Swaziland Network of Young Positives

The organisation was formed after realising that young people living with HIV need to create safe spaces where they will be able to discuss their issues affecting them. There is a gap in terms of age appropriate initiatives for young people living with HIV. We need to ensure that programmes targeting people living with HIV are not a ‘one size fits all’ activities because once these programmes are being implemented, young people living with HIV find themselves being left out. The main aim of the movement is to empower young people living with HIV to be able to fight against stigma and discrimination amongst young people living with HIV, ensure that young people access their full rights which includes rights to quality services, care and support as well as creating a platform for young people living with HIV to be able to develop, implement and monitor their own programmes. This movement is a way of creating and sustaining a unified body of young people living with HIV to increase a positive image for young people living with HIV in Swaziland. The organization was formally registered in 2014 and its mission is to ensure that young People Living with HIV and AIDS interacting with greater and meaningful involvement for an HIV competent society.