AIDS Competence transferred to all BTC projects and the National AIDS Council in DR-Congo
Partners: Belgian Technical Cooperation (BTC)
At the end of 2005, the Constellation entered a partnership with the Belgian Technical Cooperation (BTC) to initiate and support the AIDS Competence Process in the Democratic Republic of Congo. After a successful trial period, the Constellation transferred the approach to all the BTC programmes in DRC. The BTC then decided to support a third project « Support to the PNLS (National AIDS Programme)». It consisted in developing a facilitation team in Kisantu, Ngiginda and Sonabata with the health staff of these three health zones. |
To do this, members of RDC Competence and Constellation coaches accompanied members of the PNLS two times. These activities allowed the PNLS to deepen –through the practice- their understanding of the approach and its values, in order to own the process and its extension to other health zones.
The health zones demonstrated that they can take action. Some good practices :
- The use of solidarity funds to start an income generating project (beekeeping) or to cover transportation cost for the facilitators to do SALT visits.
- Making of bricks to construct a VCT centre
- The translation of the self-assessment framework in local language
A triving National Facilitation Team, RDCCompetence, composed of 30 facilitators is now able to respond to invitations in 10 provinces. “It’s great! It is miraculous when communities become determined actors”, shared a participant at one of the workshops in Kinshasa.
