Fast-Track City initiative - London HIV Asset & Gap Analysis Survey (NGO Survey) SurveyMonkey

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Page 2: Introduction to your Agency

Q1 Please tell us about yourself:

Name Fred Osei Annin

Email fred.annin@actionplusfoundation.org

Tel 07940725145

Role Founder/CEO

Q2 Please select your agency: Other (please

specify):
N/A

Q3 Is your agency affiliated with an umbrella national agency? If so, which one?

No

Q4 The Fast-Track City initiative is committed to supporting the delivery of four key strategic aims (listed below).
Can you rate the overall impact of your agency's HIV support to Londoners with regards the FTCi strategic aims?

Zero Stigma HIGH

Zero New Infections MEDIUM
Zero HIV/AIDs-related Deaths MEDIUM
Living Well with HIV MEDIUM

Q5 What is the approx. % split between your agency's HIV-supporting activities and non-HIV supporting activities?

HIV-supporting activities? 100%

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Q6 Which parts of the HIV pathway does your --1a Testing & diagnosis,
agency support? This question references Standards of
--1b Prevention,
Care for People Living with HIV, 2018 (published by
BHIVA) --2a Stigma - equitable & non-discriminatory care,

--5a Sexual ,
health

--5b Reproductive ,
health

--8a Knowledge & training,

Other: if not listed above, please tell us briefly how else your
agency helps support Londoners living with and without
HIV. (If the remit of your agency is broader then HIV, please
just tell us about HIV-focused activities and support provided
in this space):
Prayer and counselling for patients who are diagnosed of
having HIV and families affected by HIV

Q7 Please tell us briefly about other activities that your agency supports outside HIV

Your Health is Your Life Project, screening the general public for other health issues, eg Blood Pressure, eyes test, obesity etc.

Page 3: Assets / Best Practices

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Q8 ASSET (1) In your view what are the top assets/ best practice / innovations that your organisation is delivering to
support HIV-needs of all Londoners? Can you rate the impact of this asset on the FTCi strategic aims?

Rate impact of this asset on achieving FTCi aims

Zero Stigma High

Zero New Infections High

Zero HIV/AIDs-related Deaths High

Living Well with HIV Neutral

Asset (1): briefly describe the asset and provide an example/

supporting evidence:
1) When Actionplus discovered the problem within the black African churches and their faith leaders especially the Pastors of these
congregations due to their lack of understanding about HIV, we created many models to fight these ignorant behaviours to enable HIV
intervention to begin in the church. The attitude of Pastors had given room for stigma and prejudice to operate in its highest level in
churches causing rejection of people living with HIV and their families because of ignorance. Many deaths were being recorded and
the increase and spread of HIV infection within the black African churches whose community carries the second highest HIV
prevalence in the country after the MSM community were increasing daily. One of the models we created to fight canker of HIV stigma
in the churches is called "Challenge and break HIV Stigma". We organise conferences in churches to educate the members about HIV
for them to know that HIV is not a curse but just a health condition. Also we use the scriptures to showcase the love of God and the
true nature of Christ who came down on earth to break all curses to set those who are bound free. One of the scriptures is taken from
Galatians 3:13-14. "Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written cursed is every one
that hangs on a tree. (his Crucifixion). That the blessing of Abraham might come on us the gentiles through Jesus Christ that we might
receive the promise by faith. We also use our trained HIV advocates who are people living with HIV to share their case study of how
our intervention has made them to recover from stigmatisation and prejudice.One example was when I took somebody living living
with HIV to the BBC during the 2015 national HIV Testing Week to be interviewed but when we reached the studios, he requested that
his voice should be changed because somebody who knows his voice will recognise that it is him. When they could not do anything
about his wish he refused to be interviewed but after getting the help and support he has become one of our advocates and a trustee.

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Q9 ASSET (2) In your view what are the top assets/ best practice / innovations that your organisation is delivering to
support HIV-needs of all Londoners? Can you rate the impact of this asset on the FTCi strategic aims?

Rate impact of this asset on achieving FTCi aims

Zero Stigma

Zero New Infections High

Zero HIV/AIDs-related Deaths

Living Well with HIV

Asset (2): briefly describe the asset and provide an example/

supporting evidence:
2) We discovered that many of the African migrants in the country don't have time to go to the hospital to see their doctors even when
they are sick because to them they think they are only here to make money and go back home quickly and settle. They also don't see
the need of going to the GUM centres to test for HIV because of the stigma and the rejection that follows. We therefore created
another model called Take Action Now. This model enables us to train Pastors and the church leaders about HIV by letting them know
the benefits of early testing and the dangers of late diagnosis of HIV.The key to HIV prevention is early testing. Once a person knows
about his or her HIV status, he or she can access early treatment and live the life to the full. It is also one of the many ways of
reducing HIV infection. After that we set a date to conduct a complete HIV intervention within that particular church where a
confidential testing clinic will now be opened to members for them to test for HIV the same day and the same time. This intervention
have saved many lives across London, Luton and Ghana where we operate from. Actionplus Foundation is the first organisation both
in the UK and Ghana to provide this kind of service. Before this project the church was a no go area for HIV intervention but we were
able to break through the challenge which hindered the intervention. Many organisations have replicated this model to reach to people
in the faith communities to reduce the spread of HIV infection. We have so far received many local, national and international awards
for this achievement.

Q10 ASSET (3) In your view what are the top assets/ best practice / innovations that your organisation is delivering
to support HIV-needs of all Londoners? Can you rate the impact of this asset on the FTCi strategic aims?

Rate impact of this asset on achieving FTCi aims

Zero Stigma

Zero New Infections

Zero HIV/AIDs-related Deaths High

Living Well with HIV

Asset (3): briefly describe the asset and provide an example/

supporting evidence:
3) Our testing events in churches has enabled us to save many lives. We also organise prayer and counselling session for people
living with HIV especially those who are newly diagnosed and their families During one of our radio outreach programmes, some one
called in and testified that he was ready to kill himself that same week for what what he had been going through through stigmatisation
and rejection but hearing people who are living with HIV including pastors share their story on radio, he was encouraged to break his
own stigma and change his negative thinking.

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Q11 Would you like to provide any additional information Yes,

regarding your agency's key strengths that would be
relevant to the FTCi's better understanding of your
assets & best practices - for example, good working
relationships with other HIV NGOs, funders, providers,
users and/ or non-HIV related organisations?
If Yes, please provide more
detail:
As an International NGO, we work with other NGO's who
work with HIV communities to enable us to deliver a holistic
services to reach out to many who needs different services
outside our boundaries. Here in London we work with
Terrence Higgins Trust and African Advocacy Foundation. In
Luton we work with Luton and Dunstable Hospital and the
Terrence Higgins Trust. In Ghana we work with the Lekma
Health Directorate and the Ghana AIDS Commission.

Q12 In your view, what do London HIV-related services do best in the support of Londoners living with and without
HIV in 2018?(pan-London)

In my opinion, services within the African communities have gone down low and I see that as the new danger that HIV poses to us living
in London. By the way London has the highest HIV prevalence in the whole of UK and to see most of the major HIV organisations in
London especially the South of the City closed down in their numbers is very scarcely. HIV likes to be in an atmosphere where nobody
talks about it and then takes advantage of the people's ignorance and secretly infect them and spread it's venom. However the faith
based interventions in London is enabling many people to access HIV services because the faith communities are where you can get
people who are ready to be sensitised and tested for HIV and those found of having HIV and those affected by HIV are now being
showed love and care and receiving HIV support especially from their churches unlike before.

Page 4: Gaps / Challenges

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Q13 GAP (1) In your view, what are the main gaps/ challenges that your agency has to overcome to deliver HIV
services and support to Londoners day-to-day on the ground? How detrimental is the impact of this gap on achieving
the FTCi strategic aims?

Implication of this gap on achieving FTCi aims:

Zero Stigma Critical

Zero New Infections

Zero HIV/AIDs-related Deaths

Living Well with HIV

Gap (1): briefly describe the gap and provide an example/

supporting evidence:
1) The gap we saw was the lack of gaining access to the church which was a target area for the operation of stigma and
discrimination. When we started our intervention using the black African churches as our target area, we discovered the greatest
challenge of stigma, where the churches belief that HIV is not an health issue but a curse from God. This ignorance was caused by the
hierarchy of the church believing that people who acquire HIV do so because of their promiscuous and immoral life styles which carries
a curse from God. They did not know the actual mode of transmission of HIV from the clinical point of view and with their assumption
used the scriptures to demonise people living with HIV. When people form their opinion and make up their mind about something it is
difficult to change it because of their way of thinking and what they belief in. We found many HIV organisations who wanted to break
through to get into churches to create awareness of HIV but failed. We have managed to break through the gap because our
intervention was not only based on our passion but a personal call of God upon my life and ministry to champion this cause. I found
grace and favour from God to prove to the church that God has no hand in this epidemic because he is a sovereign God. The Pastors
saw my passion on this subject and listened to me because they knew that I am one of them. After our breakthrough, today many
Pastors in London and beyond are allowing HIV testing clinics to be opened within their churches and many are joining the campaign
daily.

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Q14 GAP (2) In your view, what are the main gaps/ challenges that your agency has to overcome to deliver HIV
services and support to Londoners day-to-day on the ground? How detrimental is the impact of this gap on achieving
the FTCi strategic aims?

Implication of this gap on achieving FTCi aims:

Zero Stigma

Zero New Infections Critical

Zero HIV/AIDs-related Deaths

Living Well with HIV

Gap (2): briefly describe the gap and provide an example/

supporting evidence:
2) The gap we discovered was funding. Every NGO needs funding to manage and sustain it's work because it is supposed to be a not
for profit institution that make profit. Without funding therefore no NGO can build a solid foundation to grow and sustain their services.
We have worked for 21 years championing and leading the fight against HIV without financial support from any major funding
organisation anywhere in the world. We only receive small donations and sometimes one off small grants to do a specific project and
when the project is completed we go back to square one again and continue to work on own by faith. However difficult our financial
circumstances have been over the years, we have managed to sustain our organisation and seeing it grow across London, Luton and
Ghana. We have seen many organisations in London who were being funded with large sums of monies to do what we are doing
closing down when their funding is cut or the they loose their contracts. We are still growing without the kind of funding those
organisations were receiving and even working even harder than before. This testimony also shows the power of God upon our work.

Q15 GAP (3) In your view, what are the main gaps/ challenges that your agency has to overcome to deliver HIV
services and support to Londoners day-to-day on the ground? How detrimental is the impact of this gap on achieving
the FTCi strategic aims?

Implication of this gap on achieving FTCi aims:

Zero Stigma

Zero New Infections

Zero HIV/AIDs-related Deaths Critical

Living Well with HIV

Gap (3): briefly describe the gap and provide an example/

supporting evidence:
3) Lack of resources. Our organisation operates across London, Luton and Ghana. We started our project in the UK since 1997 and
the Ghana branch in 2007. Over the years in our operation, we have not managed to employ one single staff anywhere within the
areas where we are working and not even one part time worker has ever been employed because we don't have the means of paying
salaries. We only are fortunate to have a strong trustees and volunteering team who put full support behind our intervention. In
London, we are privileged to have a free space that can only accommodate our laptops which we share with other small organisations
and nothing else. In the other ares we work, we face the same issue. HIV is a major issue in London and it is the only disease whose
stigma is refusing to go. If people who are volunteering or working all their lives to fight this epidemic are not adequately resourced
then we will struggle to meet the target of this wonderful FTCI initiative.

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Q16 Would you like to provide any additional information Respondent skipped this question
regarding your agency's key challenges that is not
captured above that you would like to share with us?

Q17 In your view, where are the gaps in services and support for people affected by and living with HIV
across London in 2018?(pan-London)

It is having a convenient and well secured centre where they can comfortably come to us to access the services they need from us.

Page 5: Opportunities

Q18 Could your agency do anything further to help bridge the gaps in London's HIV 'eco-system'?

We are capable of playing a lead role in bringing faith groups together to support the traditional health interventions already in place. Eg
helping to open more testing centres in churches and other faith communities across London..

Q19 Can you identify opportunities for improved ways of working and collaboration within the London HIV 'eco-
system'?

We also work in collaboration with the hospitals and the GUM centres. This is part of the model we have created for our work. It is
proven, tested and found to be one of the effective strategies for HIV prevention.

Q20 Can you identify opportunities for improved ways of working and collaboration with other non-HIV organisations
and stakeholders (e.g. PWID, homeless, immigration, other agencies)?

The homeless fall into many challenges because of their situation. We will find ways of supporting them especially by providing winter
clothes and food during the winter season.

Q21 What would you do if you could change anything to help better support all Londoners affected by HIV?

We will organise more empowerment training for those affected by HIV to boost their skills so they can become business oriented to
boost their capacity of setting their own businesses and enterprises.

Page 6: Additional Information

Q22 Does your organisation support different cohorts of Londoners living with ,
Londoners - and non-Londoners, and what is the approx. HIV
annual caseload? (If possible, specify count vs. projects
and/ or different areas of work) Non-Londoners (e.g. from counties outside ,
London)

Approx. Annual Caseload (total & per project/ different area

of service):
London 700 Luton 1,500

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Q23 In which subregion or in which boroughs does your --Barking and ,

agency deliver services to Londoners? Dagenham

--Waltham Forest,

--Haringey,

--Lewisham,

--Southwark

Q24 Are there any particular groups of Londoners with Black African communities,
HIV-related needs that your agency specifically
Heterosexual men,
supports?
Heterosexual ,
women

Adolescents (13 -
17)

Q25 From which setting does your service deliver care to Community-based clinic (HIV/ ,
Londoners? SH)

Outreach,

Community-based space

Page 7: Funding Stability

Q26 Is your funding secured for 2018/19? No (<50%),

Any additional comments on 2018/19
funding?:
We have no yet secured any funding for
2018/19

Q27 Can you tell us the main bodies funding your Direct charitable donations ,
agency in 2018/19? & fundraising

Private funders (e.g. EJAF, MACAIDS, ,

etc.)

Pharmaceutical companies

Q28 Is your funding secured for 2019/20? No (<50%),

Any additional comments on 2019/20 funding and
beyond?:
We have no yet secured any funding for
2019/2020

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Page 8: Staff / Volunteers

Q29 Approximately, how many Full Time Equivalent (FTE) staff does your agency employ in 2018/19?(Definition of
Full-time equivalent (FTE): a unit that indicates the workload of an employed person in a way that makes workloads
comparable across varied contexts. An FTE of 1.0 means that the person is equivalent to a full-time worker, while an
FTE of 0.5 signals that the worker is only half-time.)

TOTAL 0

--Front-line 0

--Management/ Admin 0

Q30 Approximately, how many Volunteers are working with your agency in 2018/19?

TOTAL 9

-- Front-line 7

-- Management/ Admin 2

Q31 How has your agency's profile - employee to volunteer ratio - changed over the past three years? And do you
expect this profile to change over the next three to five years, and if so, what will be the key drivers for this change?

We are attracting more volunteers to our organisation since 2017 because of our achievements. We are hoping that funding will soon
become a reality so we can recruit full time staff to manage the growing programmes and activities.

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Q32 Do you have any final thoughts/ feedback to the Respondent skipped this question
FTCi leadership team on how they can best influence
London's HIV 'eco-system'?

Q33 Please add your name to this list, stating your organisation & role so that we know who has contributed to this
response:

1 Apostle Fred Osei Annin

2 Founder/CEO

3 Actionplus Foundation (UK)

Q34 Please can an agency representative sign-off this Signed: the survey is complete,
survey: Signature Name::
Abdulazeez Aliyu

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