Doctors of the World, Russia
Doctors of the World was awarded this grant to implement a two-year project to prevent HIV transmission among street youth in St. Petersburg, Russia and ensure their access to care, treatment and support by developing and implementing an HIV treatment preparedness and prevention program (the “HIV/AIDS Services Project”).  Working in partnership with Doctors to Children (DTC), the Russian NGO that DOW founded, and with government and community partners, DOW has established and implemented its model of HIV/AIDS services for street youth and has made progress in all of the proposed activity areas.
In the first year, DOW provided HIV prevention information and services to 261 new street youth; conducted HIV testing and counseling with 142 new clients; provided HIV case management services to 62 of the 117 HIV-positive 2006 HIV survey participants (53%), and engaged 43 of these HIV-positive youth at DOW Drop-In Centers (DICs); developed a referral network with 16 organizations providing a range of medical and social services to HIV-positive street youth; collaborated with the St. Petersburg AIDS Center to enable HIV-positive street youth – previously denied services due to their lack of identification or registration – to receive diagnostics, registration, treatment, and monitoring through DOW referral; facilitated the registration of 51 youth at the AIDS Center for monitoring and anti-retroviral therapy (ART); developed and implemented a structured incentive system to engage youth in HIV services; and purchased, equipped, and accredited a new mobile testing and outreach van for HIV testing and counseling of street youth.

The Naz Project London, United Kingdom
The Naz Project London (NPL) was established in 1991 to service the Black/Minority/Ethnic (BME) population in London in AIDS/HIV prevention and treatment.  Currently, it provides sexual health and HIV/AIDS prevention and support services to South Asians (including Bangladeshis, Indians, and Pakistanis), Muslims (including Middle Easterners and Africans), Horn of Africans (Eritreans, Ethiopians, and Somalis), Portuguese speakers (including Angolans, Brazilians, Mozambicans, and Portuguese), and Spanish speakers (mainly Latin American). Additionally, NPL provides policy and good practice campaigning and training to other similar organizations. NPL counsels 1,500 to 3,000 patients per year on prevention with another 1,000 to 1,200 users accessing its core services. NPL recruits and trains staff and volunteers from the communities they will be assisting so as to remain culturally and linguistically relevant.  The M·A·C AIDS Fund grant will provide funding for the core BME counseling support and the Somali-Muslim programs, both of which include: advice, referral and advocacy, casework and home visits, one-to-one support, user led support groups for people affected by HIV and AIDS, cultural and linguistic support, trained interpreters, and specialized information service on care and support issues for NPL target communities.

Waverley Care, Scotland
Waverley Care was founded in 1989 as a direct response to the HIV epidemic in Scotland. Based in Edinburgh, Waverley Care's services offer support to people who are HIV positive and to their families, care-givers and children. The M·A·C AIDS Fund grant will be allocated toward the Waverley Care Solas support services, which offers a public access information centre providing accurate information concerning HIV/AIDS to help people in making informed choices and raising public awareness in the community. The support services are provided through one full-time liaison who serves as a point of reference for agency referrals to Solas and those seeking aid for themselves. This liaison refers the patient to the appropriate treatment program within the Waverley system or to an outside organization, offers peer support, and provides information on treatment options. In addition, the liaison trains the general public, university and college officials and employers who may be working with those affected by HIV/AIDS. Finally, this liaison also works with the African Support Project which brings together Africans living in Edinburgh and Glasgow for peer support and counseling, as well as providing information for other health providers to African communities.