A donor in general is a person that donates something voluntarily. Usually used to represent a form of pure altruism.

Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). UNAIDS is a program of ten UN system organizations, namely, UNHCR, UNICEF, WFP, UNDP, UNFPA, UNODC, ILO, UNESCO, WHO and the World Bank. It is headquartered in Geneva and works in more than 75 countries worldwide.

The President's Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)
This a US government program of $15 billion over five years is “to support treatment for 2 million people, prevention of 7 million new infections, and care for 10 million people.” PEPFAR is the largest international health initiative in history dedicated to a single disease. PEPFAR works worldwide, but targets 15 focus countries that are home to approximately half of the worlds 39 million HIV-positive people: Botswana, Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Guyana, Haiti, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Vietnam, and Zambia.

International HIV/AIDS Alliance (www.aidsalliance.org). Established in 1993, the International HIV/AIDS Alliance is a global partnership of nationally-based organizations working to support community action on AIDS. Since its inception, the International HIV/AIDS Alliance has worked with community organizations from over 40 developing countries, including Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Madagascar, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Between 1993 and 2005, the International HIV/AIDS Alliance has channeled over US$100 million to organizations across the world.

International HIV/AIDS Conferences (www.iasociety.org). These are global conferences held every two years. The next conference, the XVII International HIV/AIDS Conference, will be held in Mexico City on 3 – 8 August 2008. It is expected to be the largest in the conferences history with over 20,000 participants, including 2,500 journalists.

WHO and HIV/AIDS
As the directing and coordinating authority on international health, the World Health Organization (WHO) takes the lead within the UN system in the global health sector response to HIV/AIDS. The HIV/AIDS Department provides evidence-based, technical support to WHO Member States to help them scale up treatment, care and prevention services as well as drugs and diagnostics supply to ensure a comprehensive and sustainable response to HIV/AIDS.

International AIDS Economics Network
This is a network for professionals interested in AIDS and economics (e.g. the impact of AIDS on economics, and cost-effectiveness analysis). It offers data, tools, and analysis for compassionate, cost-effective responses to the global HIV/AIDS epidemic.

World Bank AIDS Economics (www.worldbank.org/aids-econ/).
This is a member of the IAEN (#10 above). It provides information on World Bank programs and publications, tools for researchers and policymakers interested in the economic aspects of the epidemic.

AIDS Impact (www.fhi.org/en/aids/impact/impact.html).
Provides information on projects that build the capacity of local governments and non-governmental organizations to design, manage and evaluate HIV/AIDS prevention and care projects worldwide.

AIDSMark (www.psiwash.org/psi_ops/aidsmark.htm).
Provides information on social marketing projects to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections.

The Body (www.thebody.org). A comprehensive HIV/AIDS information resource covering more than 250 topic areas.

European Union HIV/AIDS Program in Developing Countries: (www.europa.eu.int/comm/development/aids/).
Provides information on the EU's program activities, conferences, publications, and funding guidelines.

Interagency Coalition on AIDS and Development (www.icad-cisd.com).
This is a network of voluntary sector organizations concerned with HIV/AIDS and development issues. Provides topical and regional fact sheets, conference information and links to HIV/AIDS web sites.

International Council of AIDS Service Organizations (www.icaso.org).
This is an international network of community-based AIDS organizations which provides conference and policy information.

International Treatment Preparedness Coalition (www.aidstreatmentaccess.org).
This was born at the International Treatment Preparedness Summit that took place in Cape Town, South Africa in March 2003. That meeting brought together for the first time community-based HIV treatment activists and educators from over 60 countries. Since the Summit, ITPC has grown to include more than 800 activists from over 125 countries and has emerged as a leading civil society coalition on treatment preparedness and access issues.

African HIV/AIDS Initiatives, Forums and Information Sources, Regional AIDS Training Network. (RATN) (www.ratn.org)
RATN is a network of training institutions in the Eastern and Southern Africa. It was established in 1997 to provide a forum for communication and sharing of experiences between training institutions.

AIDS Foundation South Africa. (www.isisa.co.za/isisa/aids/default.htm).
Provides funding and program information for organizations seeking to mitigate the impact of AIDS in South Africa.

Association for the Promotion of Traditional Medicine. (PROMETRA)
PROMETRA is dedicated to the preservation and restoration of African traditional medicines and indigenous science. There are headquarters in Dakar, Senegal and has twenty-two (22) chapters throughout Africa, Europe, Caribbean and USA.
It conducts scientific research in the areas of HIV/AIDS, diabetes, mellitus, viral hepatitis and dermatitis. PROMETRA also conducts training of traditional practitioners throughout Africa with a scientifically based curriculum. Since 1999, PROMETRA has trained more than 6,633 traditional healers.

Action Group for Health, Human Rights and HIV/AIDS. (AGHA).
The AGHA initiative grew out of a collaborative study course on the linkages between health, human rights, social justice and HIV/AIDS in Uganda. AGHA’s mission is to raise awareness among health care providers and the communities they serve in Uganda about the linkages between health and human rights.
The organization provides educational training for health care providers and their communities; they participate in advocacy for health, human rights and a strong HIV/AIDS policy; supports research on health and human rights issues and networks with other health and human rights organizations.

Africa Health Research Organization. (AHRO).
AHRO is based in Accra, Ghana and aims at improving medical research in Africa in order to contribute to better-informed and coordinated public health. It specifically intervenes in crisis areas and supports the dissemination of scientific knowledge and public education on disease prevention techniques.

African Network of Religious Leaders Living with or Personally Affected by HIV and AIDS. (ANERELA+)
ANERELA+ has formally launched the International Network of Religious Leaders Living with or Personally Affected by HIV and AIDS (INERELA+). The goal of these groups is to develop an extensive and highly effective network that brings together HIV positive or Personally Affected Religious Leaders for fellowship, mutual support and empowerment in order to overcome stigmatization, promote faith community responses to stigma and discrimination, and to advocate for enhanced HIV/AIDS prevention, care, treatment and impact mitigation.

Centre for Research, Education and Development of Rights in Africa. (CREDO-Africa).
CREDO Africa’s work focuses on promoting freedom of expression, media freedom and information resources; freedom of association, assembly and related rights; and anti-discrimination issues. CREDO promotes these rights through regional frameworks including the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights and regional treaties.

Coalition of African Parliamentarians Against HIV/AIDS (CAPAH).
CAPAH is a pan-African network of like-minded parliamentarians committed to increasing their role in the response to the HIV and AIDS pandemic in Africa. Members of CAPAH seek to improve the advocacy, policymaking and oversight the role of parliamentarians in order to increase parliamentary participation in the fight against HIV and AIDS. This network provides an opportunity for members from across the continent to share lessons learned and to develop a community of practice dedicated to strong HIV and AIDS leadership.

Institute for Democracy in South Africa (IDASA) – Governance & AIDS Program.
IDASA’s Governance and AIDS Program works to mitigate the impact of HIV/AIDS on governance and democracy. The programs objectives are to engage stakeholders in a discussion to analyse and investigate the problem of HIV/AIDS; to promote and disseminate research related to HIV/AIDS and to develop and implement strategies to combat the negative impacts of HIV/AIDS through education, mobilization and organization.

Society for Women Against AIDS in Africa (SWAA).
SWAA is a pan-African organization dedicated to the specific challenges of women, children and families in the fight against HIV/AIDS. SWAA mobilizes communities by strengthening their capacity to prevent, control and mitigate the impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Headquartered in Dakar, Senegal, SWAA has 40 country offices across the continent.

Southern Africa HIV & AIDS Dissemination Services (SAFAIDS).
SAFAIDS is an online library of information about HIV/AIDS treatments, current programs, publications, event calendars and forum boards.

Southern and East African Alliance of Parliamentary Committees on Health and HIV/AIDS (SEAPACOH)
SEAPACOH is a regional parliamentary grouping which shares experiences and exchanges information on best practices in the fight against HIV/AIDS.

Centre for Conflict Resolution at the University of Cape Town (http://ccrweb.ccr.uct.ac.za/).
The Centre for Conflict Resolution aims to contribute towards a just and sustainable peace in Africa by promoting constructive, creative and co-operative approaches to the resolution of conflict through training, policy development, research, and capacity building. Its Policy Development and Research Project organizes policy seminars on different research themes including HIV/AIDS and Security in Africa.

The Centre for Economic Governance and AIDS in Africa (CEGAA)
The Centre for Economic Governance and AIDS in Africa (CEGAA) undertakes economic and budget analysis, expenditure tracking, training, and advocacy to document and help to address the fiscal and administrative challenges many African countries face in their fight against HIV/AIDS.

International Conference on AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Africa (ICASA) The aim of ICASA is to bring together African scientists, social leaders, political leaders and communities to share their experiences and current trends in the management of HIV/AIDS and STIs (sexually transmitted infections) from an African perspective.