AFEW Mission Statement

AIDS Foundation East-West (AFEW) is a Dutch non-governmental humanitarian public health organisation whose mission is to make a major contribution to the reduction of the impact of HIV/AIDS in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA)¹ by:

• Taking an innovative and pro-active approach to developing, implementing and promoting tools for effective HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, care and support, designed for and appropriate to the specific conditions of EECA;

• Targeting the younger generation of the region, in particular those engaging in risky behaviour;

• Co-operating closely with national governmental and non-governmental structures to boost local coping capacities and to advocate for appropriate action;

• Strengthening East-West engagement by exchanging knowledge and people via programme activities and stimulating a committed response.
  
  
   

¹ AFEW used to refer to its geographical area of work as NIS (Newly Independent States). Since this terminology is becoming obsolete, AFEW has chosen to adapt this term and refer to its region of action as ‘Eastern Europe and Central Asia’ (EECA) being the most acceptable term to use. For AFEW the region EECA represents the following 16 States: Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia.