The Challenge generated ideas from many new and local community-based partners. As a result, 48 percent of the winners have never previously received PEPFAR funding, and 64 percent of winners are small, local community-based organizations.
“With today’s investment, thousands more adolescent girls and young women will have the opportunity to fulfill their dreams,” said Ambassador Deborah L. Birx, M.D., U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and U.S. Special Representative for Global Health Diplomacy. “Adolescent girls and young women deserve nothing less, and we are committed to walk with them at every step along the road to an AIDS-free generation.”
“Young women and adolescent girls represent the largest population of those affected by new HIV infections in sub-Saharan Africa,” said Paul Stoffels, M.D., Chief Scientific Officer, Johnson & Johnson.
“We need the best ideas and innovation from all around the world to solve HIV’s spread, and we are pleased that these new DREAMS award programs will help empower women and girls and reduce the burden of HIV.”
“When you know that close to 60 percent of new HIV infections, globally, occur in adolescent girls, it is an obvious decision for us to invest in supporting education and empowerment for girls,” said Dr. Dominique Limet, Chief Executive Officer at ViiV Healthcare.
“As with any of our initiatives, it is crucial to work with partners to develop systemic solutions. We are proud to be involved with the DREAMS Innovation Challenge, to support this new important work delivered through community-based projects.”
The $385 million DREAMS public-private partnership, led by PEPFAR and with the support of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Girl Effect, Johnson & Johnson, Gilead Sciences, and ViiV Healthcare, is supporting adolescent girls and young women to become Determined, Resilient, Empowered, AIDS-free, Mentored, and Safe.
The DREAMS Innovation Challenge will accelerate progress toward the DREAMS target of achieving a 40 percent reduction in new HIV infections among adolescent girls and young women in the highest-burden areas of 10 sub-Saharan African countries by the end of 2017.
The DREAMS Innovation Challenge winners* include the following:
- Afya Mzuri
- American University
- Amref Health
- Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team
- Badilika Foundation
- Bar Hostess Empowerment and Support Programme
- Brick and Brick Uganda
- Camfed Malawi
- Cecily Eastwood Zambian AIDS Orphans Appeal
- CMMB
- College of William and Mary
- Community Media Trust Kenya
- Community Media Trust South Africa
- Culture Fund of Zimbabwe Trust
- Family Health International
- Femina HIP Ltd.
- Future of the African Daughter Project
- Girl MOVE Foundation
- Greenfield Management Solutions
- HIVSA
- Hope for Victoria Children
- HOPE Worldwide Zambia
- ICS Africa
- IdeiaLab
- International Development Law Organization
- Kenya Legal and Ethical Issues Network on HIV/AIDS
- Latkings Outreach Program
- Lubuto Library Project, Inc.
- University of the Witwatersrand
- Mercy Corps
- Mirembe Project
- Nyanza Initiative for Girls' Education and Empowerment
- Nzeve
- Ogra Foundation
- Peer ProjectSupport
- Population Council, Inc.
- Premise Data Corporation
- Rede Contra Abuso de Menores
- Save the Children Federation, Inc.
- Sesotho Media & Development
- SisterLove, Inc.
- Stitchng AIDS Fonds- STOP AIDS NOW!
- Students And Youth Working on reproductive Health Action Team
- TackleAfrica
- The African Centre for Women, Information & Communications Technology
- Touch Roots Africa
- Trocaire
- University of Washington
- Ushahidi Inc.
- VillageReach
- VOTO Mobile
- Witkoppen Health and Welfare Centre
- Wizarts Foundation
- World Education, Inc./ Bantwana Initiative
- World Vision, Inc.
- Youth Advocates
* Currently, the organizations selected are considered provisional winners until further notice.