Support to the Cooperation with Civil Society Organizations in the area of HIV and AIDS and Reproductive Health

Through this project, Pathfinder supported the Civil Society Organization/Non-Governmental Organization sector in focusing on reducing poverty, fostering development, and democratization initiatives to complement the Ethiopian government's efforts in achieving the Millennium Development Goals. It also supported the goals set in the Sustainable Development and Poverty Reduction Program and Plan for Accelerated and the Sustained Development to End Poverty of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Program.

Funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, this project allowed Pathfinder to take on the challenge of preventing the spread of sexually transmitted infections and HIV and AIDS and at the same time increasing access to quality reproductive health and family planning services. Almost two million people in Ethiopia are infected with HIV and AIDS. Pathfinder's main goals weere to provide information to educate the community about preventing the spread of HIV and AIDS and to work to reduce the stigma and discrimination against people living with HIV and their families. In addition, Pathfinder diversified service delivery approaches by increasing geographical expansion and providing youth with access to adolescent sexual reproductive health information and services.