Empowering Change: Sharon Leads Innovation in HIV Advocacy with International Recognition

Sharon is the Team Leader for Beyond Limitations Community Development Organization Community, and the Community Health Lead in Bondo/ Mageta Island region. She has a diploma in Community Health and Development.

Congratulations to Sharon

Sharon received the International AIDS Society grant to implement a six-month innovation project (from April to October 2025) as a Youth Leader, addressing a need for young people living with and affected by HIV.

The IAS supports five Young Leaders with seed grants to scale up HIV-related innovation projects that respond to a locally defined need. Each Young Leader is affiliated with and logistically supported by an organization working in HIV and/or sexual and reproductive health and rights or related areas.

Programme benefits:

• As part of the Youth Hub Seed Grant Programme, Sharon will support selected Young Leaders with a tailored capacity-building curriculum through a series of workshops on monitoring and evaluation, reporting and communications delivered through the Youth Hub. Young Leaders will have networking opportunities for current as well as future projects.

• She has been invited to attend a IAS conference in Rwanda.

Scholarship to attend IAS 2025

• During the programme, Sharon will have the opportunity to attend IAS 2025, the 13th IAS Conference on HIV Science, Kigali, Rwanda, from 13 to 17 July 2025. The IAS will cover registration costs, as well as travel costs, accommodation costs and per diems.

Scholarship to attend IAS 2025

• During the programme, Sharon will have the opportunity to attend IAS 2025, the 13th IAS Conference on HIV Science, Kigali, Rwanda, from 13 to 17 July 2025. The IAS will cover registration costs, as well as travel costs, accommodation costs and per diems.