SABCOHA’S projects aim to empower its members and the broader community to plan for and effectively manage the impact of HIV/AIDS. SABCOHA pilots projects on behalf of business, sharing the lessons learnt from each of them with the business community. Its major projects include:

BizAIDS

To help micro and small-sized companies reduce their operational risk and protect their businesses from threats like HIV/AIDS, SABCOHA has – in partnership with the International Executive Service Corp, a US non-profit organisation - developed BizAIDS, a series of workshops with supportive material. For more on BizAIDS click here.

Condom Distribution Programme (Project Promote)

Projects involving both the private sector and government (public private partnerships) such as Project Promote – between SABCOHA, the National Department of Health, Prestige Group and Fidelity Supercare – broaden the impact of HIV/AIDS interventions. Project Promote campaigns for the correct and consistent use of condoms across the contract cleaning industry and beyond. For more information click here.

The Eastern Cape HIV & AIDS SME Workplace Programme 

The Eastern Cape HIV and AIDS Partnership Project grew out of a groundbreaking private-public partnership between the Eastern Cape AIDS Council (ECAC), InWEnt Capacity Building International - Germany, the Eastern Cape Development Corporation (ECDC) and SABCOHA.

The project seeks to build on this success with renewed funding from the ECAC and InWEnt, as well as technical expertise from the ECDC and SABCOHA.

Starting in mid-2008, managers at 120 small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the Mthatha, Queenstown, King William's Town, East London, and Port Elizabeth areas have been trained. The project aims to train managers 280 SMEs in 2009.  For more information, click here.

Peer educators

In offering HIV-related education, counselling and suppo.rt in the workplace, peer educators are in many respects at the coalface of the epidemic. Research shows that over 80 percent of the country’s peer educators know someone who is HIV-positive or who has died of an AIDS-related illness. Those with peer educators already active in their companies can benefit from the research findings of Dr David Dickinson of the Wits Business School. For more information click here.

Supply Chain Development

Key to broadening the reach of private sector HIV/AIDS initiatives is extending them to supply chains. Eskom has taken the lead in this regard and SABCOHA is offering support to other companies in adopting this strategy. For more information click here.