The first week of December marked the training of the groups selected through the through the XVIII Project Competition, which has the MAC Aids Fund. The program included knowledge and debates on the HIV/AIDS scenario in Brazil and around the world, how to handle money and Communication and Marketing.

The call for proposals selected five groups and organizations of women living with HIV/Aids, female sex workers, black women, working to fight the HIV/Aids epidemic in communities located in municipalities in the states of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. R$100,000.00 is being invested directly for projects lasting up to 8 months.