Who are we?

Positively sharing is a community-based HIV/sexual health charity based in Lagos.

What we do

We provide HIV prevention and support services for people living with HIV as well as sexual health services.

Our History

PositivelySharing is an offshoot of Sharing Love Ministries a non-profit, faith-based organization created in Kigali (post-conflict Rwanda) in 1998.

In Kigali, we partnered with local NGOs and religious bodies to assist vulnerable groups, particularly genocide widows, single mothers and their children as well as female child-headed families.

In Tanzania, we worked in partnership with Mount Meru Regional Hospital, Arusha for well over one decade to provide nutritional support and distributed non-food items once a month to the Tuamuke Group (an association of People Living with HIV and AIDS which (PLWH) it created.

Today, we operate in Lagos, Nigeria.

Our goal: 

To reduce HIV and STIs transmission rates by

– offering HIV and STI tests;

-helping women living with HIV on ARVs to self-manage their condition;

-educating adolescents about the importance of sexual health.

Our vision

A world where people living with HIV enjoy healthy and good quality lives free of stigma and where good sexual health is a reality.

Our mission

• To contribute to the reduction of undiagnosed HIV and late diagnosis of HIV in Nigeria.
• To support and empower people living with HIV to lead healthy, independent lives.
• To empower individuals to make positive choices and enjoy good sexual health.
• To amplify the voices of people living with and affected by HIV in public and political arenas in order to reduce stigma and discrimination.

Core values

Statement of Values

The charity contributes to spicing things up in relationships by keeping SPICES in focus:

Sharing positively

We believe sexual health is an integral part of our overall health. Therefore, positively sharing sexual health information in our community is our driving force.

Person-Centered

We value people and put them first. In order to meet unique individual needs, we provide support in a personalized manner by involving service users in the planning, delivery, management and review of services. 

Integrity

Our actions are guided by strong moral values and sound ethical practices: honesty, respect, confidentiality, accountability and transparency are among our guiding norms.

Compassion

Our mantra: we listen, endeavour to understand, emphasize and respectfully and lovingly coach our service users to set goals and take action. We are creative, solution-focused and consistently seek innovative ways to adjust to the constantly changing environment in which we operate.

Empower

We encourage women to shape the self- management of their chronic condition(s) and take control of their future. We co-design and co-deliver services/training that improve sexual health and well-being and offer platforms where service users can inspire each other.

Service-sharing

We are dedicated to running a holistic service and cooperate and partner with individuals and organizations to deliver integrated services. We are flexible and open to external innovative ideas and practices.