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loveLife is a youth focused HIV prevention initiative in South Africa. The not-for-profit organisation promotes AIDS-free living among South African youth aged between 12 and 19 by employing a holistic approach to youth development and behaviour change that motivates adolescents to take charge of their lives for brighter futures. The overall aim of loveLife is to reduce the rate of new infections in young people, in order to reduce the overall prevalence of HIV in South Africa, which stands at 10.9% (2008)〔(South African National HIV Prevalence, Incidence, Behaviour and Communication Survey, 2008: A Turning Tide Among Teenagers? ), ISBN 978-0-7969-2292-2, (page xvi)〕 of the population. (Additional sources: UNAIDS, (HSRC ), see also HIV/AIDS in South Africa) Considering that a high number of new infections are among 15- to 24-year-olds,〔(A gauge of HIV prevention in South Africa 2009 ) ISBN 978-0-9584990-6-4, (p28-32)〕 loveLife targets people below 15 to ensure they remain HIV negative and youth above 15 to help them recognise and tackle their elevated risk of infection. loveLife's comprehensive strategy was designed to address the specifics of the epidemic in South Africa, as well as its resources and socio-economic infrastructure. It seeks to achieve sustained engagement with the first generation of young people growing up in post-apartheid South Africa (the so-called ‘born-frees’) who are exposed to greater benefits than their parents but still face many of the socio-economic legacies of apartheid, such as poverty and unemployment. loveLife engages with South African youth through outreach and support programmes which are implemented by a corps of peer educators. These young people have permission to work in 5 500 schools, (18 (in 2010) Youth Centres ) (Y-Centres), and in partnership with up to 200 community-based organisations across the country.〔(loveLife Report on Activities and Progress 2009 ) ISBN 978-0-9584990-7-1, p43, p37〕 These programmes are complemented by an integrated media campaign on TV, radio, mobile, print and the web. While loveLife's national office is situated in Johannesburg, there are provincial offices in each of South Africa's nine province plus more than 20 regional offices nationwide. loveLife's 18 Y-centres are strategically set up in areas of high HIV prevalence. == Partners == loveLife was launched in late 1999 as a joint initiative of leading South African non-government organisations and the South African government, in partnership with several private foundations and private sector support. Amongst others the Henry J Kaiser family Foundation has been a lead funder and driver of the organisation. Primary funders in 2010 include the South African Department of Health, the Department of Social Development and Sports and Recreation South Africa. Additional (funding and support ) is provided by South Africa's corporate sector including Barloworld, Murray & Roberts, Independent Newspapers, Rapport, the National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund (NLDTF), the South African Broadcasting Corporation, Ster-Kinekor, VW and Anglo American. Large donors such as DfiD, the Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation, UNFPA and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have also supported loveLife. Since 2008, loveLife has received technical support from DED, the German Development Service (from 2011 on GIZ, Gesellschaft fuer Internationale Zusammenarbeit), with several advisors, volunteers and private public partnership funds 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「LoveLife South Africa」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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