Partners
Staying Alive work closely with some of the biggest and most well-renowned organisations- read about our them below -and click on the logo to visit their website.
Long-term partners
MTV Networks International includes the premier multimedia entertainment brands MTV: Music Television, VH1, Nickelodeon, TMF (The Music Factory), VIVA, Flux, Paramount Comedy, Comedy Central, Game One and IFILM. MTV Networks' brands are seen globally in 511 million households in 161 countries and 32 languages via 145 locally programmed and operated TV channels and more than 300 digital media properties. The company's diverse holdings also include interests in television syndication, digital media, publishing, home video, radio, recorded music, licensing & merchandising and two feature film divisions, MTV Films and Nickelodeon Movies. MTV Networks is a unit of Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B).
UNAIDS is an innovative joint venture of the United Nations, bringing together the efforts and resources of the UNAIDS Secretariat and ten UN system organizations in the AIDS response. The Secretariat headquarters is in Geneva, Switzerland—with staff on the ground in more than 80 countries. Coherent action on AIDS by the UN system is coordinated in countries through UN theme groups, and joint programmes on AIDS. UNAIDS’ Cosponsors include UNHCR, UNICEF, WFP, UNDP, UNFPA, UNODC, ILO, UNESCO, WHO and the World Bank.
www.unaids.org
UNFPA, is an international development agency that promotes the right of every woman, man and child to enjoy a life of health and equal opportunity. Supporting programmes to reduce poverty, ensure every pregnancy is wanted, every birth is safe, every young person is free of HIV and AIDS, and every female is treated with dignity and respect.
www.unfpa.org
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation is a non-profit, private operating foundation dedicated to providing information and analysis on health issues to policymakers, the media, and the general public. It is not associated with Kaiser Permanente or Kaiser Industries.
Information on HIV/AIDS is available at www.kff.org, and a daily news summary report on developments in HIV/AIDS is available on www.kaisernetwork.org, the Foundation’s free health information service.
UNICEF is leading the Unite for Children, Unite against AIDS global campaign which provides a platform for urgent and sustained action in four key areas: preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV, scaling up pediatric treatment and care for children infected with HIV, preventing new infections amongst adolescents, and supporting children affected by AIDS. UNICEF is on the ground in 155 countries and territories.
Y-PEER stands for Youth Peer Education Network. It is a groundbreaking comprehensive youth-to-youth education initiative pioneered by UNFPA. Y-PEER is a network of over 200 organizations and institutions, consisting of thousands of young people, working in the broad areas of adolescent sexual and reproductive health. The network, which is constantly expanding, consists of youth from Central and Eastern Europe, Central Asia, the Middle East and both North and East Africa.
Affliate and Programme Partners
Improving Lives, Knowledge and Understanding.
Formed in 1971, Family Health International (FHI) is among the largest and most established nonprofit organisation active in international public health with a mission to improve lives worldwide through research, education, and services in family health. FHI manage research and field activities in more than 70 countries to meet the public health needs of some of the world’s most vulnerable people.
UNESCO functions as a laboratory of ideas and a standard-setter to forge universal agreements on emerging ethical issues. The Organisation also serves as a clearing house – for the dissemination and sharing of information and knowledge – while helping Member States to build their human and institutional capacities in diverse fields. In short, UNESCO promotes international co-operation among its 193 Member States and six Associate Members in the fields of education, science, culture and communication.
The World Bank is one of the world’s largest sources of development assistance. Its primary focus is on helping the poorest people and the poorest countries. As a co-sponsor of UNADIS, which coordinates the global response to the epidemic, the World Bank has committed more than US$1.7 billion to combating the spread of HIV/AIDS around the world. The Bank has pledged that no country with an effective HIV/AIDS strategy will go without funding and, in partnership with African governments, launched the multi-country HIV/AIDS Program (MAP), which makes significant resources available to civil society organisations and communities.
Established in 1994 by MAC Cosmetics, the MAC AIDS Fund supports men, women and children affected by HIV/AIDS globally. Introducing its first VIVA GLAM lipstick that same year, MAC decided that every cent of the selling price of the VIVA GLAM lipstick would go to the MAC AIDS Fund. With a total of six shades of VIVA GLAM lipstick and two shades of Viva Glam lipglass now sold worldwide, and through the annual Kids Helping Kids Card Program, MAC Cosmetics has provided over US$100 million to date for the MAC AIDS Fund. The MAC AIDS Fund is the heart and soul of the company – with its employees giving their time, energy and talent to help those affected by HIV/AIDS worldwide.
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation was created in 1964 by David Packard (1912 – 1996), the co-founder of the Hewlett-Packard Company, and Lucile Salter Packard (1914-1987). Throughout their lives in business and philanthropy, the Packards sought to use private funds for the public good, giving back to a society which enabled them to prosper. Guided by the business philosophy and values of the Founders, the Foundation invests in and takes smart risks with innovative people and organisations to improve the lives of children, enable the creative pursuit of science, advance reproductive health, and conserve and restore earth’s natural systems.
Guided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives. In developing countries, it focuses on improving people’s health and giving them the chance to life themselves out of hunger and extreme poverty. In the United States, it seeks to ensure that all people – especially those with the fewest resources – have access to the opportunities they need to succeed in school and life.
The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) is Canada’s lead agency for development assistance. It has a mandate to support sustainable development in developing countries in order to reduce poverty and to contribute to a more secure, equitable, and prosperous world.
The Swedish Agency for International Development Cooperation, Sida, is a government agency under the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Sida’s goal is to contribute to making it possible for poor people to improve their living conditions.
The Department for International Development (DFID) is part of the UK Government that manages Britain’s aid to poor countries and works to get rid of extreme poverty. International development refers to efforts, by developed and developing countries, to bring people out of poverty and so reduce how much their country relies on overseas aid. Many different things can contribute to development which reduces poverty, such as settling conflicts, increasing trade, secure more and better aid, and improving health and education.
Creative Review is the world’s leading monthly magazine for visual communication. For 27 years, Creative Review has brought its readers the best new work, most exciting new talent and most important new trends in graphic design, advertising, new media, photography, illustration, typography and more. Based in the UK, Creative Review has subscribers in 80 countries around the world.