SAT Zambia’s 21years of community work

SAT Zambia recently celebrated 21 Years of Strengthening Community HIV and AIDS Competence in Zambia. The Conference was held at Mulungushi International Conference Centre in Lusaka, Zambia.

Officially opened by Local government minister, Prof. Nkandu Luo, who also sits on the Zambia Cabinet Committee of Ministers on HIV and AIDS, the conference was attended by SAT Cooperating Partners, National AIDS Council, strategic partners, representatives of Government Line Ministries, members of the Civil Society Leadership Coalition, graduated and current SAT Zambia partner organisations. Other participants included the SAT Zambia Country Advisory Committee members, current and former members of SAT Zambia staff.

Conference Objectives

The conference was premised on the following objectives:

• To share the key outcomes of the work of SAT Zambia in strengthening community HIV and AIDS competence in the past 21 years.
• To improve partner programming through reflection and documentation of achievements, lessons learned and challenges in the last two decades of SAT activities in Zambia.
• To draw lessons from the past work of SAT Zambia and secure stakeholder input into its strategic direction for the period 2012 -2016.