This toolkit was created to help strengthen the capacity and competence of people addressing HIV/AIDS. The key intended audience includes national facilitators for local responses, district support teams or umbrella organisations whose task it is to motivate, facilitate and support communities in planning their own responses.

The toolkit contains techniques and practices developed in communities around the world. "This is, briefly, what we have learned from effective local responses, the responses by people where they live and work. How can one foster such effective responses at large scale? This toolkit represents a new and excellent resource for the many committed to this goal. The techniques and practices presented here have been 'distilled' from local responses around the globe. This toolkit offers the techniques and practices for others to adapt to their own context. To the extent possible, it includes a contact address so that various actors can contact each other to share their experience with the various techniques and practices, and make a synthesis of lessons learnt from their use."

The toolkit is available in print, on CD-ROM and as a free PDF download from the KIT website.

Part 1: Techniques contains 20 techniques for application in different stages of the planning cycle. The purpose and use of each technique is described, as well as practical guidelines on how to proceed. These are available in English, French and Portuguese.

Part 2: Practices contains 50 practices used to address one or more specific problems. The practices are grouped according to four categories: prevention, care and treatment, support and mitigation, and partnership and coordination. Available in English only.

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