Solutions
Members of the Huairou Commission work together to promote shifting resources and decision-making roles to grassroots women, to advocate for grassroots women to bring their own priorities directly into policy-making settings, and to exchange practices. But that work is entirely built upon the experiences of grassroots women as they work to fight HIV/AIDS at the community level.

These are just a few examples of the innovative solutions to AIDS members are undertaking:

Local Support
The 139 members of Mwieri Women Groups of Kenya make weekly cash donations to the care of AIDS afflicted families from money they earn by harvesting and selling rainwater. They have trained in home-based care and shared their knowledge with the 120 families in their communities. They also support orphans.

Mother Centre
In the Nairobi informal settlement of Mathare, GROOTS Kenya established a Mother Centre where HIV-AIDS home-based caregivers can congregrate, plan and exchange knowledge. The centre has a day care center, allowing mothers to work, and a knitting project for girls to receive livelihoods training.

Workshops on Home Based Care
At the request of its members, GROOTS Kenya has organized "training of trainers" workshops on home based care in 12 regions of Kenya. The model ensures that knowledge is left with grassroots communities, rather than being held in the hands of experts.

Promoting Cultural Change
In Siaya, Kenya, GROOTS Kenya is fighting against the cultural practice of widow inheritance where the wife is passed on to the brother of the deceased. This practice encourages the spread of HIV.

Economic Empowerment
In Rwanda, the Rwanda Women's Network provides women, many survivors of genocide, with livelihoods training to increase their job opportunities, and give them a sense of security, decreasing their vulnerability to HIV.  

Communication Center
In Ilorin, Nigeria, the International Women Communication Center sponsors Home Based Care programs through a series of Cornershops, and has organized peer to peer HIV-AIDS awareness workshops for adolescents.

Training for Orphans
In Uganda, the Uganda Community Based Association for Child Welfare (UCOBAC). UCOBAC trained 1000 AIDS orphans in carpentry, brick making, bicycle repair, tailoring and elementary agriculture. 500 graduated and found jobs while others were given tool kits to start their own businesses. This helped orphans look after their siblings.UCOBAC produced 12 AIDS awareness training workshops in three districts. 130 adults and 106 children benefited. They are extending home-based care to 30 families in the badly affected rural district of Bugiri.