SWAK- Society for Women and AIDS in Kenya




 

  
   

SWAK Strategic approach
 
 
SWAKS Strategic Planning
   
SWAK strategic planning: rationale and process. The need to develop this strategic plan arose from four aspects:

i. Changing character of the HIV/AIDS epidemic

The HIV/AIDS epidemic in Kenya has gone full cycle in the prevention, treatment and care and social economic impact continuum. SWAK therefore saw the need to realign its strategies and programmes to effectively address the needs of women and girls along this continuum. SWAK’s previous strategy was focused on prevention of HIV infection and mitigation of its social impact on women and girls. There was need therefore for SWAK to develop new strategies and strengthen the current ones to effectively address the vulnerability of women HIV/AIDS by incorporating new methodologies and addressing emerging issues.
These include human rights, ART services, diagnostic counselling and testing, linkages between HIV and TB, and development of comprehensive care centres among others.

ii. Need to update SWAK’s strategic plan

This planning exercise was also driven by the need to update SWAK’s strategic plan. The previous planning period expired end of April 2005.

iii. The growth of SWAK

SWAK has grown tremendously over the last five years. SWAK currently has branches in all 8 provinces. This growth is mainly driven by the volunteer members operating the branches and donor funding for its activities. However, internal systems and the governance structure of SWAK have not been configured to match the growth in activities. There is therefore need for SWAK to align its organisational structures to effectively implement its activities

iv. Need to align SWAK strategy to the Kenya national strategic plan for 2005-2010

SWAK’s previous strategic plan was modelled along the priorities of the just ended national strategic plan for 2000 – 2005. A new national strategic has been developed. Therefore SWAK saw the need to align its strategy to the new national strategic plan that has been developed.



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PRIORITY AREAS
Prevention of new infections: SWAK aims to reduce new infections among women and girls by addressing the underlying gender factors putting women and girls at risk

Improvement of the quality of life of people infected and affected by HIV/AIDS:
There are two important strategies for improving the quality of life of people infected and affected by HIV/AIDS: provision of treatment and care services and protection of their human rights.

Mitigation of the social impact of HIV/AIDS:
HIV/AIDS has profound negative impact on all aspects of the community. The capacity of communities to cope with the rapid increase of orphans and child-headed families is overstretched.

SWAK capacity development:
SWAK’s capacity gaps have been identified in the previous sections. SWAK has identified the specific capacity building initiatives that will be undertaken to address the challenges identified.
 

SWAK highly appreciates contributions and donations from all donors and partners.

You can donate to SWAK for mobilising women and girls to fight HIV/AIDS in Kenya.