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MISSIONS

Based on a partnership framework, the ELSA platform realizes joint missions in African countries, in order to reinforce and to create relationships with new partners.
Within this context, the ELSA platform sets its plan of action on three stages at short and medium-term:
- To set up the actions of the ELSA platform: organization of internships for African militants (South-North and South-South internships) and logistic consignments.
- To make easier individual actions of ELSA’s member organizations: partnership, funding granted by Sidaction and Solidarité Sida, technical support, actions follow-up.
- To promote expertise exchanges, South-South and South-North links and partnerships.
The general purpose of the supporting missions is to reinforce the community care of PLWA. To this end, several secondary objectives must be taken into account:
- The quantitative and qualitative development of the associative partnerships between French and African associations (technical and/or financial co-operation);
- An overview of the status of the fight against AIDS in the countries and the reinforcement of pleading actions for a widened access to the ARVs;
- The sensitizing of the partners to the development of potential action and growth of community associations.
These missions qualified of "exploratory" were sometimes supplemented by "follow-up" missions.

MISSIONS TO KENYA (2002 AND 2004)

An exploratory mission in Kenya was organized at the end of August, 2002. The team met with many partners, could apprehend the actions carried out on the ground and evaluate the needs. Two community partners were identified:  WOFAK and TAPWAK.

The follow-up mission in March, 2004 revealed only little evolution in the means and resources but a positive evolution of the awakening and associative activism as regards access to ARVs, in particular within two associations, WOFAK and NEPHAK. Two new community partners were identified:  KWOSP and PWAG.

 

> Download the report of the exploratory mission in Kenya (French version only available).
> Download the report of the follow-up mission in Kenya (English version).

 

MISSIONS TO BENIN (2002 AND 2004)

The exploratory mission of November, 2002 in Benin made possible to meet many associative and institutional partners. Four associations were identified as being very dynamic actors in the fight against AIDS in Benin:  Action Espoir et Vie, RACINES, Jeunesse Ambition and CeRADIS.

The follow-up mission in February, 2004 gave a progress report on the project of decentralizing the access to ARVs. It acknowledged the driving role of the association RACINES in the optimization of patients care, but also stressed the fact that those community-based associations faced problems in structuring and in scaling up their actions.

 

> Download the report of the exploratory mission in Benin (French version only available).

> Download the report of the follow-up mission in Benin (French version only available).

 

MISSIONS TO CAMEROON (2003 AND 2005)

The exploratory mission in Cameroon proceeded in April, 2003. It went to Douala, Bafoussam and Yaounde. In spite of a complicated national situation, several partnerships engaged by Sidaction and Solidarité Sida succeeded:  in Douala with SunAids and SWAA Littoral, in Yaounde with REDS and AFSUPES.

A follow-up mission in Cameroon was carried out in February 2005. It met with ELSA’s partner associations :  AFSUPES, SunAids, Colibri, AFASO, SWAA Littoral, REDS, as well as other associations which are not partners, international NGOs and bilateral agencies of co-operation.  A visit to the hospitals was also organized.

 

> Download the report of the exploratory mission in Cameroon (French version only available).

> Download the report of the follow-up mission in Cameroon (French version only available).

 

MISSION TO GHANA (2003)

The mission to Ghana proceeded in May, 2003. It was a “real” exploratory mission insofar as no association of this country had been identified initially as a potential partner. Indeed, there was no medical care for PLWA within the associations met.

 

> Download the report of the exploratory mission in Ghana (English version).

 

MISSION TO CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC (2004)

Realized in May, 2004, the exploratory mission to Central African Republic could notice the many difficulties this country has to face in the field of the fight against AIDS.  Associations of people living with AIDS are still slightly mobilized and largely absent as actors in the device of care. Very few associative actors are trained or implied in the follow-up of people on ARV treatments which is still perceived over there like the only prerogative of the doctors.

 

> Download the report of the exploratory mission in Central African Republic (French version only available).

 

MISSION TO ALGERIA (2005)

Organized in December 2005, the exploratory mission to Algeria went to Algiers, Oran and Annaba and met the major associations in the fight against AIDS, of which two are already partners of the ELSA platform:  APCS and ANISS.

 

> Download the exploratory mission report (French version only available)

 

MISSION TO EGYPT (2007)

This exploratory mission took place from June, 20th to 27th, 2007 in the cities of Cairo and Alexandria. It was conducted by the ELSA Platform coordinator, a member of Sida Info Service and a member of the ALCS Morocco.

> Download the report of the exploratory mission in Egypt (French version only available)