Tackling the HIV/AIDS Pandemic with African AIDS Initiative

Hepburn Center Internship

Summer 2010

Tsega Mekonnen Meshesha ‘13

The Organization

African AIDS Initiative International Inc.

“Fighting For Life”

Their Vision

To see AIDS free healthy and productive Africans

Their Mission

To prevent the incidence and mitigate the negative impacts of HIV/AIDS among

Africans

Main Goal

To develop and promote an environment that enables HIV/AIDS prevention, service availability, networking and research in

Africa.

Program & Project Areas

AAII works with University students and commercial sex workers on three areas:

HIV/AIDS Prevention Care & Support Capacity Building

My project

Teen pregnancies

Illegal abortions

HIV/AIDS

Mentors

Elleni Gebreamlak,

Executive Director

Co-Founder of AAII Key tasks: write grants for AAII Advocates for the individuals affected by HIV/AIDS

within the community

Zewdie Shitte,

Program Head

Key tasks: chairman of all the various programs run by AAII

My Experience

Rewards & Challenges

Lessons Learned

How the Ethiopian employment system operates

How the Ethiopian Healthcare system runs The format of an NGO How to form partnerships with other NGOs Received training to increase HIV prevention

Special Thanks to:

Elleni GebreamlakExecutive Director

Zewdie ShitteProgram Head

& the rest of the staff at the Sidist Kilo office