ACET exists as a Christian response to the HIV and AIDS pandemic. As part of our Christian calling to care for the poor and marginalised, ACET programmes work with those infected and affected by HIV and AIDS without any discrimination on the basis of race, religion, disability and sexual orientation. 

Our Christian faith is central to what we do.  Our vision is to mobilise the local church to take responsibility for those in their communities either infected with HIV, at risk of the disease, or living with the consequences of HIV or AIDS.  We do not operate any set of models or methodologies in what we do but we work with the following values:

We are compassionate. We seek to respond to need wherever it is found.

We are entrepreneurial.  We encourage our teams to find new and  innovative ways to tackle the problems that they face.

We are decentralised. The ACET International Alliance is a group of independent organisations, each based in their own country and sharing a common aim and purpose.  ACET UK exists merely to raise funds and provide technical support for the Alliance.

We are relational.   HIV will be beaten by inspired people and we invest in supporting and developing those people

We are focused. ACET is a single issue organisation.  We exist to beat HIV and AIDS and when that is achieved, as we firmly believe it will be, we will close down.