Tonata PLHIV Network is a network for people living with and affected by HIV, founded in 2008. ‘Tonata’, meaning “Open Your Eyes” in Oshiwambo, aims to ensure that civil society organizations, community groups and networks are supported to better organize and coordinate themselves for strengthening resilient and sustainable systems of health and community systems.

Tonata operates in six regions across Namibia and maintains a network of over 29,000 people living with and affected by HIV, with wider outreach of vulnerable groups—including people with disabilities, adolescent girls and young women, members of the LGBTQ community, survivors of gender-based violence, etc.