Organisational Capacity
We need to enable our staff and volunteers to develop and maintain the necessary capacity to effectively carry out their work, including:
- understanding the nature of stigma and discrimination, and the rights of PLHA and affected communities
- examining their own attitudes and beliefs and the impact these may have on their ability to provide non-judgemental, inclusive processes and programmes
- understanding and applying the organisational policies that ensure the rights of PLHA andaffected communities and promote participation in programmes
- understanding the diversity of needs within the communities they work with and implementing effective programming to prevent HIV transmission; meet the treatment, care and support needs of PLHA and affected communities; and address the causes and consequences of vulnerability to HIV/AIDS
- empowering individuals and communities to understand their own risks and needs, make informed decisions and develop the necessary skills to protect themselves and others from HIV infection and/or to meet their own treatment, care and support needs
- empowering individuals and communities to take action in response to stigma and discrimination and/or to make appropriate referrals
- designing, delivering and evaluating programmes in their particular fields of expertise, and
- continually improving programming and work practices through effective programme planning, monitoring and evaluation cycles.