Life Vanguards engages the services of PLWH in establishing and building the capacities of PLWH support groups in six communities in neighbouring Osun State. The primary medium is interpersonal communication and the key strategy is participation. The workshop is facilitated by experienced trainers living with HIV/AIDS in the country. It is based on the "Positive Development" Training Manual of the Global Network of People Living With HIV/AIDS (GNP+); the SAT Publications manuals of coping mechanisms and survival skills; as well as the Liverpool Associates in Tropical Health (LATH)/Department for International Development (DFID) Caring Together Manual for PLWH. Participants are expected to thereafter apply skills learned at the workshop in the administration of their respective groups.

LIVA has also developed and carries out various youth development initiatives that aim to foster education, awareness, and empowerment about sexual and reproductive health and HIV/AIDS. Diverse communication strategies are used (and described in detail on the LIVA website); examples include:

• enabling PLWH to live positively by building their capacity through training and seminars
• facilitating access to anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs at subsidised cost
• affiliating the support groups with the national umbrella body - the Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria (NEPWHAN)
• counseling and providing support for members of the groups as well as people in their respective communities
• enabling the support groups to gain both national and international recognition in the hope that they might thereby benefit from HIV/AIDS-related programmes and activities outside of their communities
• building their capacities to contribute more meaningfully to HIV/AIDS interventions in their communities and beyond by accessing funding and other resources to operate independently.