The importance of monitoring and evaluating HIV & AIDS programmes in Eritrea to determine impact of the implementation of various strategies in the reduction of HIV transmission and provision of proper care for those infected and affected by the epidemic has been recognized by both local and International partners.
On 15 June 2006, CAFS launched a fundraising initiative to bridge the funding gap for the construction of its premises. CAFS is banking on its friends and the friends of its former Director, the late Pape Syr Diagne, initiator of the project, to raise the amount needed by end August 2006.