KANCO - Kenya AIDS NGOs Consortium

KANCO publications 2006

Information Pack for People Living with HIV&AIDS on Human Rights: Publisher: Kenya AIDS NGOs Consortium (KANCO) with financial support from Humanistic Institute for Cooperation with Development countries (HIVOS). Published 2006

The purpose of the information pack is to promote knowledge , skills and understanding of HIV&AIDS related legal, ethical and human rights issues and to demonstrate that HIV&AIDS and human rights are interrelated. The information pack address issues of gender, stigma and discrimination, advocacy, right based approaches in HIV&AIDS programming, the GIPA (Greater Involvement and Participation of PLWHAs) principle among other human rights issues. Download

Partner Newsletter on Human Rights: Publisher: Kenya AIDS NGOs Consortium (KANCO) with financial Humanistic Institute for Cooperation with Development countries (HIVOS). Published 2006

This newsletter is aimed to share issues and challenges related to HIV&AIDS and its correlation to human rights. Download

RAY Newsletter: Publisher: Kenya AIDS NGOs Consortium (KANCO) with financial PEPFAR through Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Published 2006

This newsletter share the experiences of running the project Responding to AIDS among Youth (RAY ) The RAY project was established among other services to encourage more young people to know their status and focus on abstinence. The project commenced in October 2004 and is funded by PEPFAR through Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Its overall aim is to reduce the impact of HIV&AIDS among young people in Kenya through behaviour change, reducing the level of HIV infection among young people, enhancing access to youth friendly services including VCT, treatment for opportunistic infections and STIs and access to ART. The project targets youth involved in fishing, tourism, agriculture, and transport industries, in and out of school youth as well as youth in the slums. Download

HIV&AIDS and its Treatment Information Pack: What you Should Know
Published by KANCO with financial support from Health link Worldwide (2006)
This information Package is designed to provide crucial information in a simplified manner to a diversity of audiences especially those living with HIV and care providers working at community level. It explores a wide range of issues ranging from: when to starting treatment, approved medications, HIV treatment regimen failure, changing treatment regimen, adherence, HIV and pregnancy, prevention, alternative therapies, nutrition and AIDS among others. The publication is ideal as Kenya makes great strides in increasing access to treatment to thousands of people living with HIV. Download

Lessons Learnt in Working with Men in Fighting HIV&AIDS in Kenya
Published by KANCO with financial support from the Norwegian Church Aid (NCA) (2006)
This booklet documents lessons learnt while implementing a project on involvement of men in HIV&AIDS prevention, care and support in Kenya. The project dubbed, working for Change with Men in Fighting HIV&AIDS in Kenya aimed at identifying men’s issues on HIV&AIDS and promoting prevention, care and support initiatives. Download

HIV&AIDS Legal, Ethical and Human Rights Mainstreaming: A Training Guide for Trainers of Trainers ToTs. Publisher: Kenya AIDS NGOs Consortium with funding from Humanistic Institute for Cooperation with Developing Countries (HIVOs) 2005.

This publication is specifically designed for the community service organization (CSOs) involved in HIV&AIDS and human rights activities. It intends to provide knowledge and skills needed to implement a human rights-based approach in HIV&AIDS work.

The guide documents a range of training techniques including plenary discussions, lectures, and group work, question and answer sessions among other participatory activities. This guide facilitates the training of a team of ToTs to acquire knowledge, skills and understanding of HIV&AIDS legal, ethical and human right issues, and to demonstrate that HIV&AIDS and human rights are interrelated. Download

HIV&AIDS Legal, Ethical and Human Rights Mainstreaming: Paralegal Training guide. Publisher: Kenya AIDS NGOs Consortium with funding from Humanistic Institute for Cooperation with Developing Countries (HIVOs) 2005.

This training guide is expected to raise the level of knowledge and understanding of legal, ethical, human rights and HIV&AIDS among CBOs, NGOs, FBOs and PLWHA organizations. It is intended to provide knowledge and skills needed to implement a right-based approach to HIV&AIDS. Download

KANCO Brochure. Published in 2006
This publication gives a brief background of KANCO, its vision, mission and core program areas in HIV&AIDS interventions.Download

2005 KANCO Annual Report: Published in 2006
This publications reports KANCO programmes in the year 2005. It details the achievements, challenges and lessons learnt in implementation of the Consortium’s programmes.

KANCO PUBLICATIONS
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Lessons Learnt
Lessons learnt in working for change with men in fighting HIV&AIDS in Kenya. Publisher: Kenya AIDS NGOs Consortium(KANCO) with financial Norwegian Church Aid. Published 2006

This publication accompanies and supplements pre-existing documentations of the practices, experiences and lessons learnt from the project, working for change with men in fighting HIV&AIDS in Kenya. It is envisaged that this publication will garner insights and useful information to inform programmes targeting men in HIV&AIDS activities. This documentation represents series of experience and lessons that might clarify for others, areas of strength and weaknesses typical in successful programs involving men in fighting the pandemic. Download

HIV&AIDS and Development project: Enhancing the capacity of NGOs/ CBOs to effectively implement community based HIV&AIDS Activities. (Lessons learnt and Good Practices). Publisher: Kenya AIDS NGOs Consortium with Funding from United Development Programme through the National AIDS Control Council.

This publication documents the lessons learnt and good practices from Lugari, Isiolo, Kwale, Siaya, Suba and Busia Districts. It is mainly HIV&AIDS based publication calling for the initiative and the mobilization of CBOs and NGOs in the fight against AIDS.

This publication gives a summary of the contribution of the project towards sensitizing the community in the fight against HIV/AIDS through the CBOs and NGOs. Identified lessons learnt and good practices in mitigating of the socioeconomic impacts of HIV&AIDS pandemic at the grassroot level have been highlighted.

Enhancement of Psychosocial Support Programs and Service Delivery to Children Affected by HIV & AIDS in Kenya.(Lessons Learnt and Good Practices) Publisher: Kenya AIDS NGOs Consortium with funding from Regional Psychosocial Support Initiative.

This publication is based on the lessons learnt from the Service Delivery to Children affected by HIV & AIDS (CABA) in Kenya. The publication address the psychological needs of children affected by HIV&AIDS are, particularly in light of the HIV epidemic in Kenya and Eastern Africa region. The publication focuses mainly on the best lessons learnt and thus documents on the various ways of enhancing psychological support programmes and service delivery to children affected by HIV/IADS. It also highlights strategies that can be used to scale up the psychological support activities for CABA by adopting programmes and strengthening the enabling environment for organizations assisting CABA through advocacy of regional, national and local levels.

The Role Of Networking In Policy Development And Advocacy Process (Lessons Learnt) Publisher: Kenya AIDS NGOs Consortium with funding from USAID through FHI

This is a policy document highlights KANCO initiatives, stakeholders, policy makers, partners and the activities involved in policy development and advocacy process.

The Publication documents KANCO’s initiatives in networking in policy development and advocacy process. The lessons learnt and good practices especially those on networking, implementation and activities have been addressed.

Political and Community support Initiatives: HIV&AIDS Policy Development and Advocacy (Lessons Learnt). Publisher: Kenya AIDS NGOs Consortium with funding from USAID through Policy Project.

The Policy is a milestone in the HIV&AIDS prevention and control programmes in Kenya. The key to success of the policy initiatives has been harmonizing all key stakeholders activities towards a common goal through effective networking, co-ordination, involvement of youth in their own advocacy programmes and community mobilization. This publication documents the plenary presentations, guided group discussions and questions and answer methods applied to explain the lessons learnt in the process of community involvement in policy initiatives. It also documents the success stories, the challenges and gaps that had been identified in the programs component of the policy project. The major lessons learnt, recommendations and emerging issues are also documented.

Capacity Building for NGOs/CBOs (Lessons Learnt and Best Practices)
Publisher: Kenya AIDS NGOs Consortium with funding from Program Support Implementation Arrangement (PSIA)
This is a publication based on the lessons learnt and best practices in Busia, Siaya and Suba Districts program Support Implementation arrangement (PSIA) of 1997 and 1999.

It is in this publication that we realize communities having answers to the problems affecting them. The publication spearheads capacity enhancements of the NGOs and CBOs to respond more effectively to the challenges, but not to provide solutions. The publication includes the background of the PSIA component implemented by KANCO in building of local CBOs/NGOs to develop effective responses to HIV&AIDS prevention, care and support among the communities.

Child Centered Approaches to HIV/AIDS: Community coping strategies for children and young persons. Publisher: Kenya AIDS NGOs Consortium with funding from Comic Relief Through Healthlink Worldwide.

Although millions of dollars have been spent worldwide on information and education about HIV/AIDS, substantial behaviour change is yet to be realized. Many people still continue to deny the existence of AIDS and cyst it in myths and rumours. With AIDS ravaging families, the children seem to bear the full blunt of the epidemic. The publication explores on the various approaches and strategies a community can employ in coping up with HIV/AIDS and especially among the children and the youth.

Children Publications

Child-Centered Approaches to HIV/AIDS: Information guide for children and young people in Kenya (Book one: Ages 4-8). Publisher: Kenya AIDS NGOs Consortium with funding from Comic Relief Through Healthlink Worldwide.

This publication is one of the three series of the Information Guides aimed at strengthening the existing literature on HIV&AIDS by focusing more on issues that are pertinent to children and young people. The guide documents skills, attributes and knowledge useful to strengthen children and young people in families affected by HIV/AIDS. Basically, the guide gives an introduction to the basic facts about HIV/AIDS in order to enhance the knowledge and skills of children in coping with HIV/AIDS pandemic. The guide should be used with guidance from teacher, parents or guardians so as to respond where questions may arise.

Child-Centered Approaches to HIV/AIDS: Information guide for children and young people in Kenya (Book two: Ages 9-13.). Publisher: Kenya AIDS NGOs Consortium with funding from Comic Relief Through Healthlink Worldwide.

This publication is one of the series of information guide aimed at strengthening the existing literature on HIV&AIDS by focusing more on issues that are pertinent to children and young people. The guide documents skills, attributes and knowledge useful to strengthen children and young people in families affected by HIV/AIDS. In addition to book one, this guide deals with aspects of growth and development of young people as well as basic issues of reproductive health in the context of HIV/AIDS. The guide will hopefully facilitate open discussions on HIV&AIDS with peers and adults.

Child-Centered Approaches to HIV/AIDS: Information guide fore children and young people in Kenya (Book Three.). Publisher: Kenya AIDS NGOs Consortium with funding from Comic Relief Through Healthlink Worldwide.

This publication is part of a series of information guides aimed at strengthening the existing literature on HIV/AIDS by focusing more on issues that are pertinent to children and young people. The guide documents skills, attributes and knowledge useful to strengthen children and young people in families affected by HIV/AIDS. Different from book one and two, this publication examines issues of adolescent sexual and reproductive health issues in the context of HIV/AIDS. It seeks to enhance knowledge and skills of young people in coping with the impacts of HIV/AIDS.

Information Packs
HIV&AIDS and its Treatment Information Pack, Publisher: Kenya AIDS NGOs Consortium with funding from Healthlink Worldwide

This publication is designed to provide crucial information in a simplified manner to a diversity of audiences especially those people living with HIV and care providers working at community level.

This publication starts off by providing information on the difference between HIV infection and developing AIDS. It explains how HIV attacks the immune system and the opportunistic infections that arise due to HIV infection. The publication provides critical information in a simplified manner for those under HIV treatment.

Information Package on Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV.
Publisher: Kenya AIDS NGOs Consortium with funding from Elizabeth Glaser Paediatric Aids Foundation.

This publication is specifically designed for women, HIV support groups, Healthcare workers and health care planners.

The publication documents the impact of HIV&AIDS on women young children and the extent of the problems. It also discusses how mothers can transmit HIV to their infants and ways in which HIV&AIDS can affect women, infants and young children. It further highlights strategies for preventing infection in women and children, in particular in reducing HIV infections in women and reducing transmission through blood contact.

Information Package on HIV&AIDS Policy Development and Advocacy. Publisher: Kenya AIDS NGOs Consortium with funding from USAID through FHI: IMPACT Project.

This package is specifically for NGOs and CBOs dealing with HIV&AIDS, advocacy groups, the government, policy and decision-making bodies and the general public who wish to advocate for the development and implementation of sound policies relating to HIV&AIDS prevention and care.

This publication examines key areas where policies need to be developed as far as HIV&AIDS is concerned as well as the policy process. The publication also focuses on the advocacy in view of what it is and how one can develop a successful advocacy strategy to get some of the policies identified implemented or at least recognized.

Information Package on Gender and HIV&AIDS. Publisher: Kenya AIDS NGOs Consortium with funding from USAID through FHI: IMPACT Project.

This publication is designed mainly for NGOs and CBOs dealing with HIV&AIDS, advocacy groups, the government, policy makers and the general public.

This publication documents the roles, socio-economic issues, cultural norms that are specific to men and women and how they affect and influence the spread of HIV&AIDS. It also addresses the extent in which these issues must be attended to in order to reduce the spread of HIV and why gender must be mainstreamed in every basic activity in the society.

Information Package for people living with HIV&AIDS. Publisher: Kenya AIDS NGOs Consortium with funding from USAID through FHI- Impact project.

This publication is produced mainly with emphasis on HIV&AIDS pandemic and targets the overwhelming need of information on people living with the pandemic. It targets the persons living with HIV&AIDS, caregivers, HIV&AIDS and STDs counselors and those interested in acquiring further information on AIDS.

The publication documents issues related to living positively, addressing a lot of the burning questions that many people do raise in common situation pertaining HIV&AIDS. It is the author’s wish that this publication will bring to the attention of the reader something new. The publication also lists the publication by KANCO which are found at the KANCO resource centre.

HIV&AIDS Legal, Ethical and Human Rights Mainstreaming: A Training Guide for ToTs. Publisher: Kenya AIDS NGOs Consortium with funding from Humanistic Institute for Cooperation with Developing Countries (HIVOs).

HIV&AIDS Legal, Ethical and Human Rights Mainstreaming: Paralegal Training guide. Publisher: Kenya AIDS NGOs Consortium with funding from Humanistic Institute for Cooperation with Developing Countries (HIVOs) 2005.

Networking Guides
AIDS in Kenya: A Directory of AIDS service Organizations working in Kenya. Publisher: Kenya AIDS NGOs Consortium with funding from AIDS Fonds through ICASO.

This publication has seven (7) parts. The publication is aimed to facilitate awareness of HIVAIDS activities being carried out in the country by the civil society organizations.

This publication documents the organization involved in the fight against HIV&AIDS in the country. To start with, the publication documents information on the organization involved which are listed alphabetically. It later zeros in on how applications for funds can be made and also a list of VCT centre in Kenya. The publication also documents the lists organizations offering prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV services in Kenya, list of mission hospitals offering ARVs and follow-ups in Kenya and those organizations involved in HIV&AIDS vaccine development and testing in Kenya.

Networking Guide for NGOs, CBOs and Religious institutions. Publisher: Kenya AIDS NGOs Consortium with funding from USAID through FHI: IMPACT Project.

This guide is a tool to enable individuals and organizations to improve their ability to build and sustain a successful networking approach.

This guide is organized into six main sections which include: Networking for a more effective response to HIV and AIDS, Networking, Change and Challenges, Other networking issues, Governing body and staff issues and lessons learned about networking. It is the hope of the author that people and organizations will freely copy and share it with others in their local communities.

Essential HIV/AIDS Information Resources. Publisher: Kenya AIDS NGOs Consortium with funding from UNAIDS through Healthlink worldwide.

This publication is compiled with an aim of assisting those NGOs, CBOs and individuals interested or involved in the prevention of sexually transmitted infections (STIs)/ HIV and AIDS and the care of people with HIV&AIDS.

This publication documents essential HIV&AIDS materials, list which is gives information sources and resources useful in training, setting up of a health or HIV&AIDS/STIs, and for those individuals interested information on HIV&AIDS. In addition, this publication acts as a resource for the most important and comprehensive publications available in the region.

KANCO Brochure. Published in 2006
This publication gives a brief background of KANCO, its vision, mission and core program areas in HIV&AIDS interventions.