Welcome to the Salamander Trust
Challenging, Catalysing and Transforming the way we think about AIDS
The salamander (orig. from the Persian: sām, "fire", and andarūn, "within") is a brightly coloured amphibious creature – one that is able to live on land or water. Uniquely among vertebrates, it is capable of regenerating lost limbs, as well as other body parts. It is also mythically renowned for its ability to resist and survive the intense heat of a fire.
Who we are:
Salamander aims to protect, promote and enhance the health and rights of people particularly, but not exclusively, marginalised by societies worldwide as a result of their gender, HIV status or sexual and reproductive health.
Salamander was created by its Director, Alice Welbourn, and builds on her earlier work. Salamander seeks to promote sexual and reproductive health with HIV prevention, care and support, within a holistic, gender-based human rights framework.
We are incorporated as a company limited by guarantee in the UK and are in the process of applying for charitable status.
What we do:
• raising awareness of relevant issues through the development and dissemination of print and multimedia materials;
• making presentations, attending, promoting and hosting meetings;
• developing and supporting related networks;
• representing the views of those marginalised on the basis of their gender and sexual health status and enabling them to express their own views.
Salamander seeks to support the rights of marginalised people and to raise awareness about underlying issues through engaging with health and legal professionals, UN staff, parliamentarians, the media and the public at large.