When I arrived as the next Peace Corps Volunteer to serve with EFA International, it was clear this program was a huge success. Members felt empowered and attitudes and behaviors of both HIV-positive and HIV-negative people in the community were changing. I thought to myself: this is great, but how can it be better? I realized, the previous Volunteer had created this empowering and effective program, but now my role was to make it sustainable, to make it EFA’s program and not the Volunteer’s.

Today is World AIDS Day. We are grateful for the efforts made by all living positively and keeping HIV on the global agenda!
Check out the latest reports from UNAIDS. Data is showing that the rate …

MAROUA, CAMEROON – Peer educators trained in an EFA International-sponsored program have educated more than 6,000 people in Cameroon’s Far North region about HIV transmission and prevention. The January-June training involved 14 HIV-positive youth in …

PARTNERS FOR LIVING POSITIVELY
A panel discussion on HIV and development in Africa
Tuesday, May 4th  -  5 – 7 pm
Harvard University – Divinity School
Center for the Study of World Religions Common Room
Featuring panelists:
David Amponsah, …

As EFA’s technical advisor and as one of 13 facilitators of the Men As Partners program, I am proud to report that our February 2010 training has been a genuine success!
 
This two-week-long health education and wellness training benefited 30 …

Education Fights AIDS is a truth that has many explanations.  EFA’s work is based on the belief that education can impact people on many levels: individuals, families, communities, nations, and globally.

Individual: Helping HIV+ people to …