Save the Children HIV counselor Saimon Chayenda advises

Malawi

Save the Children HIV counselor Saimon Chayenda advises community members using Save the Children

TISAMALIRANE Program: Previously known as COPE and then STEPS (Scaling-Up through Expanded Partnerships), Save the Children’s innovative TISAMALIRANE program in Malawi has effectively mobilized local communities to develop sustainable and comprehensive community-based interventions for the prevention, care and mitigation of HIV/AIDS. Working directly with district and village leaders to develop and manage programs that help hundreds of communities and thousands of families, TISAMALIRANE addresses the nutritional, emotional, educational and livelihood needs of children and families affected by the epidemic. Demonstrating its potential for effective implementation at scale, Save the Children is currently supporting the government’s efforts to roll out the national early childhood development (ECD) training curriculum for caregivers while piloting approaches that complement the training and delivery of quality ECD in community-based childcare centers.

BRIDGE: Through the BRIDGE program, Save the Children targets youth with Behavior Change Communication (BCC) activities, aiming to increase skills and dialog on HIV/AIDS among youth and children. Through a range of innovative, interactive methodologies, the program seeks to give beneficiaries an understanding of personal risk while building a sense of hope and self-efficacy. As Save the Children continues to build strong partnerships, local NGOs are beginning to replicate the BCC tools developed through BRIDGE, contributing to a scaling up on the district and national level.

I-LIFE: I-LIFE, Improving Livelihoods through Increased Food Security, targets vulnerable households by integrating market-oriented agricultural production with health, HIV/AIDS, and nutrition. Through a consortium of seven NGOs, Save the Children is taking the lead on capacity building of the partners on HIV/AIDS mainstreaming and implementation of all prevention, care and support activities for households caring for the chronically ill and OVC. Through training and provision of on-site technical support, Save the Children works to promote and maintain quality in all aspects of HIV/AIDS programming while ensuring that best practices are documented, shared and scaled up across the Consortium.