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Kicking AIDS Out network works globally in several countries and continents.

Network consists of member, partner and associate organizations. These organizations are listed below.

Swaziland	Asidlale	Asidlale is a program under National Sport Council of Swaziland and the Sports and Olympic Council of Swaziland (SOCS).
Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Maarten, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Trinidad	C-HLP	The Caribbean Healthy Lifestyle Project was established in 2000 to increase the involvement of Caribbean girls and women in physical activity and to promote the value of healthy lifestyle choices. In late 2003, the programme expanded and took on a multi-sport, co-ed format, with emphasis on training the youth of the Caribbean to be more aware of their lifestyle choices, to improve their leadership skills, and to pass on their skills, knowledge and competencies on to their peers. One very important module of C-HLP is responsible Sexuality, hence on introduction of Kicking AIDS Out to the Caribbean in 2004, it was immediately agreed that this initiative would be accepted as the Responsible Sexuality Module of C-HLP. The project’s slogan is “Your Life, Your Health, Make it right,” emphasising social and personal responsibility in making healthy lifestyle decisions.
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Sudan (East African Region)	CHRISC International	Kristen idrettskontakt (KRIK) is a Christian Sports Organization for youths in Norway that was initiated in 1981 by Kjell Markset. It was started to provide competitive sporting opportunities for Christian with great talents to be meeting and share the gospel through sports fellowshiping. In 1993 Stromme foundation approached KRIK to initiate a sport program for Stromme partners in East Africa. In the cooperation with Stromme foundation, KRIK initiated sport and education activities in East Africa.
	CHRISC Kenya
Southern Africa; Western Africa	Coaching for Hope	Coaching for Hope is an innovative programme which uses football to create better futures for young people in West and Southern Africa. We’re part of the international volunteering and development charity, Skillshare International.
Canada, Barbados, Trinidad & Tobago, Guyana, Grenada, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Antigua, St Lucia, Dominica, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia	Commonwealth Games Canada (CGC)	CGC’s International Development through Sport work started in 1993 and supports local organizations in southern Africa and the Caribbean. CGC partners with community NGOs, national sport organizations, and government to support the development and implementation of development through sport programs and projects.
Zambia	Edusport	EduSport Foundation is a Non-governmental, Non-profit and community driven organization (NGO) based in Lusaka. It started in 1996 as a minor project under the National Sports Council of Zambia’s (NSCZ) Sports for All Programme. The organization was registered as the first sports NGO with the registrar of societies on 27th October 1999 in Lusaka.
Tanzania	Emima	EMIMA (a Swahili acronym for Education, Sport and Physical Activity) is a non-governmental organization that ‘empowers youth through sport’. Founded in 2001, EMIMA uses sport as a tool for development and youth engagement by conducting sport based activity programs that raise awareness for HIV/AIDS, gender equality, sexual health and other similar issues. EMIMA provides youth with that opportunity to take part in regional and national football, netball and volleyball leagues as well as to lead in the educative aspect of EMIMA programs. EMIMA further provides girls empowerment projects and education support for EMIMA players and peer leaders.
Vietnam	FFAV	Football for All in Vietnam (FFAV) is a Non Governmental Organization funded by The Football Association of Norway (NFF) and NORAD. FFAV started in 2000 in Hanoi and moved to Hue in 2003, the office is now based in Hue, working with the provinces of TT Hue and Hai Phong. The project goals is to establish grassroots football clubs with 50/50 boys and girls participation, aged from 6 to 12, and girls from 13 to 15, to build sustainable structures in civil society, based on democratic principles. This is to promote gender equality in the local communities, and develop non competitive grassroots football in Vietnam. The organization is especially focused on marginalized groups such as HIV/AIDS infected and affected, ethnic minorities, disabled children and street children
Kenya	Moving the Goalposts	Girls and women in Kilifi District, Kenya are some of the world’s poorest and most disadvantaged people. Low retention in school, early and unintended pregnancies and vulnerability to HIV/AIDS trap them in a cycle of poverty. Moving the Goalposts Kilifi (MTG) uses football to empower girls and young women, helping them to fulfill their potential both on and off the football field.
Kenya	MYSA	The Mathare Youth Sports Association (MYSA) started in 1987 as a small self help youth sports and slum cleanup project in the Mathare Valley, one of Africa’s largest and poorest slum. Today over 24,000 youth participate in the MYSA self help sports, slum clean up, AIDS prevention, leadership training programs, Anti child labour programme and other community development activities.
Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Vietnam	NIF	In Norway sport clubs were traditionally formed by friends, by fellow workers, and by people who found a mutual interest in one or more branches of sport. The clubs established sports federations to coordinate and develop their common sport. The federations together with the regional sport organisations formed the Norwegian Confederation of Sports in 1861. The Norwegian Olympic Committee was merged with NIF in 1996 and the Paralympic Committee in 2008. The Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sport (NIF) is now the largest voluntary organisation in Norway. NIF is the umbrella organisation which organises all national sports associations in Norway.
Zambia	NOWSPAR	Established in 2006, NOWSPAR is a not for profit organization that promotes the participation of women in sport and recreation through advocacy, awareness, dialogue, research, policy analysis and conducting of women’s sports activities. At present, NOWSPAR has a membership of 450 organizations, clubs and individuals.
Oceania	ONOC	The joint partnership on Sport and HIV was established in march 2007 involving UNAIDS, Secretariat of the pacific Community(SPC), Pacific Island Forum Secretariat (PIFS),Pacific Island AIDS Foundation (PIAF), Asia Pacific Leadership Forum on HIV/AIDS (APLF), and ONOC. ONOC works with all National Olympic Committee in the region. The Oceania Sports Education Program will Include a module on HIV in its 2009 syllabus.
Lesotho	OYAP	The OlympAfrica Youth Ambassador Programme (OYAP) is a youth volunteer Programme initiated in 2003 by the Lesotho National Olympic Committee (LNOC), in partnership with Commonwealth Games Canada (CGC) and UK Sport. Our main objectives are to (1) Train youth Ambassadors to organize sport events for people in their communities, (2) Utilize sporting events to disseminate information on critical social issues affecting youth and (3) Equip youth with appropriate skills to provide peer mentorship for other youth in their communities.
Namibia	PAY	The organization was started in 2003 as empirical research assessing the power of sport in development. PAY believes in the holistic development of Youth. The program runs daily activities which include academic tutoring, sports, life skills training and community service.
Papua New Guinea	PNGSF	The Papua New Guinea Sports Foundation is the Government’s agency for sport, coming under the Minister for Community Development. Established as a statutory body by Act of Parliament in 2006, it replaced the former PNG Sports Commission. The PNGSF has its headquarters in Port Moresby, the National Sports Institute in Goroka, and Regional Sports Development Officers covering the four Regions of the country.
Zambia	Response Network	Response Network is a norwegian NGO with a branch in Zambia. We visits 40 new villages in Southern Province of Zambia every year, providing motivation and information to communities on how they can start their own sports clubs and other self-help activities. When clubs have proved they can stand on their own feet and not depend on support we invite them for a variety of capacity building workshops to strenghten the clubs
In East and Southern Africa Region (EASA Region) Uganda (Regional Office), South Sudan (Juba), Ethiopia, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia, Burundi, Botswana, Kenya	Right to Play	Right To Play is an international humanitarian organization that uses sport and play programs to improve health, develop life skills, and foster peace for children and communities in some of the most disadvantaged areas of the world. Working in both the humanitarian and development context, Right To Play trains local community leaders as Coaches to deliver our programs in more than 20 countries affected by war, poverty, and disease.
South Africa, Namibia, Zambia	SCORE International	SCORE is a non-profit, non-governmental organisation using sport as a medium of development. Focused on children and youth living in underprivileged communities, SCORE utilizes sport as a powerful medium to bring about sustainable community development, individual empowerment and social transformation, and to build international and intercultural understanding. SCORE enters into multi-year partnerships with target communities in a process to build, strengthen and institutionalize sport. Sport is a springboard to developing capacity that goes beyond the sports field and strengthens the community itself, a medium to address social and community issues, and a tool to promote civic participation and social cohesion.
Botswana	SEDYEL	The South East District Youth Empowerment League (SEDYEL) is an HIV/AIDS capacity building initiative of the South East District Council in partnership with the City of Toronto, Commonwealth Games Canada, UK Sport and Mathare Youth Sports Association of Kenya that was formed in 2005 with an aim of channeling the energy and enthusiasm of young people away from risky behaviors which are the main factors in high incidence of HIV/AIDS in Botswana.
Zambia	Sport in Action	SIA is a non-governmental organisation (NGO) whose aim is to improve people’s quality of life through sport and recreational activities. Founded in 1998 and registered on 17/05/1999 (registration number ORS/102/35/2082), SIA was the first Zambian sports NGO. Its membership comprises ex-sports men and women and administrators from varying careers and backgrounds. SIA has recognised the fact that sport has a special attraction to young people as it offers opportunities for fun-play and physical challenges. Organised sport therefore has the potential to attract young people in a way that no other means of communication can match. SIA takes advantage of this power of sport as a mobilising tool to reach underprivileged groups such as orphans and vulnerable children (OVCs) including Mentally and physically challenged children and youth, the girl child and youth, in rural and urban areas.
Zimbabwe	SRC	The SRC is a statutory body charged with the mandate to oversee the development and governance of sport in Zimbabwe.
Trinidad + Tobago, Guyana, Grenada, St. Vincent, Barbados, St. Lucia, Anguilla, St. Kitts + Nevis, Bahamas, Dominica	TTASPE	TTASPE is an NGO that began in 2002 and is concerned with supporting the development of the capacity of those persons who deliver sport and physical activities to children, youth and persons with disabilities.
UK and overseas within SCSA Zone VI, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda and India	UK Sport	Established by Royal Charter in 1996, UK Sport works in partnership with the home country sports councils and other agencies to lead sport in the UK to world-class success and is accountable to Parliament through the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. UK Sport has been involved in International Sport Development for the last seventeen years and has worked in over 18 different countries, mainly within Southern Africa. At the heart of this development work has been the belief that the UK should play a role in increasing opportunities for young people in developing countries to participate in sport.
Eastern Africa; Middle Africa; Southern Africa	Zone VI	The Supreme Council for Sport in Africa (SCSA) is the sports arm of the African Union, which was once the Organisation of African Unity. It was formed in the 1960s, and its headquarters is based in Yaoundé, Cameroon. The main aim of the SCSA is to use sports to achieve peace, integration and unity in Africa i.e. sport as a vehicle of encouraging people to develop and come together, irrespective of colour, economic status, political, class, or gender.