The Need

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Malawi consistently ranks as one of the top three hardest hit countries in the world for HIV with over 9% HIV prevalence rates.

It is also one of the poorest and densely populated nations with 19 million citizens in a small country.

The average life expectancy at birth is 61 years

With all this in mind, over 90% over the population lives in rural areas of Malawi and therefore don’t have access to mass media and widespread knowledge of HIV and AIDS.

What T!AN does

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T!AN pinpoints villages that need HIV support. Decisions are made based on data around HIV prevalence rates, medication defaulting rates, and distance from nearest health clinic

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Once a village is decided on, we meet the chief and elders and discuss what we'd like to offer the village.

It is important to have local buy in from leadership. Their support of our presence goes a long way to creating impact for their community

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On the day of the show the T!AN team turns up in the back of a truck. Half of the groups stays on the truck and drives around the village advertising, the other half gathers under the local meeting tree to draw a crowd by singing and dancing.

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We perform a short comedy to introduce the topic of HIV and then launch into our main play, The Three Spirits, which is full of laughter, sadness, song, and dance.

Our play educates villagers on our three main points:

• Knowing your HIV status
• Protecting yourself 
• Taking the medicine if you are positive

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While the play is taking place, we offer free onsite HIV testing, facilitated by one of our official testing partners.

Villagers are able to both learn their status and receive counseling all on this first day. 

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After our theatre village day we provide multiple additional projects
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• Stronger Together HIV Community Village Group
• HIV Medicine Equal Access
• Rebuild Primary Schools

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Success

Since 2009 We Have
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• Supported over 125 villages
• Tested over 10,000 people for HIV
• Distributed over 100,000 free condoms
• Directly educated more than 125,000 people
• And more, all free of charge to the Malawian public​​

Take a listen to one of our many songs produced by our local singing group that creates beautiful songs about HIV. This song is a little different. This was a Malawian adaptation of Michael Jackson's We Are The World. 

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What People are Saying:

“Together! ACT Now has saved people’s lives.”

“A lot was achieved. A lot more than even the government officials or any other organization I’ve ever heard of.”

“Together! ACT Now is breaking the silence.”

“Because [Malawians] now know their status they have the power to work, so Together! ACT Now is doing something very good for our country.”

“Together! ACT Now has saved peoples lives. These people that did not know their status, are still alive and happy and healthy.”
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“If the [HIV] testers actually came into the villages, Together! ACT Now has proven it with the program that people would actually be tested.”

How much does it all cost?

 It costs us less than 40 cents per villager to educate & test for HIV.

We don't shy away from answering this question because we are able to provide incredible impact for very little. On average, to fund a full day of educational theatre, songs, discussions groups, activities and provide free onsite HIV testing costs us only:

$185 USD

That's it. So you know when you make a donation, no matter how big or small that a little bit goes a long way with T!AN.

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