New Partner Spotlight: Western Africa

Through the New Partners Initiative (NPI), the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (Emergency Plan/PEPFAR) builds the capacity of organizations at the community level, while also building local ownership of HIV/AIDS responses for the long term.

The following organizations received first round grant awards under the NPI to support work in Western Africa. Return to the main map to learn more about organizations that plan to work in other regions.

New Partner Organizations working in Côte d’Ivoire:

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  • Geneva Global: Geneva Global addresses a range of issues, including HIV/AIDS, poverty solutions through micro-credit, youth at risk, human trafficking, and women’s empowerment. The organization’s HIV/AIDS activities have focused on abstinence and faithfulness, working in partnership with local faith-based implementers across Africa. Geneva Global plans to provide a range of services in Côte d’Ivoire and Ethiopia, including abstinence and faithfulness prevention programs, palliative care, and care for orphans and vulnerable children.
     
  • Natural Family Planning Center of Washington D.C.: The Natural Family Planning Center of Washington D.C. has over 25 years experience
    • providing preteens and teens in the United States and abroad with education on fertility and sexuality with a focus on preventing pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, including HIV/AIDS. The organization plans to provide abstinence and faithfulness prevention programs in Côte d’Ivoire and Tanzania.
     
  • ONG Le Soutien: ONG Le Soutien is an indigenous organization in Côte d’Ivoire that works to improve the living conditions of orphans and vulnerable children. The organization is one of two actively providing services in the conflict area, where it is dangerous and difficult to work. ONG Le Soutien plans to continue work in Côte d’Ivoire, providing palliative care and services for orphans and vulnerable children.
     
  • Reseau Ivoirien des Organisations de PVVIH (RIP+): RIP+ is an association of groups of people living with HIV/AIDS that employs integrated and comprehensive programming, building the capacity of local organizations to provide care and support to people living with HIV/AIDS. In Côte d’Ivoire, RIP+ plans to provide HIV counseling and testing, palliative care, and care for orphans and vulnerable children, as well as prevention programs using the ABC approach.

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