The Australian Partnerships with African Communities (APAC) program, which is funded by the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID), works with local partners in five countries in southern and eastern Africa to reduce poverty, improve health and food security and tackle communicable diseases such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. AFAP is one of seven Australian NGOs involved with the five-year APAC program.

AFAP's APAC program – the Southern and Eastern Africa Poverty Reduction Program – is working in Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. It is building on AFAP’s strong working relations with our local partners in the region and their long history of implementing successful development projects over many years.

AFAP-APAC started in July 2004 and is scheduled to conclude in June 2009. An independent mid-term review in June 2007 considered that: "This Program has vitally contributed to improving methods leading to access to food security, access to safe water,

preventing HIV and mitigating the impact of AIDS in the 5 countries." "...the mid-term evaluation team

found it extraordinary that the AFAP-APAC partners have accomplished as much as they have."

AFAP-APAC's partners are:-

Kenya - Concern Universal Kenya (Eastern and Rift Valley Integrated Poverty Reduction Program)

Malawi - Concern Universal  Malawi (Masasa Integrated Sustainable Livelihoods Project)

Mozambique - Concern Universal Mozambique (Community Capacity Building in Niassa Province)

Zambia - Chikuni Home Based Care Program (Chikuni Home Based Care Program)

Zimbabwe - Community Technology Development Trust (Northeast Integrated Rural Development Program)