CCG has close working ties with religious and community leaders. Their immense power of influence and their role in effecting social change prompted the project’s objective: to establish strategic alliances with religious and community leaders to organise campaigns and actions aimed at reducing HIV/AIDS-related stigma and discrimination in three districts close to the capital city, Accra.

The three districts were chosen because of their high levels of infection, attributed among other factors to fear of getting tested for the virus stemming from rampant stigma and discrimination against people living with HIV/AIDS. The project will implement an integrated, multi-sectoral, rights-based participatory communication strategy.

In Ghana, as in most African countries, many in the faith community fail to speak out, which has made the AIDS situation worse. This project will change the understanding of HIV/AIDS and enhance the communication and advocacy skills of religious leaders, community and opinion leaders, leaders of women’s groups and youth groups, teachers, health workers and media practitioners.

The project will develop and implement a range of communication strategies and tools: from theatre, music, dance, sport, competitions, community radio and TV to sermons, reflections, storytelling and testimonies. Skills acquired will enable beneficiaries to defend the rights of people living with or affected by HIV/AIDS and will contribute to the elimination of stigma and discrimination against.

One outcome will be to support efforts to mitigate the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the human suffering it causes. The project will result in establishing strong, co-ordinated networks committed to challenging stigma and discrimination and to serving as channels to disseminate lessons learnt and best practices.

WACC and CCG are privileged to partner DFID in the fight against HIV/AIDS-related stigma and discrimination.

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