Progressio is an international development charity working for justice and the eradication of poverty. Our approach combines advocacy work to secure equitable policies with the strengthening of community-based organisations that represent the interests of the poor and improve their quality of life.
Listen to Lloyd Simwaka, Progressio's Country Representative for Malawi, talking about the role of faith based leaders in tackling HIV and AIDS in Malawi. Lloyd explains how these leaders can play a key role in tackling the stigma and descrimination of HIV and AIDS faced by women.
Tsitsi Choruma, Progressio's Zimbabwe Country Rep talks about the current HIV and AIDS situation in Zimbabwe, particularly in relation to stigma faced by women who are HIV positive. She goes on to describe Progressio's groundbreaking work with both orphans and vulnerable children and with the prison service in Zimbabwe.
Patrick Reilly joined Progressio as development worker with our partner the Academy for Peace and Development in Hargeisa, Somaliland in October 2007. Listen to Patrick's enthusiastic and insightful account of the challenges he anticipates in building democratic structures in a country that isn't recognised internationally: