Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project

The Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project (CTAOP) was created in 2007 by Academy Award winning actress and UN Messenger of Peace, Charlize Theron. CTAOP’s mission is to invest in African youth to keep themselves safe from HIV/AIDS. Although the geographic scope of CTAOP is Sub-Saharan Africa, the primary concentration has been Charlize’s home country of South Africa, which has the largest HIV positive population in the world.  

The Project supports community engaged organizations that use innovative and community specific programming to work with youth between the ages of 10-20 years old. These organizations provide critical resources like access to youth friendly healthcare, sexual and reproductive health education, life skills, and psychosocial support – all of which empower young people to keep themselves and their peers HIV free.