Laurence Gilliot's Posts - Community life competence2024-03-29T05:47:03ZLaurence Gilliothttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/LaurenceGilliothttps://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2523237458?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1https://aidscompetence.ning.com/profiles/blog/feed?user=17q6iow3bm4nc&xn_auth=noYouth workers in the Netherlands enthusiastic about SALT approachtag:aidscompetence.ning.com,2013-08-28:2028109:BlogPost:1253112013-08-28T11:56:02.000ZLaurence Gilliothttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/LaurenceGilliot
<p>Welzijnsgroep is an organisation in the Netherlands that works with young people in neighbourhoods. They organise activities for fun or around prevention and specific topics. Today their challenge is that the local government, who provides their budget, wants to cut down on spending. Therefore, they would like to rethink the way they work and stimulate local communities to take ownership of some of the activities.</p>
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<p>One of their staff members, Gemma Van Voorst, participated in a…</p>
<p>Welzijnsgroep is an organisation in the Netherlands that works with young people in neighbourhoods. They organise activities for fun or around prevention and specific topics. Today their challenge is that the local government, who provides their budget, wants to cut down on spending. Therefore, they would like to rethink the way they work and stimulate local communities to take ownership of some of the activities.</p>
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<p>One of their staff members, Gemma Van Voorst, participated in a workshop in Amsterdam organised by Dutch Competence. She was so enthusiastic about the approach that she went through Blended learning and organised a presentation to the staff. Through Gemma, Welzijnsgroup then invited the Constellation to introduce CLCP to the staff.</p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540694723?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="300" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540694723?profile=RESIZE_320x320" width="300" class="align-right" style="padding: 5px;"/></a>On the 15/08/2013, two teams met with Laurence Gilliot and Boris Alberda, two Constellation coaches, to get to know the Constellation’s approach. The purpose of the half day workshop was to introduce the CLCP and give them an opportunity to see the application in their own context.</p>
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<p>The two teams participated with enthusiasm to all the proposed exercises, especially the dream building exercise, building the self-assessment and discussion around one practice.</p>
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<p>From the dreams, the teams build their own draft self-assessment with the following practices (in dutch):</p>
<p>1. Uitwisselen, communicatie</p>
<p>2. Overal naaartoe gaan, verbinden</p>
<p>3. Kwaliteiten, middelen aanwenden, krachten bundelen, teaming, aanvullende kwaliteiten</p>
<p>Visie delen, continuiteit</p>
<p>4. Organiseren (goed georganiseert zijn)</p>
<p>5. Activeren, jongeren tools en verantwoordelijkheid geven, buurt invloed laten hebben</p>
<p>6. Steentje in het water zijn, vonken, fakkel doorpakken</p>
<p>7. Balans vinden, liefde, positivism</p>
<p>As an exercise, the teams both did their self-assessment on one of the practices.</p>
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<p>At the end of the day, participants saw possible applications of the approach in their work.</p>
<p>“I realized that I often skip step 0, 1 and 2 and that I go straight to 3, making an action plan. I sometimes get impatient and then I start rushing and just organize activities without involving everyone in the visioning process. Today reminds me of the importance of building a common vision to stimulate ownership.”</p>
<p>“I already work in a very participatory way with my theatre group. I see that this approach can help me to go even further, more systematic.”</p>
<p>“I notice that I sometimes still see problems so I’m reminded to keep looking for strengths and positive things.”</p>
<p>“Shall we all go to the training of Dutch Competence in Amsterdam?”</p>
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<p><strong>Lessons learned on facilitation</strong></p>
<p><i>What went well?</i></p>
<p>- We acknowledged, appreciated and utilized the vast experience of the participants in youth work and theoretical background on participative work. We discussed perceived differences between methods and how SALT and CLCP add value to their experience.</p>
<p>- The most efficient way to get to know the approach is to experience it. Therefore, the coaches</p>
<p>1) introduced SALT by drawing experiences from the participants with the question “What is your experience with working in a participatory way with youth?”. They then linked the answers with SALT acronym.</p>
<p>2) gave a brief introduction to the CLCP and went straight into dream building for the teams themselves, then helped them define their self-assessment and do their self-assessment around one practice.</p>
<p>- Djehosua, a volunteer youth leader from Maastricht, shared his experience of local ownership. Djehosua is the perfect example of a volunteer who fully took ownership of the activities with youth in his neighbourhood. He started from scratch in April 2013 and is now organising activities for more than 100 young people. He is a volunteer and he managed to mobilise at least 40 other volunteers and 2 other team members. He shared his powerful experience towards the end of the workshop, which demonstrated to participants that it is possible for young people to take ownership. It also showed the power of connection beyond the neighbourhood and the inspiration that comes forth from this connection. After the session some of the team members mentioned the idea of visiting Djehosua’s community with a group of young people they work with.</p>
<p>- We did not give too many examples from far-away countries but more from Belgium and Netherlands that the teams could relate to. The examples we gave were from young people.</p>
<p>-Even though we were running late, we took the time at the end to share possible application of the approach in their work.</p>
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<p><i>What can be improved?</i></p>
<p>- When we introduced SALT, we could have summarized SALT with the usual explanation for everyone, on a separate sheet of paper. </p>
<p></p>Causeries éducatives sur le lavage des mains dans l’église méthodiste/ Educational talks on handwashing in the Methodist Churchtag:aidscompetence.ning.com,2013-07-04:2028109:BlogPost:1210822013-07-04T09:30:00.000ZLaurence Gilliothttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/LaurenceGilliot
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540681829?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-right" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540681829?profile=original" style="padding: 5px;" width="327"></img></a> L’église méthodiste compte 300 membres. Avec le soutien des facilitateurs, ils ont construit leur rêve et ils ont fait leur auto-évaluation et plan d’action. Ils ont choisi le lavage des mains comme pratique prioritaire. « Avant, on se lavait tous les mains dans une même assiette. » disait une maman de l’église. « On ne savait pas que les maladies se transmettaient comme…</p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540681829?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="327" class="align-right" style="padding: 5px;" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540681829?profile=original"/></a>L’église méthodiste compte 300 membres. Avec le soutien des facilitateurs, ils ont construit leur rêve et ils ont fait leur auto-évaluation et plan d’action. Ils ont choisi le lavage des mains comme pratique prioritaire. « Avant, on se lavait tous les mains dans une même assiette. » disait une maman de l’église. « On ne savait pas que les maladies se transmettaient comme ça. »</p>
<p>L’église a décidé d’organiser des causeries éducatives sur le lavage des mains lors des réunions des trois sous-groupes de l’église, notamment les mamans, les papas <a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540682076?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="327" class="align-right" style="padding: 5px;" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540682076?profile=RESIZE_480x480"/></a>et les jeunes. Lorsqu’ils ont fini les études de la bible, ils discutent ensemble de l’importance du lavage des mains, des maladies qui se transmettent et de la fréquence du lavage des mains. « Suite aux causeries éducatives, les gens commencent à changer leur comportement. Lorsque quelqu’un veut se laver les mains, une autre personne verse de l’eau avec un gobelet pour l’aider. »</p>
<p>Le rêve de l’église est d’acheté des seaux avec robinet pour tous ses membres. Ils ont commencé à se cotiser, à raison de 500 francs par personne par semaine. Ils estiment avoir assez de fonds dans environ 3 mois, après la récolte. Une fois que chacun aura son seau, les chefs de bloque vérifieront dans chaque ménage s’ils utilisent bien le seau. </p>
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</p>Des légumes qui sauvent des vies – Eglise Piscine de Belsethatag:aidscompetence.ning.com,2013-07-04:2028109:BlogPost:1209722013-07-04T09:30:00.000ZLaurence Gilliothttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/LaurenceGilliot
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540681520?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-right" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540681520?profile=RESIZE_480x480" style="padding: 5px;" width="350"></img></a> En novembre 2012, l’église « Piscine de Belsetha » a construit son rêve avec l’aide des facilitateurs. L'église se trouve à Fungurume, au Katanga, ville au centre des activités minières du cuivre. Elle a choisi comme priorité la vaccination complète des enfants et des mamans. Lors de son autoévaluation, elle a choisi les sous-pratiques de reconnaissance et acceptation,…</p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540681520?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="350" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540681520?profile=RESIZE_480x480" width="350" class="align-right" style="padding: 5px;"/></a>En novembre 2012, l’église « Piscine de Belsetha » a construit son rêve avec l’aide des facilitateurs. L'église se trouve à Fungurume, au Katanga, ville au centre des activités minières du cuivre. Elle a choisi comme priorité la vaccination complète des enfants et des mamans. Lors de son autoévaluation, elle a choisi les sous-pratiques de reconnaissance et acceptation, apprentissage et transfert et mobilisation des ressources. Après avoir fait son plan d’action, elle s’est lancée dans l’action.</p>
<p>D’abord il fallait s’assurer que toutes les mamans soient au courant de la vaccination et du calendrier vaccinal. Les membres de l’église ont donc invité un médecin du centre de santé lors de la réunion des mamans le vendredi pour donner les informations.</p>
<p>« On a vite constaté qu’un des problèmes était le manque de moyen financier pour se déplacer au centre de santé », raconte Salvatoris, l’évêque de l’église. « Pour s’y rendre, les membres paient de 500 francs à 2000 francs selon la distance. C’est pourquoi nous avons décidé de cultiver le champ : 625m² de gombos, un demi-hectare de soyas et un demi-hectare de haricots. » Les revenus des récoltes paient les frais de transport pour se rendre au centre de santé.</p>
<p>Lors de la visite de suivi, l’équipe a demandé aux mamans qui a bénéficié du remboursement des frais de transport. Avec enthousiasme, toutes les mamans avec des enfants ont levé la main !</p>
<p>« Tous les enfants de l’églises, environ 40 enfants, ont été vaccinés. Nous le savons car à chaque fois que nous voyons les mamans nous leur demandons si leurs enfants ont été vaccinés. Nous regardons le carnet vaccinal ensemble, » raconte l’évêque. Lors de la réunion les mamans confirment en effet que tous les enfants sont vaccinés.</p>
<p>Aujourd’hui il y a trois nouvelles communautés qui ont entendu parler de l’approche et qui ont invité les facilitateurs à venir. </p>
<p><em>L'église de Belsetha est une des communautés qui bénéficie de l'approche grace à l'appui d'UNICEF, la Constellation et RDCCompétence dans le projet "Gestion Communautaire de la Survie de l'Enfant" </em></p>
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<p>Vidéo de deux mamans de l'église</p>Les seaux réputés du centre de santé de Neematag:aidscompetence.ning.com,2013-07-04:2028109:BlogPost:1208912013-07-04T09:00:00.000ZLaurence Gilliothttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/LaurenceGilliot
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540682788?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-right" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540682788?profile=RESIZE_480x480" style="padding: 10px;" width="350"></img></a> A Fungurume, dans le quartier Lukeka, se trouve le centre de santé Neema. Parmi les 13 membres du personnel de Neema, 2 personnes sont facilitatrices de l’approche SALT. Elles ont invité l’équipe de facilitation à introduire le processus dans le centre.</p>
<p>Les membres de Neema ont construit leur rêve et ils ont choisi de travailler en priorité sur la pratique du lavage…</p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540682788?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="350" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540682788?profile=RESIZE_480x480" width="350" class="align-right" style="padding: 10px;"/></a>A Fungurume, dans le quartier Lukeka, se trouve le centre de santé Neema. Parmi les 13 membres du personnel de Neema, 2 personnes sont facilitatrices de l’approche SALT. Elles ont invité l’équipe de facilitation à introduire le processus dans le centre.</p>
<p>Les membres de Neema ont construit leur rêve et ils ont choisi de travailler en priorité sur la pratique du lavage des mains. Ensuite, ils ont fait leur auto-évaluation et leur plan d’action. Ensemble ils ont décidé de cotiser 2000 Francs à une caisse commune pour acheter des seaux pour tous les membres.</p>
<p>Quelqu’un s’est chargé d’acheter des seaux et de les distribuer aux membres. Les membres l’utilisent dans leur foyer et deux seaux servent pour les patients au centre de santé.</p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540683069?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="350" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540683069?profile=RESIZE_480x480" width="350" class="align-left" style="padding: 10px;"/></a>Lors de la distribution des seaux, les mamans à la consultation étaient très surprises et elles ont émis le vœu d’également s’en procurer pour leur usage familial. De plus, sur le chemin du retour de chez eux, les voisins du quartier ont posé beaucoup de questions : « Où avez-vous eu ces seaux-là ? » Les membres ont répondu que « c’est nous-même qui avons cotisé pour la santé de nos enfants ! » La nouvelle des seaux s’est rapidement répandue dans le quartier.</p>
<p>Depuis lors le centre de santé vend des seaux et cela est devenu une activité génératrice de revenus. La nouvelle s’est même répandue au-delà du quartier ! Le centre de santé de Bomoyi a entendu parler de l’approche SALT et elle a à son tour invité les facilitateurs.</p>« Un atelier sur le SALT, c’est comme le marché aux poissons » A workshop on SALT is like the fish markettag:aidscompetence.ning.com,2012-09-20:2028109:BlogPost:1054332012-09-20T10:00:00.000ZLaurence Gilliothttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/LaurenceGilliot
<p>Florence Muissange, facilitatrice de l’équipe de Mbuji Mayi, nous raconte : « A chaque fois que nous avons un atelier sur l’approche SALT, c’est comme un marché au poisson. Qu’on entre au marché pour acheter ou contempler, on en ressort toujours avec l’odeur du poisson sur soi.»</p>
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<p>Florence Muissange, facilitatrice de l’équipe de Mbuji Mayi, nous raconte : « A chaque fois que nous avons un atelier sur l’approche SALT, c’est comme un marché au poisson. Qu’on entre au marché pour acheter ou contempler, on en ressort toujours avec l’odeur du poisson sur soi.»</p>
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<p>Nous venons de terminer la séance d’orientation à Mbuji Mayi, pour les équipes de soutien qui vont appuyer le projet « Gestion Communautaire de la Survie de l’Enfants ». Les participants repartent avec le goût du SALT, remplis d’énergie pour la mise en œuvre de ce nouveau projet.</p>
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<p>Il faut dire que les facilitateurs de Mbuji Mayi sont des vraies stars de la facilitation. Il y a <a href="http://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/ThereseNyemba?xg_source=profiles_memberList" target="_self">Thérèse</a>, toujours souriante, qui facilite avec douceur et précision. Puis le pasteur <a href="http://aidscompetence.ning.com/xn/detail/u_2evw6mjr4kgfh?xg_source=profiles_memberList" target="_self">Célestin</a>, qui a été la force motrice lorsque le projet avec le PNMLS s’est arrêté et qui a continué à faciliter la réponse locale pendant des mois sans financement. Maman Marthe, « dame de fer » comme disent certains, a servi comme Présidente de la concertation de Mbuji Mayi pendant plusieurs années. Cléon, agronome de formation, est toujours là pour apprécier les autres et apporter l’amour dans tout ce qu’il fait. Maman Florence, qui adore les enfants, et qui facilite la réponse locale au sein de la Croix Rouge. Papa André : il est tellement dévoué qu'il va laisser ses petits enfants pour travailler comme point focal au Katanga.</p>
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<p>Ces points focaux vont faire équipe avec le personnel du Bureau Centrale dans chaque zone de santé. Lors de la séance d’orientation nous avons eu la chance de faire la connaissance de <a href="http://aidscompetence.ning.com/xn/detail/u_36hbagqp5x7od?xg_source=profiles_memberList" target="_self">Jean Michel Mutombo</a> et Constantin Tshama qui ont beaucoup contribué à la séance d’orientation par leur partage d’expérience. « Cette approche vient nous donner une forme d’espoir. On ne sait pas pérenniser une approche si les bénéficiaires ne sont pas impliqués. Cette approche va nous aider à mettre la communauté au centre, les partenaires ne font qu’appuyer » a dit Jean-Michel, Médecin Chef de Zone de Bibanga, province du Kasaï Oriental.</p>
<p>Deux personnes de la Division Provinciale de la Santé ont également participé à la séance d'orientation. Fort intéressées par l'approche SALT, elles ont rejoint la concertation de Mbuji Mayi. </p>
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<p>Les facilitateurs de Mbuji Mayi qui vont partir dans les zones de santé ont veillé à assurer la continuité au sein-même de la concertation à Mbuji Mayi. D’autres membres de la concertation ont constitué un noyau de facilitateurs pour prendre la relève. La concertation se réunit tous les mois pour échanger des expériences, informations et nouvelles.</p>
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<p>Aujourd’hui tous les ingrédients sont là pour que la facilitation de la réponse locale par rapport à la survie de l’enfant produise des résultats au-delà de toutes attentes.</p>
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<p>Découvrez ce que les facilitateurs de Mbuji Mayi ont comme conseils à donner pour faire une bonne visite SALT :</p>
<p>- Cléon explique que le regard dans les yeux du facilitateur est très important</p>
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<p>- Célestin explique que dans l’équipe il n’y a pas un « chef »</p>
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<p>- David (de Kinshasa) explique l’importance d’être habiller simplement</p>
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</p>Gratitude to you all for the time spent togethertag:aidscompetence.ning.com,2012-01-07:2028109:BlogPost:888232012-01-07T03:00:00.000ZLaurence Gilliothttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/LaurenceGilliot
<p>Dear friends,</p>
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<p>Five and half years. That’s how long Laurence has worked in the Constellation Support Team. Four years. That’s Gaston. It’s been almost four years since we took on the bet of living and working in Chiang Mai. Both of us have worked, cried, laughed with communities on their way to competence in more than 10 countries.</p>
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<p>Today…</p>
<p>Dear friends,</p>
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<p>Five and half years. That’s how long Laurence has worked in the Constellation Support Team. Four years. That’s Gaston. It’s been almost four years since we took on the bet of living and working in Chiang Mai. Both of us have worked, cried, laughed with communities on their way to competence in more than 10 countries.</p>
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<p>Today is our last official day as members of the Constellation Support Team. We are outing our sails towards new exciting adventures: a 5 months long walking trip in the Himalayas. We will bring only a backpack and our SALT mindset to connect with many new communities in Nepal. Can you imagine a better way of stepping into 2012? We follow our dreams, walking the talk that we have been sharing with communities.</p>
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<p>We feel so much gratitude in our hearts. We had the opportunity to work with an inspiring and committed team of understanding, loving people. We travelled across the globe and interacted on a human level with friends from all walks of life… all of you dear friends.</p>
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<p>We remember our time with the CST, Jean-Louis, Marlou, Phil, Lawan, Rituu, Lek, Oil, Gaetane- how many times did we not dream of a better world? How many times we questioned ‘who we are’ and how to stay true to our mission? How many times have we listened to each other with empathy and spoken our truth? Many many times J</p>
<p>Jean-Louis, thank you for your positive energy and ever-lasting drive, your open heart and vision.</p>
<p>Marlou, thank you for your care, mindfulness and your enthusiasm in leading our team.</p>
<p>Rituu, you are just one of the most appreciative people we know on this planet and an impressive moderator and friend.</p>
<p>Lawan, thank you for your support over the years, your remarkable organizational skills and giving us great insights into Thai local responses.</p>
<p>Phil, thank you for your insightful questions, your open mind and deep personal and philosophical reflections at every step of the Constellation’s journey.</p>
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<p>itable group of facilitators. We took public transport to visit the stone-breakers, the fishermen, the sex workers and took taxi-motors on slippery sandy roads. We spent months, planning, working, sweating, learning and laughing together…</p>
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<div><p>And Papua New Guinea… so many brothers and sisters with beautiful strengths in the most challenging neighbourhoods we have ever been to. What an inspiration for transformation! Our business cards bore fruit: we are still getting calls and sms from community members after 4 years.</p>
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<p>Friends in Belgium taught us about the richness of our own countries and that the process is applicable in ‘rich’ countries. Friends in Guyana taught us about the potential of transferring SALT to others, interfaith collaboration and demonstrated how a hard-working, motivated team can achieve remarkable results.</p>
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<p>Most importantly, we feel blessed that we could meet all of you and see that we share the same human traits. We all need love, appreciation, support; we are all alive and will die one day. Our friendship will continue to develop.</p>
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<p>roaches, not thinking that everything can be fixed with SALT. We observed that sometimes we are so excited about SALT (including ourselves) that we want to see SALT everywhere. We adapt reality to conform our SALT framework which can hamper our own learning.</p>
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<p>We will definitely share pictures of our walking trip. We will remain connected to the Constellation and all of you. We wish you a beautiful New Year 2012 filled with love, understanding, family, friends, community and happiness in small things…</p>
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<p>Cinq ans et demi. C'est le nombre d’année que Laurence a travaillé dans l'équipe de soutien de la Constellation. Quatre ans pour Gaston. Cela fait presque quatre ans que nous a pris le pari de vivre et travailler à Chiang Mai. Tous les deux nous avons travaillé, pleuré, ri avec les communautés sur le chemin de compétence dans plus de 10 pays.</p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540680873?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="300" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540680873?profile=RESIZE_320x320" width="300" style="padding: 5px;" class="align-left"/></a>Aujourd'hui, c'est notre dernière journée officielle en tant que membres de l'équipe de soutien de la Constellation. Nous nous lançons vers de nouvelles aventures passionnantes: un voyage de 5 mois de marche dans l'Himalaya. Nous apportons seulement un sac à dos et notre état d'esprit SALT afin de se connecter avec de nombreuses nouvelles communautés au Népal. Pouvez-vous imaginer une meilleure façon de traverser l’an 2012? Nous suivons nos rêves, prêchons par l'exemple que nous avons partagé avec tant de communautés.</p>
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<p>Nous sommes très reconnaissants. Nous avons eu l'occasion de travailler avec une équipe inspirante et personnes compréhensives et aimantes. Nous avons voyagé dans le monde entier et avons interagi sur le plan humain avec des amis de tous les horizons de la vie ... vous tous, chers amis.</p>
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<p>Nous nous souvenons de notre temps avec le CST, Jean-Louis, Marlou, Phil, Lawan, Rituu, Lek, Oil, Gaetane- combien de fois n'avons-nous pas rêver d'un monde meilleur? Combien de fois nous nous sommes interrogés sur «qui nous sommes et comment rester fidèle à notre mission »? Combien de fois nous avons écouté avec empathie et partagé notre vérité? De nombreuses nombreuses fois..</p>
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<p>Jean-Louis, merci pour ton énergie positive et enthousiasme sans limite, ton grand cœur et ta vision.</p>
<p>Marlou, merci pour ton soutien, ton attention et ton enthousiasme à guider notre équipe.</p>
<p>Rituu, tu es une des personnes les plus reconnaissantes que nous connaissons sur cette planète et une facilitatrice impressionnante et une amie.</p>
<p>Lawan, nous te remercions pour ton soutien au fil des ans, tes compétences organisationnelles remarquables et de nous avoir donné une très bonne vision des réponses locales en Thaïlande.</p>
<p>Phil, merci pour tes questions perspicaces, ton ouverture d'esprit et la profondeur de tes réflexions personnelles et philosophiques à chaque étape du voyage de la Constellation.</p>
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<p>Nous n'oublierons jamais notre temps en RDC avec RDCCompétence. Nous avons encore l'image de la soirée que nous avons passé ensemble à Kinshasa où nous avons dansé, chanté et ri avec un groupe des facilitateurs inspirants et hospitaliers. Nous avons pris les transports publics pour visiter les casseurs de pierres, les pêcheurs, les professionnelles du sexe et des taxi-motos sur les chemins de sable glissants. Nous avons passé des mois à planifier, travailler, transpirer, apprentre et rire ensemble ...</p>
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<p>Et la Papouasie Nouvelle Guinée ... tant de frères et sœurs avec des belles forces dans les quartiers les plus difficiles que nous ayons jamais vus. Quelle source d'inspiration pour la transformation! Nos cartes de visite ont porté leurs fruits: nous recevons encore toujours des appels et sms de membres de la communauté après 4 ans.</p>
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<p>Les amis en Belgique nous ont appris la richesse de notre propre pays et que le processus est applicable dans les pays «riches». Les amis en Guyane nous a appris le potentiel de transfert du SALT à d'autres, la collaboration entre les religions et ils nous ont montré comment une équipe travailleuse et motivée peut obtenir des résultats remarquables.</p>
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<p>Surtout, nous nous sentons bénis que nous avons pu vous rencontrer et de voir que nous partageons les mêmes traits humains. Nous avons tous besoin d'amour, d'appréciation, de soutien, nous sommes tous vivants et allons mourir un jour. Notre amitié va continuer à se développer.</p>
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<p>Nous avons également voulu partager quelques réflexions que nous avions dans les derniers mois. Assurons-nous que nous restons ouverts à d'autres approches, ne pas penser que tout peut être fixé avec l’approche SALT. Nous avons observé que parfois nous sommes tellement excités par rapport à l’approche SALT (y compris nous-mêmes) que nous voulons voir le SALT partout. Nous adaptons la réalité afin qu’elle se conforme à notre cadre, ce qui peut nuire à notre propre apprentissage.</p>
<p>Aussi, nous avons réalisé que même si nous mettons l'accent sur la dimension communautaire du changement, il y a une dimension individuelle significative qui pourrait bénéficier d'une analyse plus profonde et d'exploration.</p>
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<p>Nous allons certainement partager des photos de notre voyage à pied. Nous allons rester connectés à la Constellation et à vous tous. Nous vous souhaitons une belle année 2012 remplie d’amour, de compréhension, la famille, les amis, la communauté et le bonheur dans les petites choses ...</p>
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</div>I can do ANYTHING!tag:aidscompetence.ning.com,2011-08-25:2028109:BlogPost:719312011-08-25T09:00:00.000ZLaurence Gilliothttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/LaurenceGilliot
<p>I was so impressed with this man in Myanmar...</p>
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<p>We were visiting a temple near Inlay lake, a very touristy area in Myanmar. Everywhere there are people selling handicrafts. Late in the afternoon, we decided to visit one last temple. Walking up to the temple there was a 1km covered path, with little shops. </p>
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<p>My eye caught sight of a man, quietly sitting on a table, painting lacquer-ware with HIS TOES!!! No hands, no arms, one leg and then he was painting this tiny little drawings with his toes. I was so impressed. </p>
<p>What impressed me most was that he was so quiet and peaceful. He looked at me with a gentle smile. </p>
<p>I thought to myself: "This guy is the real Buddha." He impressed me more than all the gold of the Shwe Dagong!</p>
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<p>He inspired me to see my own strengths. We often think of our limitations. We think that we can't do certain things because of time, money, doubting ourselves, doubting our capacity... He showed me that I CAN DO ANYTHING.</p>
<p>And so can you...</p>
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540677818?profile=original" target="_self"><br/></a></p>Visites SALT à Chiang Mai avec des amis de Madagascartag:aidscompetence.ning.com,2011-03-15:2028109:BlogPost:394592011-03-15T08:27:45.000ZLaurence Gilliothttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/LaurenceGilliot
<p>Mon dimanche matin a commencé une peu différemment que d'habitude cette semaine. Debout à 7h, je me rend au bureau de la Constellation à 8h. La ville de Chiang Mai est encore toute calme et endormie. Et oui, à 9h nous commençons deux jours et demi de visites SALT dans des communautés à Chiang Mai avec 6 amis de Madagascar, 2 amis belges et 2 amis français. </p>
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<p>A 9h, tout le monde est là.</p>
<p>Johnson, avec son énergie positive et son grand sourire. Il est une des premières…</p>
<p>Mon dimanche matin a commencé une peu différemment que d'habitude cette semaine. Debout à 7h, je me rend au bureau de la Constellation à 8h. La ville de Chiang Mai est encore toute calme et endormie. Et oui, à 9h nous commençons deux jours et demi de visites SALT dans des communautés à Chiang Mai avec 6 amis de Madagascar, 2 amis belges et 2 amis français. </p>
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<p>A 9h, tout le monde est là.</p>
<p>Johnson, avec son énergie positive et son grand sourire. Il est une des premières personnes à Madagascar à avoir partager son statut sérologique à la télé. Il est aujourd'hui le président d'un grand réseau d'organisations qui travaillent dans la réponse au VIH.</p>
<p>Balou, élégante femme, grande et belle, qui défend les droits des MSM à Madagascar.</p>
<p>Odon, Tovo, Mananarisoa, Mialy qui sont là aussi pour partager leur grande expérience de la lutte contre le VIH.</p>
<p>Et puis, il y a les amis de la Constellation. Yves et Marie-Christine, un chouette couple dynamique et enthousiaste qui sont venus pour apprendre plus sur l'approche de la Constellation. Et Jean et Sabrina, fils et belle-fille de Jean-Louis... qui font le tour du monde et qui veulent en savoir plus sur l'approche.</p>
<p>Puis Lawan et moi... bref, un beau brassage de couleur et d'expériences.</p>
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<p><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2409244694?profile=original"><img class="align-left" style="padding: 5px;" width="300" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2409244694?profile=RESIZE_320x320"/></a>Une fois qu'on a laissé son titre et sa position derrière nous, une ambiance détendue s'installe. On partage nos rêves et soucis dans la vie. On partage sur l'approche SALT. Nos amis sont à l'aise par rapport à l'approche SALT et ils ont l'air d'avoir cela dans le sang. A midi, c'est comme si on s'était toujours connu, on rigole beaucoup!</p>
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<p>Nous visitons la communauté de Jedi Mae Krua, dans un temple bouddhiste, où on discute avec le moine, les leaders communautaires et les volontaires. Le lendemain, on visite Violet House et un centre pour Professionnelles de sexe. Ces visites donnent de nouvelles idées aux amis de Madagascar. </p>
<p>Le dernier jour, on donne une introduction sur l'approche de la Constellation, on montre Blended Learning et Ning. Et voilà que la fin est déjà là...</p>
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<p>Marie-Christine dit: "Je suis vraiment très contente de la visite. Au départ, on voit que l'approche SALT est un outil pour aller vers les communautés et les stimuler à passer à l'action. Mais maintenant, je comprends que c'est un apprentissage sur moi-même. La réussite de l'approche dépend donc de la personne qui l'applique d'abord."</p>
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<p>Tovo est aussi très enthousiaste. Il partage une liste de choses qu'il veut faire en rentrant: "Je vais partager sur l'approche SALT pendant la prochaine retraite au sein de PSI. Je veux faire le cours Blended Learning pour voir comment intégrer l'approche dans la formation des pairs éducateurs."</p>
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<p>Mananarisoa raconte: "En général, nous devons toujours donner quelque chose aux communautés avec qui on travaille, de l'argent, des cadeaux ou autre chose. Là j'ai découvert une approche où c'est la communauté elle-même qui est impliquée et prendre la réponse en main. Nous devons trouver un moyen de motiver nos communautés à participer."</p>
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<p>Merci beaucoup aux amis d'avoir participer à la visite et d'être venus de si loin pour apprendre. Et nous espérons pouvoir venir à Madagascar très bientôt pour apprécier les forces des communautés Malgaches.</p>
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<p>Laurence </p>L'échange chaleureux est comme du kérosène!tag:aidscompetence.ning.com,2010-11-05:2028109:BlogPost:277372010-11-05T13:30:44.000ZLaurence Gilliothttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/LaurenceGilliot
Sous un soleil de plomb, <a href="http://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/Gaston">Gaston</a>, <a href="http://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/YounoussaDiarra">Younoussa</a> et moi arrivons à Ségou, une ville à 300km de Bamako, au Mali. La terre et les maisons sont teintées de rouge et d'ocre. On retrouve à Ségou, le long du fleuve Niger, une ambiance de village alors que la ville grouille d'activité. On voit des marchands de calebasses, des ânes qui transportent des légumes, et des enfants qui…
Sous un soleil de plomb, <a href="http://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/Gaston">Gaston</a>, <a href="http://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/YounoussaDiarra">Younoussa</a> et moi arrivons à Ségou, une ville à 300km de Bamako, au Mali. La terre et les maisons sont teintées de rouge et d'ocre. On retrouve à Ségou, le long du fleuve Niger, une ambiance de village alors que la ville grouille d'activité. On voit des marchands de calebasses, des ânes qui transportent des légumes, et des enfants qui jouent au foot...<div><br/></div>
<div><img width="250" style="float:left;" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540683280?profile=RESIZE_320x320"/>On arrive dans le bâtiment de ENDA Mali, l'ONG hôte de l'Equipe d'Appui et d'Apprentissage de Ségou. Des membres de l'équipe, provenant d'ONG, d'associations et du gouvernement, arrivent au compte goutte. Soudainement, le silence tombe. Nous nous renvoyons la balle: "Allez-y d'abord, présentez-nous l'équipe" "Oh non, je vous en prie, vous d'abord". Dr. Daouda Sidibe nous dit en blaguant: "C'est souvent le premier qui se jette à l'eau qui se noie"!</div>
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<div>Plusieurs fois par an nous organisons une Foire d'échange entre communautés. Nous demandons à chaque communauté de venir avec une expérience UNIQUE à vendre. Les communautés peuvent aussi acheter des expériences des autres. Si une communauté veut apprendre sur un sujet, on la lie à une autre communauté de Ségou."</div>
<div>Un autre membre ajoute: "On appuie mais on apprend aussi beaucoup des communautés. On donne et on reçoit." Le Dr. Sidibe et l'équipe ne s'est pas du tout noyés! Ils nous ont fort impressionnés...</div>
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<div><img width="300" style="float:right;" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540680873?profile=RESIZE_320x320"/>Tout en posant des questions, Gaston et moi partageons aussi l'expérience d'autres équipes. "Je sais qu'en RD-Congo les facilitateurs utilisent l'image des collines ou des arbres pour expliquer les 5 niveaux de l'autoévaluation. Est-ce que vous faites pareil ici?" L'équipe a dit qu'elle allait essayer.</div>
<div>Gaston partage: "Vous avez dit que les pratiques de l'autoévaluation sont difficiles à traduire et à comprendre. Ce que d'autres équipes ont fait: pour chaque pratique, ils ont développé le 'rêve' (ou le niveau 5) en langue locale. Cela a permis de bien comprendre les pratiques."</div>
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<div>Après une heure et demi d'échange, la pièce était remplie d'enthousiasme, d'énergie positive pour continuer et aussi d'amitié! <a href="http://aidscompetence.ning.com/video/dr-daouda-sidibe-de-leaa-de">Voici la vidéo du Dr. Sidibe</a> où il explique ce qu'il a pensé de la visite.</div>
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<div>Une dame, qui était restée très silencieuse pendant la visite, a déclaré à la fin de la visite: "Jusqu'à présent, je n'avais pas pris les choses tant au sérieux. Cette visite a été le kérosène pour moi, je vais voler maintenant, pour que l'EAA ait des résultats positifs!"</div>
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It is 7pm and it starts getting dark in the village of Orbais, in Belgium. Inside the house of my parents, there is a cozy and warm atmosphere with the fire burning in the fireplace. Snacks are ready and chairs are set up in one big circle. My sister and I are so excited because tonight 15 people will come to built a common dream and a self-assessment on the issue of Global Warming!<div><br></br></div>
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It is 7pm and it starts getting dark in the village of Orbais, in Belgium. Inside the house of my parents, there is a cozy and warm atmosphere with the fire burning in the fireplace. Snacks are ready and chairs are set up in one big circle. My sister and I are so excited because tonight 15 people will come to built a common dream and a self-assessment on the issue of Global Warming!<div><br/></div>
<div><img width="200" style="float:left;" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540682294?profile=RESIZE_320x320"/>Climate change is an issue that affects all of us. "IPCC anticipates a warming of 1.1 °C to 6.4 °C (2.0 °F to 11.5 °F) by the end of the 21st century", says <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warming">Wikipedia</a>. What Wikipedia doesn't say is that an increase of 4° and above endangers human life on Earth. This is serious business. And this is why I personally think we should do something about climate change.</div>
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<div>Students, housewives, members of BelCompetence, a consultant on energy use, friends, business people, all introduce themselves and share what they already do to take care of the environment. Some are vegetarian, others take cold showers, buy local products directly from farmers, only use bicycle and public transport, etc. A lot is happening already!</div>
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<div><img width="200" style="float:right;" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540682445?profile=RESIZE_320x320"/>Then, individually participants draw their dream for their village, neighbourhood or community that lives in harmony with the environment and is competent towards global warming. In small groups of 5, everyone share his/her dream and the group draws a common dream on a flip chart. (see pictures)</div>
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<div>6. Travel/move around 'green'</div>
<div>7. Take your time/manage your time</div>
<div>8. Consume and exchange only what is essential</div>
<div>9. Value waste</div>
<div>10. Respect and listen to nature</div>
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<div>Of course this is not perfect but it is a start. I invite you to do the same exercise at home with your community and improve this self-assessment. You can also try this one out and make an action plan for Community Action Day for instance.</div>
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<div>Manue challenged the idea of a common self-assessment. She said: "Why should we develop one self-assessment that can be used anywhere? When a community build its dream and its own self-assessment, it stimulates ownership of the process." I personally think that it is useful for us facilitators to develop one self-assessment that includes all elements of the response as a reference when we facilitate this exercise in communities.</div>
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<div>Last night was the first step for me of a long journey towards 'Living in harmony with our environment'.</div>
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<div>We are about to embark on collecting a knowledge asset on the practice of Mobilising Resources.</div>
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<div>I believe each of you has had, or knows of, an experience where a community has been able to mobilise resources (their own and/or others) to achieve something remarkable. Tell us about that and your role in it. What is the one main message the story makes? Try sharing the experience out loud to a friend or colleague before writing it down. Please add it as a blog on…</div>
<div>We are about to embark on collecting a knowledge asset on the practice of Mobilising Resources.</div>
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<div>I believe each of you has had, or knows of, an experience where a community has been able to mobilise resources (their own and/or others) to achieve something remarkable. Tell us about that and your role in it. What is the one main message the story makes? Try sharing the experience out loud to a friend or colleague before writing it down. Please add it as a blog on Ning and use the tag “Resources” to help others find it.</div>
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<div>To inspire you might read “<a href="http://aidscompetence.ning.com/profiles/blogs/beauty-meets-quality-the">Beauty meets Quality</a>” from Kerala, India. By acquiring a mirror, a chair and a table, sex workers set up their own beauty parlour. This helps build their self-esteem which in turn stimulates the change to insisting on safer sex.</div>
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<div>Based on your experience, what is the ESSENCE (the essential principle) of Mobilising Resources? To prompt you here are a couple of offers:</div>
<div>- one from Guyana: <i>If we apply an individual approach based on personal change; then we do not require a lot of external resources and can tap into the potentials of our own resources</i></div>
<div>- one based on level 5 of the self-assessment: <i>We use our own resources, access other resources to achieve more and have planned for the future.</i></div>
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<div>We have set up a Forum on Ning called “<a href="http://aidscompetence.ning.com/forum/topics/share-your-experience-on-1">Share your experience with Mobilising Resources</a>” where we’d like you to share your essence or dream.</div>
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<div>Once we have collected a number of experiences we will sort them by common principles for action. If you want to join the series of discussions to generalise these common principles please let me know.</div>
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<div>Laurence</div>
<div>PS: If you want to check out knowledge assets on other topics <a href="http://aidscompetence.ning.com/page/global-knowledge-assets">click here</a></div>Myanmar opens its door and heart for the AIDS Competence Processtag:aidscompetence.ning.com,2010-07-12:2028109:BlogPost:235842010-07-12T08:00:00.000ZLaurence Gilliothttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/LaurenceGilliot
Last week Sirinate and I facilitated a learning event in Yangon, Myanmar to introduce the AIDS Competence Process. We were invited by the National Network of NGOs (3N) against HIV. 35 participants, mostly People Living with HIV from Community Based Organisations and self-help groups throughout the country, attend the three day event.<div><br></br></div>
<div><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540676371?profile=RESIZE_320x320" style="float:left;" width="300"></img> Even though I don't understand a word of Burmese (or maybe just one 'Jesutinbadé' = thank you!) I saw how joyful and relaxed our new…</div>
Last week Sirinate and I facilitated a learning event in Yangon, Myanmar to introduce the AIDS Competence Process. We were invited by the National Network of NGOs (3N) against HIV. 35 participants, mostly People Living with HIV from Community Based Organisations and self-help groups throughout the country, attend the three day event.<div><br/></div>
<div><img width="300" style="float:left;" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540676371?profile=RESIZE_320x320"/>Even though I don't understand a word of Burmese (or maybe just one 'Jesutinbadé' = thank you!) I saw how joyful and relaxed our new Burmese friends are. They are eager to learn, listen carefully, and participate as much as they can in every session. Many of them have gone through a lot... when discovering their HIV status, several of our friends shared they wanted to commit suicide. Fortunately, they changed their mind when they realized they could live with HIV and have access to ARVs.</div>
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<div>Access to ARV is one of the biggest challenges here. The government provides ARV for about 2000 people and the rest comes from International NGOs. You can only access ARV in Yangon. I admire my Burmese friends for their courage.</div>
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<div>Participants were enthusiastic about the new approach. Here are some reflections about SALT:</div>
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<div>- "SALT provides a systematic way for a visit. The A of appreciation is important. No one dislikes to be appreciated. Even plants: a plant that receives appreciation will grow faster than the one without appreciation." said Edward</div>
<div>- "I did another training in Thailand for 3 months. I never had the opportunity to appreciate, only to listen and learn." said Koko.</div>
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<div><img width="250" style="float:left;" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540676488?profile=RESIZE_320x320"/>I gave our friends a little assignment on the first day: "When you go home tonight, try to appreciate at least one person. It can be the taxi driver, the cook, or your family member. See what happens!"</div>
<div>The next day, we shared how it went. The first one to speak is Eung Soi Moi: "As soon as I came home from the workshop, I called my wife. I appreciated the fact that she let me come to the workshop." I can suddenly see the human and sweet side of Eung Soi Moi, who is always joking and very self-confident.</div>
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<div>On the last day, participants shared more reflections:</div>
<div>- "My attitude changed: Now I look for strengths! And I learned it is important not only to identify strengths but also to tell communities which strengths we see in them."</div>
<div>- "This approach is very good because it is a simple process for us to practice and there is not much jargon like outputs, outcomes, etc."</div>
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<div>What I learned: It is that we, as coaches and facilitators, we can trust in the capacities of new facilitators. Sometimes I catch myself thinking "They still didn't understand this or this."... but time will come. And we have to think more how we can make new facilitators feel that we trust in their capacity. That we value their existing strengths. While at the same time, challenging the more traditional 'problem-solving/doing-for-others' approaches.</div>
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<div>Participants agreed that three days was not enough and that Sirinate and I should come back!</div>You want to stimulate inclusion in your community?tag:aidscompetence.ning.com,2010-06-29:2028109:BlogPost:230942010-06-29T10:08:10.000ZLaurence Gilliothttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/LaurenceGilliot
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Dear friends,<br></br></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Do you want to stimulate…</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Dear friends,<br/></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Do you want to stimulate inclusion of PLHIV or people who are different in your community?</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Do you want to know the key lessons learned on inclusion by communities in Thailand, India, Kenya, Belgium, Burma, Spain, Mozambique, South Africa, Cambodia, Indonesia, Uganda, RDC in just one click?<br/><br/></span>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Then, visit the ever-growing</span> <a href="http://aidscompetence.ning.com/page/inclusion-1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Knowledge asset on Inclusion here</span></a></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">. You can share this Knowledge Asset with your community or the communities you work with to assist them to raise their level of competence.<br/><br/></span>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">You want to help?</span></b> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">- A small group of Constellation members is working on the Knowledge Assets. You can join our working group! We meet once a month. Please contact me (</span><a href="http://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/LaurenceGilliot"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Laurence</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">)</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">- The next Knowledge asset we will work on will capture experiences around 'Mobilizing resources'.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">If you want your story to be included in the Knowledge asset on Inclusion or Mobilizing Resources, please share your story on your blog on Ning. What is the message from your story that others can use in their response?<br/><br/></span>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We discussed about mobilizing resources with a group of friends in Chiang Mai. What we learned is that</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">- Resources are more than financial, they also includes human resources and knowledge</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">- Experiences are not specifically about HIV</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">- We each found a story about how we mobilized resources<br/><br/></span>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">For instance, Geoff shared a story about how he mobilizes his village to organize a Summer Fete. Some people complained about the previous fete but did not offer their help to improve it. But when the organizing team approached these people with a specific request, they agreed to help. He learned that If you are specific in your request, you will find what you need.<br/></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br/></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">When we will have enough stories we will open a discussion forum to discuss the common principle.<br/><br/></span>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Best regards,<br/><br/></span>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Laurence<br/>on behalf of the Knowledge Asset working group</span></span></p>Volunteers of Papong, like Aunty Paa, give because it makes them happytag:aidscompetence.ning.com,2010-06-22:2028109:BlogPost:227292010-06-22T05:44:58.000ZLaurence Gilliothttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/LaurenceGilliot
<p><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1410/4723032553_67e64f9f73.jpg" style="float:right;"></img> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">It is 9am. I am sitting in a mini-van heading towards Doi Saket, a district in northern Thailand. Twelve members of ThaiCompetence are excitedly chatting and joking together in the back of the van. For three days, our Thai friends are meeting to share what they have learned in the last three years when applying the SALT approach into their organizations. In the beginning they didn’t know each other. Now, they are good friends…</span></p>
<p><img style="float:right;" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1410/4723032553_67e64f9f73.jpg"/><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">It is 9am. I am sitting in a mini-van heading towards Doi Saket, a district in northern Thailand. Twelve members of ThaiCompetence are excitedly chatting and joking together in the back of the van. For three days, our Thai friends are meeting to share what they have learned in the last three years when applying the SALT approach into their organizations. In the beginning they didn’t know each other. Now, they are good friends and the atmosphere is so relaxed.</span></p>
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<p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Khun Ohm tells me: “I took my annual leave from UNESCO to be here. This meeting goes beyond learning, it is about inspiration. It makes me so happy. I’m interested in community work, to learn more about people’s lives and in this way improve what I do.”</span></p>
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<p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We arrive in the temple in Papong sub-district, where a monk and community volunteers welcomes us. We are excited about the visit because Doi Saket is known for its outstanding networking in terms of HIV. The monk starts to explain: “We work in four districts with support from the Global Fund. We monks closely work with the community volunteers. We wear several hats: we give religious teachings, home based care, we manage projects and we give vocational trainings for PLHIV.”</span></p>
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<img style="float:left;" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1140/4723685960_38732da6a8_m.jpg"/><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I am struck by the dedication and passion of the volunteers. Aunty Paa is one of them</span> <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">(see lady with the glasses in the picture left)</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: “We support PLHIV in our community. We are there for them, we talk to them, we give them moral support and the purpose of our visits is not to give money. We volunteer because we believe in it! I always give people my mobile phone number and tell them to call me anytime.” Aunty Paa explains that during one project the volunteers received per diem to attend a training. They decided to donate the per diem to the temple.</span></p>
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<p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">One visitor asks them why they are volunteers. <br/> - “I feel so proud”, says one lady.<br/>
- “If I do good, I know I will be ok. We believe here that ‘a good person will not drown’,” shares Aunty<br/> Paa. “If you know something it is your responsibility to share with others. Even if you don’t have money but you have energy and knowledge you can still share.”<br/>
- “It makes me happy and self-confident”, says P. Pratum, a shy lady in the back.</span></p>
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<p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The monk and the volunteers have integrated SALT in their way of working. “When I listen to PLHIV I see they have internal power. They have gone through a lot. We help them to build their self-esteem so that they can use that power.” Aunty Paa says that “we have to apply SALT to ourselves first.”</span></p>
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<p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Aunty Paa also shares about the challenges they face, “I learned to let go. You cannot change people. Sometimes we are concerned about someone, but this person is not taking care of himself. When we fail to reach out to someone we try different entry doors.”</span></p>
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<p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">At the end of the visit, Dr. Sompong from UNAIDS asks them if this visit was different from other visits. One of the volunteers says, “During study visits, we tend to give out a created image of our community. Here we shared more about the real situation, including the challenges because there was enough time.” One volunteers said “I was a little scared but when I see your smiles I feel comfortable.”</span></p>
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<p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">What I learned from PaPong community is that volunteers dedicate so much time to their community because it makes them happy. I also saw a strong 'community of volunteers' which as an added source of motivation. Volunteers feel like they belong to the group of volunteers, they are proud about it and they support each other within the group.</span></p>L'histoire de Beho 'intégré' - un centre pour demandeurs d'asiletag:aidscompetence.ning.com,2010-06-07:2028109:BlogPost:220472010-06-07T03:14:47.000ZLaurence Gilliothttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/LaurenceGilliot
<p>Beho est un centre d’accueil pour demandeurs d’asile de la croix rouge de Belgique situé dans la province de Luxembourg dans la Commune de Gouvy. Comme les autres communautés, personnes ou institutions vivant en Belgique, ces Centres sont confrontés aux différents problèmes de la vie courante par exemple la procédure d’asile, l’intégration, le VIH, l’alcoolisme, la gestion des conflits.</p>
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<p>Après la participation à la foire d’échanges organisée par Belcompetence en avril 2009 ; les…</p>
<p>Beho est un centre d’accueil pour demandeurs d’asile de la croix rouge de Belgique situé dans la province de Luxembourg dans la Commune de Gouvy. Comme les autres communautés, personnes ou institutions vivant en Belgique, ces Centres sont confrontés aux différents problèmes de la vie courante par exemple la procédure d’asile, l’intégration, le VIH, l’alcoolisme, la gestion des conflits.</p>
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<p>Après la participation à la foire d’échanges organisée par Belcompetence en avril 2009 ; les demandeurs d’asile de Beho ont compris qu’ils sont capables eux même de changer leur vie, de réunir leurs forces, expériences pour faire face aux enjeux de la vie. Au cours de la visite SALT, organisée par Belcompetence à Beho, les résidents ont relevé le problème de l’intégration dans l’entourage qui les insulte et les juge comme des vauriens et parfois des criminels.</p>
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<p>Ainsi les résidents ont constitué leur rêve : Beho intégré : Ils ont choisi d’accomplir leur rêve pendant la journée du repas du monde. Ce jour là il était prévu : l’accueil des invités, les échanges entre eux et les résidents autour d’un verre, un souper préparé par les communautés congolaise, guinéenne et afghane, la musique à la fin.<br/> Les résidents du centre ont eu l’occasion de s’exprimer, de montrer leur capacité pour contribuer à la vie sociale étant donné que parmi eux on trouve des personnes qualifiées comme des médecins, chanteurs, électriciens, mécaniciens etc.</p>
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<p>Au moment de l’autoévaluation, les résidents ont constaté que le résultat de leur rêve a été positif ; En effet les relations entre les demandeurs et les voisins se sont améliorées : dons d’habits, de mobiliers accordés aux résidents, mobilisation de voitures pour faire différentes courses, invitation aux différents cultes, propreté de la ville, activités de vacances d’été et même tressage des cheveux pour les enfants par les résidentes africaines etc.</p>
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<p>A l’intérieur du centre même, pendant la période de préparation, les résidents sont devenus plus unis et ont renforcé les relations entre eux ; Il n’y avait plus de conflits plus de bagarres qui se terminaient souvent par des détériorations de matériels. Pour résoudre ces conflits la CRB ne faisait que transférer les responsables dans les autres centres d’accueil sans résoudre la cause des conflits.</p>
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<p>En conclusion les demandeurs d’asile sont capables de répondre aux défis liés à la vie courante, il suffit de les accompagner en les stimulant ou en libérant la parole.</p>
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<p>Ayant participé à cette approche comme demandeuse d’asile à Beho et convaincue de sa pertinence, j’ai rejoint Belcompetence à ma sortie du centre de Beho.</p>
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<p><i>(Cette histoire a été écrite par Yvette Ndayishimiye (</i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(119, 119, 119); font-family: arial, sans-serif; border-collapse: collapse; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><i>ndayvette2002[@]yahoo.fr), membre de BelCompétence et ancienne résidente de Beho.)</i></span></p>A Book Project: “Changing our Outlook”tag:aidscompetence.ning.com,2010-05-31:2028109:BlogPost:218232010-05-31T08:00:00.000ZLaurence Gilliothttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/LaurenceGilliot
<p>Our work is changing ourselves as well as the setting in which we live and work. And some of us thought that it would be the right time to put down on paper some meaningful experiences and thoughts related to SALT. That is why a team of five Constellation members met in Belgium in April 2010 to discuss a framework for summarizing our experience with SALT in a book and website. The group recognized that we are individuals but also part of a broader movement. We envisioned the final product as…</p>
<p>Our work is changing ourselves as well as the setting in which we live and work. And some of us thought that it would be the right time to put down on paper some meaningful experiences and thoughts related to SALT. That is why a team of five Constellation members met in Belgium in April 2010 to discuss a framework for summarizing our experience with SALT in a book and website. The group recognized that we are individuals but also part of a broader movement. We envisioned the final product as ‘our collective story’, a common story line with a range of illustrations from different settings. The introduction would present the evolution of the Constellation since its foundation in 2004.</p>
<p><b>Purpose of such a book</b></p>
<p>1. Consolidate the current understanding of SALT among those who practice the approach: what we<br/> think we know and what we don’t know.</p>
<p>2. Share the approach with the general public: its essence, its impact on communities, on<br/> facilitators and on institutions. Hopefully, the readers from the broad<br/> potential group would feel inspired to ‘change glasses’ or look at their life<br/> situation with a different lens.</p>
<p>The aim is to publish in a book and stories on the web by June 2011, in at least three languages (English, French and Spanish). The book would present maximum 10-15 stories. In the preface we will briefly tell the story of the Constellation, having in mind the people who will discover it in this book.</p>
<b>The A team</b><br/><p>To give a practical insight to the stories, the team thought having a reader ‘Appreciation Team’ or ‘A team’. Five A-team members would be sent the final stories and their comments would be invited through emails, skype and at least one face-to-face meeting. They would be asked if the stories resonate with their lives.</p>
<p><b>Outline of the book</b></p>
<p>Introduction: (Brief story of the Constellation)</p>
<p><u>Section I: Communities change</u></p>
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- Story 1<br/><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"></blockquote>
- Story 2<br/><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"></blockquote>
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- Story 6<br/><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"></blockquote>
A-Team reactions<br/><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"></blockquote>
<u>Section II: People change</u><br/><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"></blockquote>
- Story 1<br/><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"></blockquote>
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<u>Section III: Organizations change</u><br/><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"></blockquote>
- Story 1<br/><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"></blockquote>
- Story 2<br/><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"></blockquote>
- ...<br/><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"></blockquote>
- Story 6<br/><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"></blockquote>
A-Team reactions<br/><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><p></p>
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<u>Conclusion</u><br/><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><p><u><br/></u></p>
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<b>We need your help</b><br/><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"></blockquote>
- Did SALT have an <b>impact on your work, life or community</b>? Then please contact Rituu (<a href="mailto:rituu@communitylifecompetence.org">rituu@communitylifecompetence.org</a>) before Wednesday 9 June.<br/><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"></blockquote>
- If you have <b>contacts with publishers</b>, please contact Rituu (<a href="mailto:rituu@communitylifecompetence.org">rituu@communitylifecompetence.org</a>) in English, French or another language.<br/><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"></blockquote>
- If you want to <b>be part of the A team</b> or you want to suggest a friend or colleague, please contact Laurence (laurence@communitylifecompetence.org).<br/><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"></blockquote>
- If you want to help to <b>translate the book</b> into your language, please contact Laurence (<a href="mailto:laurence@communitylifecompetence.org">laurence@communitylifecompetence.org</a>)<br/><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"></blockquote>
We are looking forward to your ideas!<br/><p>Laurence, Jean, Rituu, Marijo, Marie, Alison, Jean</p>The diamonds we found in the Congotag:aidscompetence.ning.com,2010-04-07:2028109:BlogPost:198652010-04-07T18:00:00.000ZLaurence Gilliothttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/LaurenceGilliot
<p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, sans-serif; border-collapse: collapse;"><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"><span><a href="http://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/Gaston"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Gaston</span></a> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">and I spent two months with RDCCompétence, the national facilitation team in DR-Congo. Our Congolese friends are incredible facilitators, managers…</span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, sans-serif; border-collapse: collapse;"><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"><span><a href="http://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/Gaston"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Gaston</span></a> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">and I spent two months with RDCCompétence, the national facilitation team in DR-Congo. Our Congolese friends are incredible facilitators, managers and human beings with a big heart. We learned so much from them and through our reflections... today we bring back a few big diamonds -all the lessons we learned- from the Congo.</span></span></span></span></p>
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<p><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Overall, we learned that the strength of the Community Life Competence Process is that it helps communities and people to plan. When we ask the facilitators to tell a story of change, several of them told us: "With this approach, I learned how to plan or plan better."</span></span></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"><span><a href="http://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/NgabalaEric"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Eric</span></a> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">used it to better plan his exams,</span> <a href="http://aidscompetence.ning.com/xn/detail/u_0rnhtvp7bc1v6?xg_source=profiles_memberList"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Toussaint</span></a> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">plans his monthly family expenses and daily meals and many other now have an agenda.</span></span></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We also saw how the NGO 'Caps' used the process to plan its yearly activities. Emilia, the president shared afterwards that "this is the first time we plan in a structural way with the involvement of everyone."</span></span></span></p>
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<p><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">An association in Yolo that had made its action plan told us, "We put our action plan on the wall in the office. When the Global Fund came to visit our office last week, they were so impressed by our prioritization and plan and couldn't stop looking at it. The whole discussion was about our plan and they wanted to know more about the approach"</span></span></span></p>
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<p><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"><span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Lessons learned on facilitation</span></b></span></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"><span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br/></span></b></span></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1.</span></span></span> <span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">40%</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: this is the estimated percentage of people attending a workshop that really take it on afterwards in their own context.</span></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We learned that if you make SALT visits together with potential organisations even before the process starts, you will be able to identify those organisations that really work with communities. You will also be able to see who is a natural facilitator. You then make sure to have the right people in the room.</span></span></p>
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<p><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2.</span></span></span> <span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">AAR</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: Discuss question 1 of the AAR (What was supposed to happen?)</span> <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">before</span></i> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">each visit</span></span></p>
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<p><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">3.</span></span></span> <span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Self-assessment</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: Don’t explain the levels in the beginning of the self-assessment. Ask one specific question per practice that elicits the discussion. After that discussion, introduce the levels. ex: For inclusion, you can ask "What will you do if your neighbor has HIV?" Eric shared</span> <a href="http://aidscompetence.ning.com/profiles/blogs/cest-la-premiere-fois-que"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">more examples here</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">.</span></span></p>
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<p><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">4.</span></span></span> <span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Facilitating a</span></b> <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">learning event</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">. Start day 1 with: What approaches and techniques do you use already? What works and what not? Have a deeper reflection on this as it will often set the tone for SALT and ACP.</span></span></p>
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<p><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">5.</span></span></span> <span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Action planning</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: instead of planning everything together, make small groups that plan one practice, then share plans in plenary and agree.</span></span></p>
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<p><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">6.</span></span></span> <span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Indicators of impact</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">: After the community chose its priorities and target levels, discuss the indicators of that target level. ex: your target for 'inclusion' is from level 2 to level 4. How does level 4 look like? What are the indicators that you reached that level. So, discuss indicators before the action plan.</span></span></p>
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<p><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Lessons learned on team management</span></b></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br/></span></b></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">1.</span></span></span> <span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Membership fees</span></b> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">stimulates ownership by all members. RDCCompétence asks its members 5 dollar per month and expects a member to contribute at least 2 to 3 time per year. The fact that the members pay a fee stimulate their ownership of the team. It is like they invest in RDCCompétence and therefore they have something to say and they expect something in return.</span></span></p>
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<p><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">2.</span></span></span> <span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Call members</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">/ facilitators regularly to see how they are doing and not necessarily to ask them for something.</span></span></p>
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<p><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">3.</span></span></span> <span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Everyone is equal</span></b> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">in the SALT team, else transfer will not happen. ex: Eric and Junior facilitated a learning event with two less experienced facilitators. They put themselves at the same level and were not bossy with them. Eric and Junior were also doing more logistical tasks like preparing sticky tap and hanging up flipcharts etc. The two local facilitators were quite surprised by their attitude.</span></span></p>
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<p><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Thank you to the whole team for their warmth and friendship.</span></span></p>
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<p><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Laurence and Gaston</span></span></p>
<p><br/></p>From AIDS to Lifetag:aidscompetence.ning.com,2010-02-12:2028109:BlogPost:174822010-02-12T15:29:37.000ZLaurence Gilliothttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/LaurenceGilliot
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, sans-serif; border-collapse: collapse;"><i>(voir plus bas pour le français)…</i></span><br></br><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"></blockquote>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, sans-serif; border-collapse: collapse;"><i>(voir plus bas pour le français)</i></span><br/><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"></blockquote>
<font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><br/></span></font><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"></blockquote>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, sans-serif; border-collapse: collapse;">Dear friends,</span><br/><blockquote class="webkit-indent-blockquote" style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"></blockquote>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, sans-serif; border-collapse: collapse;">The Constellation is happy <span class="il" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204); background-xg-p: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">to</span> announce that we are transitioning from <span class="il" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204); background-xg-p: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">AIDS</span> Competence <span class="il" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204); background-xg-p: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">to</span> Community <span class="il" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204); background-xg-p: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Life</span> Competence.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, sans-serif; border-collapse: collapse;"><br/></span></div>
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, sans-serif; border-collapse: collapse;"><span class="il" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204); background-xg-p: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Aids</span> is part of <span class="il" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204); background-xg-p: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">life</span>. Here is how Marijo Vasquez from Barcelona in Spain sees the issue. <i>"When you explore a single issue very deeply, you realize it is only one expression of <span class="il" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204); background-xg-p: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">life</span>. That single issue is about <span class="il" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204); background-xg-p: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">life</span>, human relationships, feelings and how you are as a person."</i></span></div>
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<div>The Constellation facilitates a natural process, in which the strengths of people are central. This is true whether applied <span class="il" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204); background-xg-p: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">to</span> HIV, malaria, diabetes or reconciliation.</div>
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<div>And so we have come <span class="il" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204); background-xg-p: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">to</span> understand that we need <span class="il" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204); background-xg-p: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">to</span> build a bridge that links <span class="il" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204); background-xg-p: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">AIDS</span> Competence with Community <span class="il" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204); background-xg-p: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Life</span> Competence.</div>
<div>Visit our new website, which reflects our thinking: <a href="http://www.communitylifecompetence.org/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(42, 93, 176);">http://www.communitylifecompetence.org</a></div>
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<div>Please invite ten friends who might be interested <span class="il" style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204); background-xg-p: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">to</span> visit our new website!</div>
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<div>The Constellation Support Team</div>
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<div>Chers amis,</div>
<div><br/></div>
<div>La Constellation est heureuse d’annoncer la transition de la Compétence face au sida à la Compétence Communautaire pour la vie.</div>
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<div>Le sida est une source de souffrance. Pourtant notre expérience montre que quand des communautés ont répondu de manière efficace à un enjeu spécifique de la vie, les gens peuvent également faire face à d'autres enjeux. <i>"Le problème du VIH nous a forcé à nous organiser. Dorénavant nous avons confiance en notre capacité à gérer tout autre défi dans le futur,"</i> explique Khun Sumalee de Ban Pang Lao en Thaïlande.</div>
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<div>Le sida fait parti de la vie. Voici ce que Marijo Vasquez de Barcelone en Espagne dit: <i>"Quand vous explorez un seul enjeu vraiment en profondeur, vous réalisez que cet enjeu n'est qu'une expression de la vie. Cet enjeu est lié à la vie, les relations humaines, les sentiments et comment vous êtes en tant que personne."</i></div>
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<div>La Constellation facilite un processus naturel qui met les forces des gens au centre, qu'il soit appliqué au VIH, la malaria, le diabète ou la réconciliation.</div>
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<div>Et donc nous comprenons aujourd'hui que nous devons établir un lien entre la Compétence face au sida et la Compétence Communautaire pour la vie.</div>
<div>Visitez notre nouveau site, qui reflète notre réflexion : <a href="http://www.communitylifecompetence.org/fr/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(42, 93, 176);">http://www.communitylifecompetence.org/fr/</a>.</div>
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<div>Invitez ensuite dix amis qui pourraient être intéressés à visiter notre nouveau site!</div>
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<div>L'Equipe de Soutien de la Constellation</div>Community is... coming together for mutual support of love and lifetag:aidscompetence.ning.com,2009-12-07:2028109:BlogPost:156932009-12-07T04:00:00.000ZLaurence Gilliothttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/LaurenceGilliot
Dear friends,<br />
<br />
This weekend I participated in an acroyoga workshop on the theme 'Building our community'. Besides hanging upside down and doing crazy things together, we reflected on the meaning of community.<br />
<p style="text-align: left;"><img alt="" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540675679?profile=original"></img></p>
I wanted to share this with you because the definitions people gave touched me.<br />
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"Community is...<br />
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... people that you share a space and time with in acceptance and support.<br />
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... all the layers coming together for mutual support.<br />
<br />
... a…
Dear friends,<br />
<br />
This weekend I participated in an acroyoga workshop on the theme 'Building our community'. Besides hanging upside down and doing crazy things together, we reflected on the meaning of community.<br />
<p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2540675679?profile=original" alt=""/></p>
I wanted to share this with you because the definitions people gave touched me.<br />
<br />
"Community is...<br />
<br />
... people that you share a space and time with in acceptance and support.<br />
<br />
... all the layers coming together for mutual support.<br />
<br />
... a collection of individual minds and souls that are united by common beliefs and values, who give each other respect, love and a sense of belonging.<br />
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... coming together for mutual support of love and life.<br />
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... the support that arises from the acceptance of connected souls.<br />
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... the connectedness of like minds and hearts drawn together by the source within us all.<br />
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... the soil and nutriment of the practice.<br />
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... a living synergistic collective that lovingly supports and inspires.<br />
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... a gathering of people lovingly supporting each other, giving laughter, strength and inspiration, working towards a common goal.<br />
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... a shared home -no need for small talk- it is flowing with giving, receiving and trust.<br />
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... connection, care and commitment."<br />
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I am blessed with a amazing community of friends here in Chiang Mai. They are like family to me. We are a community because...<br />
We share the same interests (mindfulness through yoga, meditation, etc.),<br />
we speak the same language (language of the heart)<br />
we care for each other and we help each other to blossom into our highest potential.<br />
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What is community for you?<br />
<br />
Laurence<br />
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<i>(The picture was taken by <a href="http://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/AzrielCohen">Azriel Cohen</a>.)</i>Living Buddha, Living Christ... through SALTtag:aidscompetence.ning.com,2009-11-05:2028109:BlogPost:151642009-11-05T06:53:20.000ZLaurence Gilliothttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/LaurenceGilliot
Two weeks ago we had lunch with Khun Praseut or ‘Deeng’ -his nick-name. Deeng is from Thailand and he coordinates the Interfaith Network of Thailand. We explored with him why he became a Christian growing up in a Buddhist country. I listened attentively because I made a similar journey, growing up as a Christian but practicing Buddhism in my daily life.<br />
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Deeng started: “Actually, my father is a Buddhist and my mother is a Christian, so I was brought up with both religions. For me all religions…
Two weeks ago we had lunch with Khun Praseut or ‘Deeng’ -his nick-name. Deeng is from Thailand and he coordinates the Interfaith Network of Thailand. We explored with him why he became a Christian growing up in a Buddhist country. I listened attentively because I made a similar journey, growing up as a Christian but practicing Buddhism in my daily life.<br />
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Deeng started: “Actually, my father is a Buddhist and my mother is a Christian, so I was brought up with both religions. For me all religions are meant to make us better human beings. So, it doesn’t matter which religion you choose as long as you can live it and integrate it into your own life.<br />
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I feel that God is always with me, wherever I go, whatever I do. I am never alone. When I thought I was going to die, God was with me and that gave me a lot of strength. What Buddhism teaches is to stand on your own feet, to take care of yourself. When I faced this tough situation I realized that there are moments where you may not be able to take care of yourself. In these moments people need support.<br />
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As a Christian I also feel that I have value even after I die. Some of my friends with HIV committed suicide because they didn’t feel of any value for society and did not value life.<br />
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When God is with me I think, speak and act with him in mind. That inspires me to do good for others.<br />
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For me SALT is the same. You can integrate this way-of-thinking and working into your own life. It helps you to be a better person. I am currently coordinating the Interfaith Network of Thailand. Buddhist, Christian and Muslim friends who are part of the network explore how SALT is related to the different scriptures and teachings. SALT is common to all religions. I want to write a book about how SALT helps us to build a bridge between religions.”<br />
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I listened for commonalities between Deeng’s words and my own experience. I feel that some questions or issues are common to all of us. The following is my own interpretation and what I learned:<br />
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<b>1. Inter-being and the sense of COMMUNITY</b><br />
I heard <a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_stroke_of_insight.html" target="_blank">Jill Bolte Taylor</a> say in one of her speeches: “There is an area in our brain, the size of a peanut, that tells us that we are separate from the rest of the world, a separate entity.” In reality we are not. But because of that peanut, we do not realize that we are all connected to each other. Because of that peanut, we feel lonely and disconnected.<br />
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The presence of God can help us to feel connected to a bigger entity. In Buddhism, we call this ‘inter-being’ or ‘non-self’. When we look deeply at a flower, we see it exists because of all the non-flower elements: the sun, the rain, the gardener, etc. In the same way, I am because you are.<br />
Both spiritual paths lead us to bigger sense of community where we reconnect to our common humanity.<br />
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<b>2. The fear of death transformed into HOPE</b><br />
Most of us experience fear of death at some point in time in our life.*<br />
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When you believe in God, you believe that you will have value after you die and this gives you hope. Thich Nhat Hahn ** also says: “Some people believe that when we are born we go from nothing to something and that when we die we go from something to nothing. This is absurd.” When we die we change manifestation or form but we do not disappear. We continue to live through our thoughts, words, speech carried by our children and beloved ones. This gives us hope as well and inspires us to do good.<br />
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<b>3. The energy of mindfullness leads to LOVE IN ACTION</b><br />
When God is with us, it inspires us to do good. We are moved by the energy of love and compassion. The energy of mindfulness produces the same effect. We are mindful of ourselves and others and know how to bring happiness with our words and actions. For me, this is LOVE in action, as Ian Campbell mentioned in June at the Board meeting.<br />
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I chose the title 'Living Buddha, Living Christ... through SALT' because I see that SALT is a practical way to awaken or keep alive the Buddha, the Christ or the Prophet within us.<br />
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<i>* Research actually shows this is the number one fear of people. Number two is speaking in public :-)<br />
* Living Buddha, Living Christ, Thich Nhat Hahn, Riverhead books, The Berkley Publishing Group, Sept 1995</i>.True dialogue for transformation and peacetag:aidscompetence.ning.com,2009-07-21:2028109:BlogPost:131652009-07-21T15:21:01.000ZLaurence Gilliothttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/LaurenceGilliot
I was truly touched by the book of Thich Nhat Hanh <i>Living Buddha, living Christ</i>, in which he brilliantly shows the parallels between the life of Jesus and the life of the Buddha. I was inspired because many of the things he writes make me think <i>Aha! This is exactly what the Community Life Competence Process is about</i>...<br />
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I was particularly struck by this paragraph:<br />
"In a true dialogue, both sides are willing to change. We have to appreciate…
I was truly touched by the book of Thich Nhat Hanh <i>Living Buddha, living Christ</i>, in which he brilliantly shows the parallels between the life of Jesus and the life of the Buddha. I was inspired because many of the things he writes make me think <i>Aha! This is exactly what the Community Life Competence Process is about</i>...<br />
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I was particularly struck by this paragraph:<br />
"In a true dialogue, both sides are willing to change. We have to appreciate that truth can be received from outside of -not only within- our own group. If we do not believe that, entering into dialogue would be a waste of time. If we think we monopolize the truth and we still organize a dialogue, it is not authentic. We have to believe that by engaging in dialogue with the other person, we have the possibility of making a change within ourselves, that we can become deeper. Dialogue is not a means for assimilation in the sense that one side expands and incorporates the other into its "self". Dialogue must be practiced on the basis of "non-self". We have to allow what is good, beautiful and meaningful in the other's tradition to transform us.<br />
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This rings a bell, right? When we do a SALT visit, we try to be open. We are eager to learn and be transformed through the experience. T of Transform. Sometimes we don't know right away that we have been transformed during a visit. Like last week, when we visited the Ruhuha community near Kigali. We were 'one' with them. We danced and sang together. We hugged each other like close friends. At the end of the visit, Phil said: "I have received a beautiful gift."<br />
We can't always explain what is different, what is transformed. But sometimes it is just our heart that is a little more open... soft... :-)<br />
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And Thich Nhat Hanh goes on: "But the most basic principle of interfaith dialogue is that the dialogue must begin, first of all, within oneself. Our capacity to make peace with another person and with the world depends very much on our capacity to make peace with ourselves. If we are at war with our parents, our family, our society, or our church, there is probably a war going on inside us also, so the most basic work for peace is to return to ourselves and create harmony among the elements within us -our feelings, our perceptions and our mental states."<br />
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We, as human beings, facilitators, maybe development workers, we have to start with ourself. Appreciate our own strengths and qualities. When we can appreciate who we are, we are at peace and we can let go of the 'control' we want over other people's life. We always want to help because it makes us feel good and important. But we have to be careful not to take away the ownership of people over their own life issues.<br />
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Miriam is a sex worker selling her services at the truckers stop of Kigali. She told us last week: “What should I do? I keep telling my clients that I’m HIV positive but they still want to have sex without a condom.” It is difficult to resist 'fixing' or judge her situation. But we have to trust that she can solve her own problems. We have to accept that we can only facilitate the discussion between girls like her and the truckers...<br />
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Have a wonderful day!<br />
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Laurence<br />
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<i>The picture is a calligraphy of Thich Nhat Hanh</i>Tambour, dance et sourire: l'explosion congolaise d'énergietag:aidscompetence.ning.com,2009-07-11:2028109:BlogPost:129742009-07-11T15:00:00.000ZLaurence Gilliothttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/LaurenceGilliot
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Dimanche dernier vers midi, Gaston, <a href="http://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/MimiGerniers" target="_blank">Mimi</a> et moi sommes arrivés dans la petite cour du centre 'PECS' (Projet d'Entraide pour la Chaîne de Solidarité) pour les enfants de la rue. Les garçons étaient excités et courraient dans tous les sens, jouaient au foot, lavaient leurs vêtements et se battaient gentiment, comme des jeunes garçons peuvent le faire.<br />
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La plupart d'entre eux…
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Dimanche dernier vers midi, Gaston, <a href="http://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/MimiGerniers" target="_blank">Mimi</a> et moi sommes arrivés dans la petite cour du centre 'PECS' (Projet d'Entraide pour la Chaîne de Solidarité) pour les enfants de la rue. Les garçons étaient excités et courraient dans tous les sens, jouaient au foot, lavaient leurs vêtements et se battaient gentiment, comme des jeunes garçons peuvent le faire.<br />
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La plupart d'entre eux vivent une vie dure dans les rues de Kinshasa. Certains d'entres-eux prennent de la drogue, la plupart ont faim. Mais le dimanche, ils viennent tous au centre PECS pour prendre un repas, se reposer, se laver... ils redeviennent des enfants. Les plus chanceux (28 d'entres-eux) peuvent vivre dans le centre et ont l'occasion de poursuivre leurs études grâce à des bourses.<br />
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Malgré cette dure réalité, nous sommes incroyablement surpris par leurs forces. Aussitôt que nous entrons dans le centre, ils ont commencé à jouer du jumbé et à danser, spontanément mais en une chorégraphie bien arrangée! Ils ont déjà dansé devant la femme du président et à la TV en costumes traditionnels.<br />
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Avec d'incroyables sourires (blancs brillants et radieux), le rythme des tambours traversent leur corps. Une réelle explosion d'énergie! Pendant quelques minutes ils sont frères, ils sont joyeux et heureux... Nous dansons également (surtout Gaston qui dance du 'break-dance') avec eux. Le rythme est vraiment un langage universel quand on peut se mettre sur la même fréquence que les autres.<br />
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Pendant les 10 jours passés en RD-Congo, j'ai beaucoup appris des Congolais. Ils sont joyeux et ont beaucoup d'énergie. Quand cette énergie est canalisée vers des activités 'constructives', des choses incroyables se passent.<br />
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Les équipes SALT à Yolo et à Kinbanseke ont stimulé des grands changements dans leur communauté. Par exemple à Yolo où l'approche de la Compétence face au SIDA à été introduite vers la mi-2006, les dépistages ont augmenté de 621 en 2006 à 1300 en 2007! Kinbanseke travaille beaucoup avec les personnes en situation d'handicap -surtout des aveugles- pour les stimuler à répondre au VIH et à accéder de l'information et des préservatifs. Quand nous avons rencontré le Dr. Fidèle Benda le dernier jour, il a dit: "L'approche a bouleversé ma vie..."<br />
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Merci à <a href="http://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/MimiGerniers" target="_blank">Mimi</a> d'être une force motrice de PECS, merci à RDCCompétence d'inspirer des équipes dans tout le pays et dans le monde!<br />
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Visit à Yolo avec une association de PVVDrum, dance and smile: the Congolese explosion of energytag:aidscompetence.ning.com,2009-07-11:2028109:BlogPost:129712009-07-11T14:30:00.000ZLaurence Gilliothttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/LaurenceGilliot
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Last Sunday around noon, Gaston, <a href="http://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/MimiGerniers" target="_blank">Mimi</a> and I stepped into the little yard of 'PECS' center (Projet d'Entraide pour la Chaîne de Solidarité) for street children. The boys were excitingly running around, playing football, washing their clothes and gently fighting as young boys do.<br />
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Most of them live a hard life in the streets of Kinshasa. Some of them take drugs, most of…
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Last Sunday around noon, Gaston, <a href="http://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/MimiGerniers" target="_blank">Mimi</a> and I stepped into the little yard of 'PECS' center (Projet d'Entraide pour la Chaîne de Solidarité) for street children. The boys were excitingly running around, playing football, washing their clothes and gently fighting as young boys do.<br />
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Most of them live a hard life in the streets of Kinshasa. Some of them take drugs, most of them are hungry. But on Sunday, they all come to PECS center to have a meal, to rest, to wash themselves... they become children again. The lucky ones (28 of them) can actually live in the center and get sponsorships to continue their studies.<br />
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Despite this hard reality, we were incredible surprised by their strengths. As soon as we came in, they started playing the drum and dancing in a spontaneous but well arranged choreography! They already performed in front of the president's wife and on TV in traditional costumes.<br />
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With incredible smiles (white bright and radiant), the rhythm of the drums moves through their bodies. A real explosion of energy! For a few minutes they are just brothers, they are joyful and happy... We also dance (especially Gaston who does break-dance) with them. Rhythm is really a universal language when you can tune yourself to the rhythm of others.<br />
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During the 10 days I spend in DR-Congo, I learned a lot from Congolese people. They are joyful and have a lot of energy. When this energy is channeled to 'constructive' activities, amazing things happen.<br />
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The SALT teams in Yolo and Kinbanseke have stimulated big changes in their own communities. For example in Yolo where the AIDS Competence Process was introduced mid-2006, testing went up from 621 people tested in 2006 to 1.300 tested in 2007! Kinbanseke works a lot with disabled people -especially blind- to stimulate them to respond to HIV and access information and condoms. When we saw Dr. Fidèle Benda on the last day he said: "This approach really changed my life..."<br />
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Thanks to <a href="http://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/MimiGerniers" target="_blank">Mimi</a> for being a driving force of PECS, thanks to RDCCompetence for inspiring teams in the whole country and in the world!<br />
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Visit at Yolo with an association of People Living with HIV.Acknowledgement and recognition: HIV is our problem!tag:aidscompetence.ning.com,2009-06-01:2028109:BlogPost:118802009-06-01T10:30:00.000ZLaurence Gilliothttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/LaurenceGilliot
Dear friends,<br />
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We all have something to share, we all have something to learn. The most valuable knowledge is not somewhere in books on shelves but it is in our heads. It is in the heads of millions of communities who respond, every day, to the issue of HIV.<br />
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We invite all of you to participate in this first global ‘knowledge asset’ building on Ning: the collection of our joint knowledge on the ten practices of AIDS Competence, based on our experiences.<br />
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We propose to work together first on the…
Dear friends,<br />
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We all have something to share, we all have something to learn. The most valuable knowledge is not somewhere in books on shelves but it is in our heads. It is in the heads of millions of communities who respond, every day, to the issue of HIV.<br />
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We invite all of you to participate in this first global ‘knowledge asset’ building on Ning: the collection of our joint knowledge on the ten practices of AIDS Competence, based on our experiences.<br />
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We propose to work together first on the practice ‘Acknowledgement and recognition’. <a href="http://aidscompetence.ning.com/forum/topics/practice-1-acknowledgement">Click here to read a description of the practice.</a><br />
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A group of representatives of Asian countries and Mali has built a knowledge asset on ‘acknowledgement’ during the Knowledge Fair in Chiang Mai, Thailand (Feb 2009). We propose to take their work as an inspiration to start with. <a href="http://aidscompetence.ning.com/page/acknowledgement-and">Click here to see the knowledge asset</a> on Acknowledgement from the ‘Chiang Mai group’.<br />
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In <a href="http://aidscompetence.ning.com/forum/topics/practice-1-acknowledgement">the forum</a>, we will take three steps towards a global knowledge asset on Acknowledgement:<br />
1. We define a common vision of success in terms of acknowledgement and recognition (level 5).<br />
2. We share our experience in addressing acknowledgement and recognition of HIV as an issue that concerns us, our community<br />
3. We discuss and define the common principles emerging from our individual experiences<br />
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Therefore, as a first step, we now invite you to <a href="http://aidscompetence.ning.com/forum/topics/practice-1-acknowledgement">share with friends on the forum</a>: what is success in terms of acknowledgement and recognition of HIV? What is you personal dream? What is the ‘dream’ situation for our community in our context? What will an AIDS Competent community have in place in terms of acknowledgement and recognition?<br />
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Timeline:<br />
- 1-7 June: Developing a common dream<br />
- 8-14 June: Sharing our experiences in the forum<br />
- 15-28 June: Start identifying common principles<br />
- 15th July: post revised Knowledge Asset<br />
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We are excited at the prospect of learning together and are looking forward to receiving your contribution on the <a href="http://aidscompetence.ning.com/forum/topics/practice-1-acknowledgement">forum</a>.<br />
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<a href="http://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/LaurenceGilliot">Laurence</a> and <a href="http://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/GeoffParcell">Geoff</a><br />
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<i>*to participate in this discussion, just <a href="http://aidscompetence.ning.com/forum/topics/practice-1-acknowledgement">leave your comments on the forum discussion about acknowledgment.</a><br />
</i>thank you, merci, dank je, salamat, gracias: the art of gratitudetag:aidscompetence.ning.com,2009-04-09:2028109:BlogPost:101122009-04-09T11:48:44.000ZLaurence Gilliothttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/LaurenceGilliot
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How do we say ‘thank you’ in a profound way? A way that connects us on a deeper level, by which we can learn and improve ourselves. I saw an inspiring lecture of Marchall Rosenberg, the founder of ‘<a href="http://www.cnvc.org/">Non Violent Communication’</a>, were he explained the key to express our gratitude. We can also use these steps to express what we appreciate in communities we visit.<br />
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Marchall explained that at one of his workshops, a woman…
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How do we say ‘thank you’ in a profound way? A way that connects us on a deeper level, by which we can learn and improve ourselves. I saw an inspiring lecture of Marchall Rosenberg, the founder of ‘<a href="http://www.cnvc.org/">Non Violent Communication’</a>, were he explained the key to express our gratitude. We can also use these steps to express what we appreciate in communities we visit.<br />
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Marchall explained that at one of his workshops, a woman came to see him and said: “Marchall, you are brilliant!”<br />
Marchall looked surprised and said: “Thank you for saying that, but what did I do?<br />
She said: “Mmm… well, you gave me specific communication tools and I liked what you said there and there,” giving a few examples.<br />
“How do you feel now that you have learned this?” he asked. She said: “I feel hopeful and relieved.”<br />
“What need of yours is being met?” She said: “I have a need to connect with my daughter and I failed to do this for a long time.”<br />
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In this simple example, Marchall shows us in 3 steps how we can move from a superficial “You are brilliant” to a deeper response that answers facts, feelings and needs.<br />
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Step 1: Express what the person did that you appreciate (and be specific)<br />
Step 2: Express your feelings<br />
Step 3: Which need in your own life is being met through the actions of this person?<br />
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This technique resonated with me because it is so simple and it comes from the heart. I always strive for deeper connections. Our words can create heaven or hell. We often underestimate the power of our words –whether we talk to others or ourselves-. Through step 2 and 3, we express how it applies in our own life (yes yes Transfer).<br />
Maybe we can try it out on Ning when we express our gratitude :) ?<br />
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I tried it out with my yoga teacher at the end of the class. It was wonderful :) Try it out for yourself...<br />
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LaurenceFamily reunion in Chiang Mai: I met my brothers, sisters, nieces, oncles and auntiestag:aidscompetence.ning.com,2009-02-08:2028109:BlogPost:75152009-02-08T15:01:51.000ZLaurence Gilliothttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/LaurenceGilliot
I just realized that I had family members all over Asia: Cambodia, Indonesia, India, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Thailand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, etc. The International Knowledge Fair in Chiang Mai felt like a family reunion...<br />
It is so special to be in a room with 76 people who all share the same values... I felt safe, appreciated, stimulated.<br />
We all felt that "yes! I'm not alone... believing in people's capacity to solve their own problems."<br />
We also felt the connection with the rest of the…
I just realized that I had family members all over Asia: Cambodia, Indonesia, India, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Thailand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, etc. The International Knowledge Fair in Chiang Mai felt like a family reunion...<br />
It is so special to be in a room with 76 people who all share the same values... I felt safe, appreciated, stimulated.<br />
We all felt that "yes! I'm not alone... believing in people's capacity to solve their own problems."<br />
We also felt the connection with the rest of the world. Friends who could not be there, teams of passionated facilitators from Africa...<br />
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On the last day, we had a moment of reflexion.<br />
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"I was at risk when I was a child. I wanted people to care for me. Not because I was at risk but because I'm human. Let us care for each other because we are human. Not because this or that group has the label "at risk"."<br />
<i>John Pierre, Philippines</i><br />
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"The AIDS Competence Process is from the heart, it flows from the heart. The basic core is the heart."<br />
<i>Mai, India</i><br />
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"If only all the strengths from the stories we shared could come true in my community."<br />
<i>Albert, Philippines</i><br />
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"I'm very impressed to meet young people. They are young but have a lot of experience. This inspires me to implement HIV in West-Kalimantan."<br />
<i>a participant from Indonesia</i><br />
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"Yesterday was a day of deeper reflection. We went deep into discussing vulnerabilities. What touched me is the passion that people have. I have to keep this passion in my heart and carry it with me."<br />
<i>Prabakar, India</i><br />
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I was so impressed by the way Prabakar and Ohm explained the AIDS Competence Process, with passion and personal experience...<br />
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Prabakar explained: "Since I am young people told me: Prabakar, you are not good in writing and you should work on it. Then, I worked hard to try to improve it but still people would tell me that it was not good enough... So I stopped writing.<br />
When I met Rituu at one of the ADB learning events, she got very interested in what I was sharing in the group. So, she told me: "Prabakar, you need to write down what you are explaining." But I told her: "You know, Rituu, I'm not good in writing, I cannot do it." She sat down next to me with her computer and she said: "I'm sure you can do it, Prabakar!" She asked me to just say what she needed to write (because I'm fortunate to be a good speaker). Then, she asked me to repeat paragraphs in 5 sentences... I managed little by little to formulate a written text...Since then, I keep on writing.<br />
Rituu could really show me my own strengths and encourage me to start from there..."<br />
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Now that the Knowledge Fair is over, the family connections have to stay alive. We hope that all friends will be able to connect and continue to share through this platform. How do you all feel now that you are back? What did you think about the event after a few nights of reflection?<br />
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Kiss to all of you...<br />
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LaurenceRéaction fortes de jeunes congolais suite au film Papytag:aidscompetence.ning.com,2008-04-10:2028109:BlogPost:6012008-04-10T10:00:00.000ZLaurence Gilliothttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/LaurenceGilliot
Voici un message de Aude, membre de l'équipe belge de facilitation. Je voulais le partager avec vous...<br />
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"Superbe réunion hier pour la prépa d'African Days avec le visionnage du film Papy. Discussions et échanges très forts et prenants surtout avec des jeunes congolais de l'association "culture et sport".<br />
Réactions très fortes (révoltes face au film concernant les images vues de pauvreté, famine,... tristesse et mal à cause du film qui les blessent par rapport à leur pays, leurs familles et…
Voici un message de Aude, membre de l'équipe belge de facilitation. Je voulais le partager avec vous...<br />
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"Superbe réunion hier pour la prépa d'African Days avec le visionnage du film Papy. Discussions et échanges très forts et prenants surtout avec des jeunes congolais de l'association "culture et sport".<br />
Réactions très fortes (révoltes face au film concernant les images vues de pauvreté, famine,... tristesse et mal à cause du film qui les blessent par rapport à leur pays, leurs familles et proches qui sont encore au pays) et puis très prenants car en même temps tout tourne autour du congo et difficile de faire revenir à ce qui se passe en Belgique et qui est la même chose. Il y a certainement beaucoup à faire pour que la population en belgique ne pense pas qu'au Congo et aux gens là bas mais aussi à eux ici, personnes aussi vulnérables pour le Sida.<br />
Waouw ! je te jure, superbe, ça promet d'être chaud lors de l'african Days.<br />
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Et puis j'espère que nous pourrons rencontrer cette association "culture et sport", afin d'apprendre d'eux et d'aller faire une visite SALT chez eux. j'essayerai de voir pour lancer cela. D'autant que leur slogan fait référence exactement à notre idéologie et mouvement.<br />
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Eheh, je m'emballe, tellement c'était super.<br />
Bises<br />
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AudeSALT visit with teenagers with a physical handicap in Brusselstag:aidscompetence.ning.com,2008-03-13:2028109:BlogPost:612008-03-13T08:30:00.000ZLaurence Gilliothttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/LaurenceGilliot
I'm getting ready to participate in a SALT visit this morning. It is the third time we visit the Schaller school with teenagers with a physical handicap.<br />
This time it is quite special because we go with a friend of Mimi who is paralyzed. BUT he's a lawyer and he grew up in Congo! Mimi always says that when you talk to him for 5 min, you forget his handicap...<br />
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We'll talk about their common dream and make some drawings. I'll post some pictures!<br />
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Have a great day!
I'm getting ready to participate in a SALT visit this morning. It is the third time we visit the Schaller school with teenagers with a physical handicap.<br />
This time it is quite special because we go with a friend of Mimi who is paralyzed. BUT he's a lawyer and he grew up in Congo! Mimi always says that when you talk to him for 5 min, you forget his handicap...<br />
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We'll talk about their common dream and make some drawings. I'll post some pictures!<br />
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Have a great day!