Remote communties meet outside to receive ACAT's training on HIV and Aids.		 ACAT mainstreams HIV and Aids initiative through its programmes of:
  • Sustainable Agriculture which focuses on enabling families to produce their own food in a low cost, healthy and environmentally friendly manner;
  • Entrepreneurial Development which assists families to generate additional income through small, viable, rural enterprises;
  • Adult Basic Education and Training, which builds up the general and specific capacity of learners.

HIV and Aids Orphans are taken care of by ACAT groups.


ACAT members are shown how to prepare vegetables to get improved nutrition.


This poster is used to depict the 4 main "bus stops" on the road to Aids.

This mainstreaming includes:

  • Creating an awareness and understanding of HIV and Aids with a special focus on causes, symptoms, transmission, avoidance and stigma.
  • Encouraging people to test early so that they can manage their health positively.
  • Promoting, encouraging and offering an alternative lifestyle.
  • Promoting, encouraging and facilitating Household Food Security – initially through vegetable gardens. ACAT encourages everyone – not just those who have tested positively – to establish a vegetable garden and to boost their immunity through good nutrition.
  • Assisting people to generate additional income.
  • Promoting Home Based Care by community volunteers.