PASADA’s success as a community-based model for HIV and AIDS services is due to many diverse factors:

• The holistic nature of the approach – services covering all care and support needs of PLWHA at community level
• Services offered free of charge, thereby promoting access of the very poor to quality services
• Highly motivated and qualified staff
• Close collaboration in and with communities
• Training and utilization of community volunteers
• Established relationship of trust between clients and staff
• Guaranteed confidentiality for clients.