In order to ensure that our work mainstreams the critical issues related to gender, HIV and AIDS and the environment we undertake the following.
Gender
- Ensuring 45% of AFARD staff are females
- Reserving 1/3 of executive and committee leadership positions in community organizations to women
- Undertaking programme gender analysis and strategies
- Ensuring gender sensitive reporting & monitoring with disaggregated data
- Ensuring programme targets the kitchens that are controlled by women
- Ensuring women take up community change agent/extension placement.
HIV and AIDS
- Establishing local change agents (like Community Health Frontline Advisors and Village Volunteers)
- Promoting Post Test Clubs (PTCs)
- Supporting Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC)
- Supporting Voluntary Testing & Counseling
- Developing strong linkages with government structures
Environment
- Ensuring BO projects are environmentally sensitive, e.g., soil/water conservation
- Promoting sustainable agriculture
- Promoting energy saving stoves
- Promoting fruit/timber tree planting
- Sanitation and hygiene education and enforcement