ADECI

I work at a NGO (or non -governmental organization) called ADECI (in English- Association for the Development of the Community in Inhambane). Yeah… bureaucracies really love their acronyms. :)

The basic functions of my org. are as follows:

They are essentially the bank for other organizations and schools that want to promote health and HIV awareness in the community. In other words, ADECI (which receives money from USAID) provides funding to these groups in exchange for merely following through on proposed programs and writing/handing in monthly reports on all activities.

ADECI also has a program of its own called ‘Vida Sobre Rodas’ in which there are trained activists (usually teenaged since ADECI likes to work primarily with youth) hired within different communities outside of the city to perform door to door HIV testing and counseling.

Finally, there is Chapa da Malta, a once a month program that utilizes many of ADECI’s own activists in promoting HIV awareness through theater, debate, and other social events.