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Our Strategic Plan
Conduct a comprehensive needs assessment to understand the specific challenges faced by women living with HIV within our association and in the region. This assessment should consider physical, emotional, psychological, and social factors that impact their quality of life.
Engage women living with HIV, CSO members, healthcare providers, community leaders, and other relevant stakeholders to seek their input, perspectives, and concerns. Ensure that the voices and experiences of women living with HIV are actively included in decision-making processes.
Advocate for policies that address the unique needs and rights of women living with HIV. Collaborate with local and national authorities, policymakers, and influential stakeholders to promote gender-responsive strategies and foster a supportive social environment.
Develop and implement training programs to enhance the knowledge and skills of other related CSOs and PLHIV associations, our members, the community, media, healthcare providers, and other relevant stakeholders regarding the specific needs of women living with HIV. This may include topics such as gender-sensitive approaches, stigma reduction, sexual and reproductive health and rights, mental health support, and empowerment strategies.
Establish and strengthening peer support networks and safe spaces for women living with HIV to share experiences, exchange information, and provide emotional support. Encourage the formation of support groups where women can bond, learn from each other, and feel empowered.
Ensure that women living with HIV have access to quality healthcare, treatment, counseling, psychosocial support, and sexual and reproductive health services. Collaborate with healthcare providers and relevant organizations to create a comprehensive and women-centered approach to service provision.
Develop and implement campaigns and activities aimed at reducing stigma and discrimination towards women living with HIV within both the CSO and the broader community. Organize awareness-raising events, educational workshops, and media campaigns to promote understanding and empathy.
we develop plans and strategies on income generating activities to help our members to help their family and the community by saving and credit and other IGA
Continuously monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the strategic plan. Use qualitative and quantitative methods to assess the impact of interventions, gather feedback from beneficiaries, and identify areas for improvement. Regularly review the plan in light of changing circumstances and emerging needs.
Develop a sustainable resource mobilization strategy to secure funding, support, and partnerships for sustained implementation of the strategic plan. Explore avenues such as grants, partnerships with other organizations, fundraising events, and corporate social responsibility initiatives.
Foster collaboration and networking with other organizations, both locally and globally, working in the field of women’s rights and HIV/AIDS. Share best practices, exchange knowledge, and participate in joint initiatives to leverage collective efforts and create a wider impact.
Tesfa Hiwot HIV Positive Women Association of Tigray (THHPWAT) is an indigenous NGO established in May 13, 2004 G.C. by voluntary women who have the virus on their blood in cooperation with GOs & NGOs. with a recognition of regional justice Bureau and officially re-registered according to the Ethiopian Civil Society proclamations 1113/2019. With registration number of 1398. THHPWAT is the only Positive Women's Association in the region to work with HIV Positives and their families, stimulated by HIV Positive Members.
Our Experiences
PEPFAR (CLM)
USAID Project
ViiV project
FON project
Global Fund
Path
PEPFAR (CLM)
The goal of PEPFAR is to support efforts to achieve HIV epidemic control through implementation of evidence-based interventions to drive progress in HIV prevention, care and treatment and ultimately, save lives. Community-led monitoring or CLM is a routinized process initiated and implemented by local HIV-positive and HIV-affected communities, community-based organizations and other civil society groups that identifies HIV service delivery successes, diagnoses problems, uses quantitative and qualitative data to overcome barriers and ensure that HIV service beneficiaries receive optimal client-centered services. It is being implemented in 8 selected health facilities of Tigray region. It mainly focuses on the following objectives Objective 1: To capture patient’s feedback (perception and satisfaction) on services available to them in HIV prevention, care, and treatment at the health facility and in the community. Objective 2: To identify strengths, gaps, stigma, and discrimination in service delivery, and provide input to develop indicators to assess services. Objective 3: To raise community awareness on their interests and individual responsibilities to have in place sustainable community-led monitoring approach. Objective 4: To monitor the quality health system service delivery. Objective 5: To advocate for change and action planning. |
USAID Project
USAIAD project (Increase PMTCT Uptake and improve the livelihood of HIV positive women in Ethiopia) |
This project was about how to improve the lowlihood of women and HIV positive women and their families and increasing the PMTCT uptake to the to decrease the vertical transmission of HIV from mother to child.
This projected was implemented in 17 weredas of Tigray region in selected kebelles of the weredas.
ViiV project
This project was about care and treatment in HIV AIDS and blood donation activities in different health facilities of Tigrai region and improving the livelihood of PLHIV |
FON project
This project focuses to empower the feminist organizations in the fight against GBV in Tigray region. Economic empowerment for women PLHIV of our members (for more than 200 HIV positive women) The objectives of the FON project are o Empower the feminist organizations in surviving difficulties like effects from war, conflict and crisis o Improve the sustainability of feminist organizations by proposing an inclusive approach to capacity building o Enhance the networking of feminist organizations and movements to fight GBV
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Global Fund
We have worked with GF for more than 15 years on
- Drug provision, care and treatment
- Follow up of lost drop
- Peer to peer discussions
- FI and NFI support
- Home to home care and visit
Path
Clinic blood test., blood donation activities, awareness creation and IGA for HIV positive women |
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Vision
We seek to see a region where all individuals, especially PLHIV women, girls and children, can live a life of dignity and respect, empowered, free from discrimination and violence by creating a society without gender-based violence and free from all forms of stigma and discrimination.
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Mission
The mission of our Association is to empower PLHIV women, raise awareness about gender-based violence, provide support services, and advocate for their rights and needs. Fight HIV/AIDS and related health problems through active participation of community, Governmental and nongovernmental organizations by mobilizing local and international supports. Lead and coordinate the contribution of PLHIVs in the regional response to HIV/AIDS through networking, partnership, capacity building, resource mobilization and advocating relaying the voices of PLHIVs at all regional levels.
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Goals
To promote gender equality, advocate for the rights of women living with HIV (PLHIV), and protect them from gender-based violence (GBV) within the local community and ensure the all-rounded well-being of our members. Our strategic plan aims to empower and support HIV positive women and children and their families within the capacity and capability of Tesfa Hiwot by developing a comprehensive and realistic strategic plan that focuses on the association’s specific needs and challenges. This plan will provide a framework for addressing key issues, promoting inclusivity, advocating for their rights, and ensuring their overall well-being.
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Objectives
We seek to see a region where all individuals, especially PLHIV women, girls and children, can live a life of dignity and respect, empowered, free from discrimination and violence by creating a society without gender-based violence and free from all forms of stigma and discrimination.
- Controlling the repaid transmission of HIV/AIDS
- Caring the bed ridden HIV positive client
- Promoting positive living
- Controlling the transmission of HIV/AIDS from mothers to children
- Controlling the repaid transmission of HIV/AIDS
- Fighting stigma & discrimination
- Improving the economic status of HIV positive women and their families by income generation activities (IGA) and other economic empowerments
- Improve the sexual and reproductive health conditions of women and girls
- Help to solve the psychological problems of HIV positive people through psychological and spiritual counseling
- Advocating for the rights of HIV positive women, girls and their families
- Work for improvement of gender equality and working with the communities to address GBV and advocacy.
- Fight economic and political discriminations
- Work for women and child rights, people with disabilities and people with special needs
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Values and Guiding Principles:
- Greater involvement of people living with HIV/AIDS
- Transparency and accountability
- Inclusiveness and Participatory
- Equality & equity
- Gender responsiveness & GBV protection
- Unity and solidarity
- Commitment and results oriented
- Sharing and caring
- Allocative efficiency
- Sustainability
- Tesfa Hiwot HIV Positive Women Association of Tigray