Who We Are

Friends Africa (Friends of the Global Fund Africa) is a Pan-African organization which works to mobilize strategic political and financial support for the fight against AIDS, TB and Malaria through education, multisectoral advocacy and documentation.

The organization targets every sector that can aid in overcoming the three pandemics, including civil society, the private sector and government while addressing the participation of all levels of society spanning influential African lawmakers/parliamentarians to vulnerable community members all over the continent.

This Pan-African mandate is actualized through the organization's Pan-African Board of Directors and Regional Representatives. Friends Africa's work supports the fight against the three pandemics with emphasis on the Global fund: a $9.6 billion fund that is a key funding mechanism in the fight.

Our Principles

Friends Africa supports.....
  • International Best Practices in AIDS, TB and malaria.
  • country national strategic plans on AIDS, TB and Malaria.
  • the Global Fund as the model financing mechanism for the fight against AIDS, TB and malaria.
  • the scale up of healthcare and other services towards meeting the Millennium Development Goals and the provision of universal access to treatment for AIDS, TB and Malaria .
  • the concept of performance-based funding.
  • a beneficiary-focused implementation of the Global Fund grants (the beneficiaries being the people living with and affected by the diseases).
  • the transparent and judicious use of the Global Fund grants with accountability and effective monitoring and evaluation.
  • the principle of the 3 ONES FOR THE 3 BIG Diseases.

Our Vision

An African continent free of AIDS, TB and Malaria.

Our Mision

To galvanize Africa governments, private sector and civil society for the purpose of bringing about sustainable and effective methods of addressing AIDS, TB and Malaria in Africa with emphasis on the Global Fund a key funding mechanism in the fight.

Our Values

  • Accountability
  • Beneficiary - focus
  • Depth
  • Excellence
  • Knowledge
  • Team work
  • Transparency
  • Trust