1. 5TH SAHARA CONFERENCE
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
THEME: “Socio-cultural responses to HIV”
TOPIC: The Unusual and the Unexpected: A successful
heterosexual African HIV prevention project/programme
under the management of a homosexual-focused
organisation
DATE: 30 November 2009 - 3 December 2009
PRESENTER: K Tuwe [MBA, MIPMZ & FICB (SA)]
Programme Manager– African Communities
New Zealand AIDS Foundation
k.tuwe@nzaf.org.nz

2. Agenda / Topics
• Background and Objectives:
History of the New Zealand AIDS Foundation (NZAF)
and African Health Promotion Programme (AHPP)
HIV Statistics in NZ
• Method : How we operate
• Results
• Conclusion

3. History of the NZAF
Bruce Burnett, 1954 - 1985 Sr. Paula Brettkelly, 1944 - 2008
The New Zealand AIDS Foundation (NZAF) is New Zealand’s
leading HIV prevention and care organisation. The NZAF provides
positive health services to anyone affected by HIV and HIV
prevention programmes to the communities most at risk, as well
as research, analysis and policy leadership.

4. History of the AHPP

5. NZAF Organisational Structure
AFRICAN COMMUNITIES
PROGRAMME

6. Other NZAF Programmes

7. Takatāpui

8. Pacific Peoples’ Programme
(PPP)

9. HAKA Poster (controversial)

10. NZAF Volunteers

11. NZ: HIV/AIDS Statistics
HIV/AIDS Adult prevalence rate
0.1% (2007 est.)
People living with HIV/AIDS
about 3000
African People living with HIV/AIDS in
NZ 440

12. Results Analysis
Ethnicity 2006 % 2007 % 2008 % Comment
Total new
204 195 184
diagnoses
European/
ā
Pākehāā 79 38.7 83 42.6 98 43.2 - 4.5%
(constantly up)
(mostly gay)
+12.6%
African 61 29.8 42 21.5 39 17.2 (constantly
down)

13. Some of the Community Events
• Regional Community Educators’ Workshops
• Religious and Community Leaders Workshops
• Community Functions and Events (Miss Africa, Soccer)
• Community Consultation (on-going process)
• Sponsoring of Community Events
• Advocacy on Settlement issues (eg. immigration,
employment)
• Resource Distribution (Culturally appropriate material)
“Our lives being to end the day we become silent about things that matter”
Dr Martin Luther King Jnr.

14. Miss Africa 2008

15. Miss Africa 2009 (Congolese
Performance)

16. Taste of Africa Group

17. 2009 Africa Day Winners:
Somali Team

18. Jambo Newsletter

19. Social Marketing:
New Brand Get it On!

20. Social Marketing:
New Brand Get it On!

21. Social Marketing:
Get it On! TV Commercial

22. Social Marketing - NZAF Website

23. NZAF Website

24. AHPP and the Community

25. AHPP and Community
Empowerment

26. Results: Epidemiology Figures
(2006)

27. Results: Epidemiology Figures
(2007)

28. Results: Epidemiology Figures
(2008)

29. My Inspirational Heroes

30. Conclusion
• There is convincing evidence that it works:
(12.6% drop in newly diagnosed HIV cases within NZ-based African
communities over 3 years (2006-08))
• Heterosexual and homosexual programmes can work together
professionally, in harmony to achieve the desired outcomes
• In my view what is needed, among other things is;
RESPECT, PASSION, COMMITMENT, SENSITIVITY
and above all, PROFESSIONALISM
• So you see, it works!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kia Ora Tatenda Siyabonga Thanks
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about
things that matter”
Dr Martin Luther King Jnr