NOPE provided consultancy services for STIS/ HIV & AIDS prevention and gender interventions for the construction workers and the communities around the Mwatate-Taveta road. The overall goal of the project was to empower the target population within the project area with skills to prevent and respond to TB, STIs, HIV & AIDS as well as enhance women inclusion in the road development through affirmative action as prescribed in the constitution. The project was designed to meet the following objectives: