Overview

In 2005, the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) selected a consortium to implement the USAID-funded Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization Program (CHAMP). The CHAMP consortium included CCP, CHF International, Catholic Relief Services and Social Impact. The program drew upon the expertise of numerous Rwandan partners, including Caritas-Rwanda, the Rwanda Women's Network and the Rwanda Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS, among others. CCP took the lead role in planning, management and delivery of training and technical assistance in BCC and was responsible for designing strategies and messages that resonated with both men and women in urban and rural areas.

Accomplishments

• Mobilized communities for HIV prevention, care and support of its vulnerable members, including OVC and people living with HIV and AIDS.

• Designined and piloted the “Compassionate Communities” approach to community mobilization to strengthen positive traditional values, such as compassion and solidarity, in the search for solutions to community problems.

• Disseminated messages through varied media channels and monitored BCC activities carried out by Rwandan partner organizations.