With its headquarters based in Abuja, FCT, STILL WATERS staff members, technical associates and volunteers develop and facilitate a diverse range of programmes that are delivered nation-wide, especially in grassroots communities. These include:

Special Initiatives and Projects: STILL WATERS regularly undertakes special initiatives to respond to the needs within its parent-church and local communities. Example include Sustainable Health Initiative for Community Enhancement (SHICE). Click here for more details.

Targeted Trainings: Specialist training geared toward professional people working with HIV/AIDS issues are organized and delivered each year in STILL WATERS communities. For example, training of health workers in Qua Iboe Church/United Evangelical Church Health facilities on HIV Stigma Reduction and HIV Counselling and Testing, leadership training for Pastors and other church policymakers, training of children and youth workers and women as guardians of family and community reproductive health.

Forums: STILL WATERS convenes forums at all levels of its service delivery to encourage the involvement of community/beneficiaries in monitoring and evaluating their own projects. This is very critical for STILL WATERS and the communities it serves, as meaningful findings from such forums help to inform future programming and strengthen responses. The forums are at 4 levels of delivery, monitoring and evaluation:

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Technical Assistance: STILL WATERS delivers capacity building and technical assistance to churches and community-based groups nationwide to strengthen and scale-up their ability to fight the HIV/AIDS epidemic in their communities.

Publications and On-line Content: STILL WATER's publications are informational and educational materials that address variety of issues related to HIV/AIDS, and targeted at individuals (both youth and adults), churches, organizations and communities. These may be viewed or ordered from our website: stillwatersng.org.

National Conferences: Encouraging and engaging women, youth and men as key players in the fight against HIV/AIDS is critical for STILL WATERS. As such, the organization from 2007 will be convening an annual national AIDS conference to mark world AIDS day, for youth and adult participants from across Nigeria.

Policy Advocacy and Dialogue: STILL WATERS is dedicated to promoting sound HIV/AIDS policies and programmes that are responsive to the health and social needs of the diverse communities of United Evangelical Church and others in Nigeria.

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