southern Africa work and on into Latin America, we’re at the forefront of the fight against stigma and prejudice.

In challenging deep-rooted social perceptions about HIV, we've drawn on our faith background to work with groups of progressive Imams in Yemen and Somaliland: mobilising them as peer educators and multipliers, spreading the word about the need to care for those suffering with the disease, and to challenge and overcome stigma and discrimination.

And our innovation hasn’t stopped. In Nicaragua we’ve even supported the production of a TV soap opera addressing issues of HIV and sexual and reproductive health which reaches out to young people.