Member Associations

The Association Centrafricaine pour le Bien-Être Familial (ACABEF), was established in 1986 and recognised as an NGO by the Central African Government 1987. It signed a collaboration agreement with the government in 2003.  Aim: To participate with the Government in creating the necessary conditions for the economic, social and cultural development of the population;  To support the Government and through it the Maternal and Child Health Services;  To contribute to the integration of family planning programmes into the public health system;  To provide, when necessary, useful advice to relieve couples suffering from infertility and help them prevent future cases.  Objectives: To increase young people's access to comprehensive, gender-sensitive sexual and reproductive health information and education;  To increase young people's access to a wider range of age-appropriate services;  Contribute significantly to the prevention and control of STIs/HIV/AIDS;  Contribute to increasing access to psycho-social care for people infected and affected by HIV/AIDS through a dynamic partnership;  To improve the access of women, men and young people to quality Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) services using a gender and rights based approach;  To contribute to the information and reduction of unsafe abortion rates in the country;  To provide care for victims of GBV.   ACABEF targets: Adolescents and youth;  Men and women of reproductive age   Number of clinics:   ACABEF has had 07 clinics since its creation, namely   The model clinic in Bangui in the capital   The Ouham regional branch located in Bossangoa;  The Lobaye regional branch in Mbaiki;  The Ouaka Regional Antenna located in Bambari.  A Point of Care (PPS) in Paoua   A Care Provision Point (PPS) in Bozoum   A youth-friendly centre in Bangui.  However, with the socio-political events that the country has experienced since 2013, some clinics in the interior of the country have been completely vandalised and destroyed by armed groups and their goods taken away. For the time being, the association only has two clinics located in Bangui and Mbaiki and a youth centre in Bangui.  The Association has been offering an average of 400,000 services per year to the population for the past 3 years including:  SRH and FP services in fixed and advanced clinics   HIV screening and follow-up of people declared positive for psychological care   Comprehensive sexual education   Carrying out community-based distributions   Management of VGB  Infertility treatment   Advocacy on SRH rights issues   

Action Et Développement (AcDev) is a Non Governmental Organisation for Development Support which has been in existence for 31 years. Today, it is recognised as one of the most important Senegalese NGOs with proven expertise and considerable experience in the provision of community health and the creation of demand at the community level. AcDEV is mainly involved in reproductive health in general, the sexual and reproductive health of young people and adolescents, and the fight against gender-based violence in particular. AcDEV operates in nine regions of Senegal with a national headquarters in Dakar, two permanent regional headquarters in Fatick and Louga and focal points in the remaining regions. AcDEV has more than 104 staff spread across its intervention zones. Since its creation, the NGO has built five health centres, two reproductive health centres for young people and adolescents, a vocational training centre for young girls, 55 rural huts and maternity units, and a mobile RH/FP team. The areas of intervention are: strengthening the skills of organisations and actors, advocacy for RH/FP and the SRHR of young people, IEC/BCC, the sustainability of its interventions through the implementation of income-generating activities and the strengthening of women's economic power. AcDEV goals: Improve the living conditions of the target populations through development support activities Assist children and poor populations in general in the areas of nutrition, health care, the fight against STIs/AIDS Implement the means of sensitization, training and action on the mechanisms of “poor development” Promote a partnership with NGOs and national and international institutions while respecting their identity Learn more about AcDEV here. Address 204, Cité Fadia-Guentaba BP: K5049 Pikine Dakar/Senegal +221 33-855 88 55 / 77 569 56 26 [email protected] www.acdev-inter.org