It is the view of ARUD that no significant innovation or major institutional change can come about without sustained and committed leadership. Advocacy, in the context of this action program initiative, is an organized form of energetic communication, lobbying or active promotion of specific principles or practices. In the context of HIV/AIDS sector-specific needs, advocacy provides the necessary energy for articulating those needs, whilst also putting in place a framework for collaboration, both within and without the sector. Since all three are critical to the success of HIV/AIDS responses, this investigation is felt to be both necessary and timely.The high prevalence and incidence rates of HIV/AIDS have a lot of bearing on the side of community development. The trainings of teachers in schools and pupils on HIV/AIDS has reduced AIDS-related illness and death, since most sector workers fall within themost highly affected age group. Parents are similarly affected, which has implications for learners, as they may be kept out of school to take care of sick family members. Learners also drop out of school if their families cannot afford fees due to reduced income as a result of AIDS illness or death. All of these social and economic processes have a potentially devastating impact on the education sector in terms of demand for the supply and quality of education.