ASAAP is a registered charity that provides culturally responsive holistic health promotion and support services to people from SAMEIC (South Asian, Middle Eastern, Indo-Caribbean) and other related communities who are newcomers, LGBTQ+ and/or living with, at risk of, or affected by HIV and related health conditions. Our services are offered in a range of South Asian and Middle Eastern languages: English, French, Punjabi, Telugu, Tamil, Nepali, Hindi, Urdu, Arabic, Farsi, and Turkish.
ASAAP was born out of community activism in 1989, when a South Asian couple died unable to access HIV-related services in their own language and cultural context.
Initially run by volunteers working out of a makeshift workspace in a garage, the former “South Asian AIDS Coalition” became the “Alliance for South Asian AIDS Prevention” in 1995 after being incorporated as an independent HIV-related Service Organization.
Today, the need for multi-lingual HIV/AIDS-related services is just as important as it was over 33 years ago; the necessity of situating HIV within a culturally appropriate framework is vital for prevention education and support services to have a meaningful impact…[Read more]
https://www.globalheroes.com/making-sexual-health-accessible-asaap-news/
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