HOCC deeply agrees with the Peer Support Guidelines in that “no one understands the realities of living with HIV/AIDS better than someone who has been living with and managing it every day” and embraces the guidelines as a formative directive to best support all peers in all roles.  We also understand that to reduce the effects of stigma and discrimination which is attached to HIV/AIDS and in turn, often contributes to poor health outcomes, one must be armed with the knowledge and confidence to dispel HIV myths and one’s own fears in order to help another. HOCC’s trained peer educators are ambassadors to the local communities and have become true agents of change for those women most affected by HIV/AIDS.