Here are the details of an AFAO grant to MPG from the AFAO website.
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Introduction to the AFAO grant scheme
The AFAO International Grants Scheme has been supported by a generous individual benefactor since 2002. To date the scheme has supported 32 projects in several countries, with a focus on the Asia Pacific region, and more specifically on South East Asia and Papua New Guinea.
The scheme aims to promote and strengthen community-based responses to the HIV and AIDS epidemics across the region by providing much needed resources to communities most affected by HIV and AIDS including people living with HIV, drug users, men who have sex with men (msm), and transgender people.
The objectives of the grant scheme are:
* To promote the participation, visibility and central role of people living with HIV in all responses to the HIV epidemic
* To promote the participation of affected and vulnerable communities in all responses to the HIV epidemic, and
* To promote community responses to the epidemic through strengthening the capacity of community-based and non-government organisations to play an active role in responses to the epidemic.
The scheme has supported a range of projects, including; organisational capacity building, policy development, advocacy, strategic planning, GIPA, seed funding to new and innovative organisations, targeted study tours, and resource development.
Grants vary widely from organisation to organisation,and range from AUD $2,000, to AUD $50,000.
AFAO advertises rounds of the grant scheme periodically, usually on an annual basis, via the AFAO website and through regional HIV/AIDS e-listserves.
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Current Grant Scheme Projects
Funded projects as at August 2010
Myanmar
Myanmar Positive Group: Organisational Capacity Development and Institutional Strengthening
June 2010-May 2011
Formed in 2005, the Myanmar Positive Group (MPG) has a current membership of 133 self help groups and nearly 8,000 individual positive members across the country. MPG aims to increase the meaningful involvement of PLHIV in Myanmar's HIV response; increase capacity of and networking among self help groups and PLHIV and to represent PLHIV interests at a national, regional and international level.
The grant from AFAO will enable MPG to strengthen their organisational and management capacity and improve governance and communications between members. This includes finalising the development of Articles of Association for MPG Myanmar (Central and Dry Zone Region)
http://www.afao.org.au/view_articles.asp?pxa=ve&pxs=102&pxsc=192&pxsgc=205&id=581This page last updated 14 September 2010
