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  29 January 2008 - Red Ribbon Award: Celebrating Community Leadership and Action on AIDS
 
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Red Ribbon Award: Celebrating Community Leadership and Action on AIDS
XVIIth International AIDS Conference,
Mexico City, 3-8 August 2008
 
Communities lie at the heart of the response to the AIDS epidemic displaying extraordinary courage, resilience and strength in addressing one of the greatest challenges of our time. It is in these communities, across the world, that remarkable leadership is shaping the course of the epidemic.

Using creative and sustainable ways to promote prevention and provide treatment, care, and support to people living with HIV, and demonstrating innovation in the face of poverty, stigma and loss of human capacity, these examples of community leadership are showing us in practical terms how to contain a global epidemic – one community at a time.
 
The Award
 
The red ribbon is a global symbol in the movement to address AIDS. The Red
Ribbon Award, presented every two years at the International AIDS Conference, is designed to honor and celebrate outstanding community initiatives that show leadership in reducing the spread and impact of AIDS. This award is a joint effort of the UNAIDS family together with the Leadership and Community Programme Committees of the XVIIth International AIDS Conference.

Twenty-five community groups will be selected through a community-led process and two representatives from each group will be invited to attend the XVIIth International AIDS Conference in Mexico City from 3-8 August 2008.

These Red Ribbon Award winners will have an opportunity to showcase their work at the Conference and host a Community Dialogue Space in the heart of the Global Village. All 25 Red Ribbon Award-winning communities will receive $5,000 each. Five of these communities will receive special recognition and an additional $15,000.
 
Eligibility
 
Grassroots initiatives, community-based organizations, faith-based organizations and small non-governmental organizations are eligible. Self-nominations are accepted.
 
Selection Criteria
 
The Red Ribbon Award will be given to community groups for outstanding leadership in responding to HIV and AIDS. The selected initiatives will demonstrate outstanding leadership in one or more of the following areas:
• Providing access to care, treatment and support for people living with HIV,
• Promoting human rights and addressing social injustices such as homophobia, sexism and any other form of stigma and discrimination,
• Empowering women and girls and addressing gender inequalities that fuel the spread of HIV,
• Providing support to children orphaned by AIDS and other vulnerable children,
• Promoting HIV prevention programs and services.
 
How to Nominate
 
• Online at www.redribbonaward.org
• By Email to redribbonaward@undp.org
• By Fax to +1 212 906 5023
• By mail to:
Red Ribbon Award, UNDP HIV/AIDS Group
304 East 45th Street, 10th Floor, FF-1042
New York, NY, 10017, USA
 
For more information, please contact redribbonaward@undp.org or +1 212 906 6184.
 
Nominations are accepted in English, French and Spanish from 1 December 2007 until 29 February 2008.
 
Nomination for Red Ribbon Award 2008:
 
We encourage you to submit online. If you submit by email, fax or mail, please limit your nomination to three (3) pages of written text or 1200 words.
 
1. Name of the organization being nominated
 
2. Nominee is best described as:
 
• Grassroots initiative
• Community-based organization (CBO)
• Non-governmental organization (NGO)
• Faith-based organization (FBO)
• Other (Please specify)
 
3. Size of the organization
 
• How many full time and part time staff members are employed by the organization?
• How many volunteers are involved in the organization’s work?
 
4. Budget and funding levels for the organization
 
• What is the annual working budget of the organization?
• What are the sources of funding for the organization?
 
5. Does the organization work with partners? If yes, please list them and describe their role in the organization’s activities.
 
6. Which category do you think best describes the organization’s work in responding to HIV and AIDS?
 
(Please select up to two (2) categories representing your first and second choice)
• Providing access to treatment, care and/or support for people living with HIV
• Promoting human rights and addressing social injustices such as homophobia, sexism and any other form of stigma and discrimination in response to the AIDS epidemic
• Empowering women and girls and addressing gender inequalities that fuel the spread of HIV
• Providing support to children orphaned by AIDS and other vulnerable children
• Promoting HIV prevention programs and services
 
7. Describe the impact of the organization’s work
 
• How has the organization made a difference in the community it serves?
• What are the greatest successes of the organization?
• What challenges does the organization face?
• Why is the organization a leader in its chosen field?
 
8. Other information
 
Please tell us about the organization with respect to the following:
• Demonstrating leadership,
• Involvement and empowerment of people living with HIV,
• Working with marginalized groups,
• Addressing gender inequalities and challenging gender norms and stereotypes,
• Areas of innovation and/or creative approaches.
 
9. Contact Information
 
Please provide the information listed below for the following people:
• Contact person(s) for the organization being nominated,
• Two references who are well informed about the activities of the organization and may be contacted by the selection committee,
• Nominator,
• Contact person(s) for all partner groups.
For the contacts above, please supply the following information:
(a) Name
(b) Position
(c) Organization
(d) Street address
(e) City / Town
(f) Postal code
(g) Province or state
(h) Country
(i) Telephone
(j) Fax
(k) Email
(l) Website
 
Please limit your nomination to three (3) pages of written text. You may, if you wish, add up to three (3) photographs that show the work of the organization.
 
 
 
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