2015
INCREASED SUSTAINABILITY OF ASIAN CBOS
As a result of Asia Catalyst training on fundraising and strategic
planning, several partners in China this year increased their
funding, receiving first-time grants from the British Embassy and
The Canada Fund for human rights advocacy projects.
OUR YEAR OF IMPACT:
A SNAPSHOT
NEW RESOURCES, NEW TRANSLATIONS
FIGHTING DISCRIMINATION IN
HEALTHCARE SETTINGS
In 2015, Asia Catalyst worked with communities
in Cambodia, China, Viet Nam, and Myanmar who
regularly experience discrimination because of their
HIV status. Program partners came together to
research and interview 202 people affected by
discrimination across all four countries, resulting in
an unparalleled evidence base to strengthen human
rights advocacy to end discrimination across the
region.
An activist from Cambodia trains her organization on
discrimination and human rights as a part of the Regional
Rights Training Program. Asia Catalyst photo, 2015.
Asia Catalyst significantly expanded its landmark organizational
management training tool, the Nonprofit Survival Guide, in
English and Chinese languages this year. The updated Survival
Guide includes an expansion of all existing materials and three
entirely new chapters of resources for grassroots groups. A
newly launched website provides a user-friendly platform for
groups around the globe to access and download this resource
and more.
SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS
DOCUMENTATION IN CHINA
As a result of Asia Catalyst training and support, four
community organizations from three Chinese cities were able to
document the impact of police practices on the health of
sex workers. The groups collectively designed and conducted
over 600 interviews with affected individuals, and used the
information to compile an unprecedented data base of evidence
chronicling the impact of police policy on HIV prevention efforts.
BENEFICIARY
GROWTH:
26 community
organizations
serving over
45,000
marginalized
community
members in 4
Asian countries
in Asia Catalyst
training this year.
CHINA HOLDS FIRST EVER TRANSGENDER
CONSULTATION
As a result of Asia Catalyst’s 2014 research and advocacy
project with Chinese CBOs on the vulnerability of transgender
female sex workers to HIV, UNDP China organized China’s
first ever National Consultation on Trans* People and
HIV. The first-of-its kind meeting took place in July 2015
and included a diverse representation of Chinese trans*
community representatives, government officials, academics
and regional trans* experts.
“Today, we are making
history — the first meeting
on trans issues in China.
It is the beginning of our
response to trans people.”
ASIA CATALYST GRADUATES
CONDUCT NEW TRAININGS
What is advocacy?
As defined by an Asia
Catalyst partner in
Bangkok, Thailand. Asia
Catalyst photo, 2015.
This year, Asia Catalyst trained-trainer
Zhao Zheng organized and facilitated
a year-long training series for 8
community leaders from around
China. Asia Catalyst provided financial
and technical support for this initiative,
which launched new human rights
advocacy projects in China. This is the
second year in a row that Asia Catalyst
trained-trainers ran their own “spin-off”
training series using skills, methodology,
and curriculum learned through Asia
Catalyst programming.
An Asia Catalyst partner at
a workshop in China.
Asia Catalyst photo, 2015.
-Dr. Wu Zunyou, Director of China’s
National Center for AIDS/STD Control and
Prevention
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