What We Offer Our Partners

Our tailormade processes and Positive Vibes methods/workshops are combined in an optimal way to address your unique needs and interests. We work with you to find the most appropriate mix of methods, to integrate these into an effective programme design and, over the life of the programme, to seamlessly build these into your work.

• Interventions informed and directed by people most affected
• Coherent, values-driven approach and quality controlled practice
• Risk management and capacity strengthening through long-term accompaniment (5 year cycles) tailored for building sustained change
• Exiting at the right time – once this mediating/supporting role is no longer necessary (e.g. PLHIV in Namibia)

We also support you to engage in more effective advocacy and influencing towards SRH-R goals (with the general public, policy makers, law makers, etc.).

Through our LILO Programme, we support you to strengthen your person-centred practice and so enhance the effectiveness of your programmes aimed at changing the thinking, attitudes and practices of key stakeholder groups (e.g. health professionals, law enforcers, religious leaders, etc.)

This offer is useful both for you if work with people working to claim their human rights (e.g. ‘KP’ organisations) and for allied organisations seeking to contribute to the same kinds of changes.

Positive Vibes has worked not only with community self-help groups, but also with existing official structures, traditional structures and organisations in our regions. Supporting individuals from within these organisations to engage in the process of learning and growth supported by the Inside-out process has contributed in a very significant way towards building a conducive environment in which self-help groups can flourish. Positive Vibes has made it a priority to address the risks of duplication and fracturing of efforts, in particular through support for information and exchange forums and activities. These activities attempt to build collaborative effort at district and regional level between CBOs, NGOs, and government. Initiatives focus on the provision of technical assistance and coordinating the effort of the various actors.
In building a civil society response to HIV and AIDS, it is particularly important to enhance the efficacy of the civil society/government relationship. This has been addressed through support to CBOs/NGOs along with support for the formal HIV coordination. PV has developed adapted/shortened versions of its HIV & Me Methodology to use in above work and will be doing the same in its LGBT+ work where the importance of working on creating a supportive environment is even more crucial. We can share these methods with you and support you to make lasting impacts in your regions.