Dear All,
The Indian capital of New Delhi and many places in the north of our country are having a chilly(by our standards) winter at this time.The same may hinder the process of reduction in the severity of the problem looming large in our part of the world also.
The problem of H1N1 is continuing unabated and we need to reaffirm our faith by revisitng the issues of community systems strengthening(CSS) besides the much needed health systems strengthening(HSS) in our part…
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Added by Dr Rajesh Gopal on December 21, 2009 at 10:00am —
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Last week I was visited by NGO namely RESIC in which I become one of its' advisor. We plan to have garbage project at my residence site. They were six members of RESIC. Three young lecturers (F) and others were students of them (2F and 1 M). Lecturers dominated discussion and the rest and me silently listened. Finally they asked me to speak. I thougth its my show time. I asked Lina, a student, to think about Ai's strentghs, another student. Others were look at me, and asked me why did I do so.…
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Added by wiwin winarni on December 21, 2009 at 8:37am —
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I just received phone from Siti Aminah, a midwives, at Manonjaya Tasikmalaya. All of us ar inspired by support team particularly JL's story about his wife's support to his jobs. Siti Aminah learned and experienced that her husband sacrifices and more supportive to her activities and jobs after she appreciate her husband's opinion, responces and attituted towards her. Initially her husband was sometimes oponents but then she found thta he is trully her partner's of her life...
Added by wiwin winarni on December 15, 2009 at 9:09am —
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When I decided to join the Constellation Team, SALT principles were the key for my passionate attraction. I even thought that it was the only thing that was making this team functioning. One might question why that was so evident comparatively to the other set of marvelous activities that the ACP team develops. And that is right, I also question the same. I never understand why, I only know that it is so impressing to the stage that once you start you get so involved and don’t even think of…
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Added by Joao Arnaldo Vembane on December 14, 2009 at 1:07pm —
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It's really make my life easier, to know that baby sitter of my 16 months son is salted. When I joined 1st Indocompetence Knowledge Fair at Jogjakarta - Indonesia (22-25 Nov 2009) all participant were assigned to do SALT Visit. I brought my baby and his sitter to Jogjakarta. The baby was fever. It's impossible to leave him alone at hotel with the sitter.
Than the story began. I thought that I have to conduct SALT visit to her at hotel room instead of other.
I started asking her…
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Added by wiwin winarni on December 13, 2009 at 4:00pm —
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To have JL with us at Manonjaya sub district at West Java Indonesia is one of wonderfull learning for me.
We did self assessment. We were all up set since it was very difficult to see whether community we talked about know and care about adolescent reproductive health (ARH). We reviewed our plan of actions. We did all but how could we assess our progress....SILENT, and I discussed with JL and other visiting facilitators.
OALAA...no need to asses others. No need to see whether…
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Added by wiwin winarni on December 13, 2009 at 3:53pm —
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It was began at June 2009 when indocompetence members and UNFPA conduted SALT visit to Manonjaya sub district at west java province of Indonesia. The uniqueness of SALT as approach emerging from the way we introduced one and another. No need to introduce me as a center of group but how I concern to other member;s features. I was surprises thta my neighbour partner appreciate me so by introducing me as if I was a hero. That's great and cool!!
I was motivated to entertain my self to…
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Added by wiwin winarni on December 13, 2009 at 3:41pm —
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Just want to share a small piece which I wrote on this WAD.
on 30th of November just before one day of WAD 2009, I mate one of my advisor and we discuss on lots of issues from INP+ to larger role of PLHIV in over all development and also what action I can take I was very positive and started thinking with bigger frame of mind. When I started back home from his office, I got a call from "Economic Times" journalist, he asked me one question as he want to put some article on WAD. "What is the…
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Added by MANOJ PARDESHI on December 7, 2009 at 4:56pm —
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Today, 7 December 2009, is a grey and rainy day in my part of the world. And the day risks to go by without further mentioning. But it is not that we have no reason to celebrate. Exactly 5 years ago on a day that was exactly as grey as today, eleven people came together in a dark meeting room just outside Geneva. They lightened up that day with a vision of a Constellation of connected stars supporting each other in becoming AIDS Competent. They made that vision concrete with the foundation of…
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Added by Marlou on December 7, 2009 at 3:00pm —
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Many Countries have been involved in responding to HIV/AIDS many years ago and most financial resources within countries are being used to figth HIV/AIDS and reduce its impact; Many NGO's have been developed and been spending resources to figth the epidemic around the word that is resulting in deths, and dark picture for many countries including Mozambique.
The questions is if the word is involded and countries resoucers are being used to figth this war why is HIV/AIDS still a big…
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Added by Virgilio Suande on December 7, 2009 at 10:49am —
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Message from LeaderNet on the World AIDS Day
Dear LeaderNauts,
In commemoration of World AIDS day, the LeaderNet team would like to honor all of our members who are currently working in HIV/AIDS. From Afghanistan to Cambodia, Ethiopia to Swaziland, Guatemala to Peru, Australia, France, and the United States, there are over 750 LeaderNauts from 72 countries and 6 continents working to improve management, leadership, and governance in HIV/AIDS…
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Added by Dr Rajesh Gopal on December 7, 2009 at 9:41am —
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Dear friends,
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.
I wanted to share this with you because the definitions people gave touched me.
"Community is...
... people that you share a space and time with in acceptance and support.
... all the layers coming…
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Added by Laurence Gilliot on December 7, 2009 at 5:00am —
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I came across
this story today. I found it fascinating to listen to. For me it emphasises the importance of us collecting more than one experience for each Principle for Action that we are collecting as Knowledge Assets about the response to HIV and AIDS. We are quick to make assumptions from a single experience. It is better if we get other perspectives from different settings…
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Added by Geoff Parcell on December 3, 2009 at 11:48am —
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Last month (Nov09), we had a good chance to welcome people from 2 countries to experience
“ SALT ” through our
SALT Visit Programmes in Chiang Mai Province, Thailand (2days programme). The first group of participants came from Myanmar with 10 people from
"Burnet Institute, Myanmar" and
"CARE International, Myanmar" plus another 2 people from the organisation who works in the border area between Thailand and Myanmar,
"SMRU (Shoklo Malaria Research… Continue
Added by Lawan Vejapikul on December 1, 2009 at 7:30pm —
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(This is a story from Joan Hoxsey on Life competence. She is the Managing Partner of AIC, a global consulting organization dedicated to lifting up Appreciative Inquiry across the world. She is based in Ohio, US. Thanks Joan for sharing this beautiful, inspiring experience. The story reflects my favourite quote- "I can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses. It's all how you look at it." ~ J. Kenfield Morley)
Joan- We have been…
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Added by Rituu B. Nanda on November 29, 2009 at 6:30pm —
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SALT visit to Molvom village
Molvom village is known as Indian Pineapple village which is nearly 30km from Dimapur in Nagaland. ACP facilitators’ team was invited by Mr Haolai for a SALT visit to his village on 5th Nov 2009. The team was given a warm welcome when they reached at 7pm.
Immediately after arrival, an announcement was made through the public address system and men, women and youth gathered even though they had just arrived from the farm.
The team members…
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Added by Bheri M R on November 26, 2009 at 1:00am —
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During the first evening of Indonesia Knowledge Fair we all went to SALT visit in small groups. This was not organized as we decided to practice the SALT with the people we would meet. We are now clear in our minds that SALT is not a visit but a way of life
SALT is appreciating our lives:
“I found a new way to know my child” - Exkuwin, Jakarta
“For the first time I asked my baby sitter about her life” - Wiwin,…
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Added by rebeka sultana on November 25, 2009 at 10:30am —
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We were at Manonjaya, West Java last week, together with JL, Rebeka, Lulu, Mustain (friend from Singkawang, West Kalimantan) and I. Jl has shared about this subdistrict and how beautiful a view at the side along the way.
At the second day, I facilitated the session of reflection. I proposed the question for all of us: when you woke up this morning, what did you think of? Well, this was actually an easy question. So I just said this question to audience. Some of participants gave an…
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Added by chandra nurhasz on November 23, 2009 at 5:56pm —
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Chers amis
Il ne suffit pas que les universités enseignent la science. Elles se doivent d'éduquer à la sagesse.
En annexe (lien sous le texte anglais), un petit speech, que j’ai prononcé le 15 novembre à l'occasion du centenaire l’association des anciens de la Fac de Médecine à l'Université de Louvain.
Bonne lecture!
JL
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Dear Friends,
Universities should…
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Added by Jean-Louis Lamboray on November 23, 2009 at 1:30am —
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After a six hours drive West of Jakarta through the beautiful scenery of mountains and deep green rice fields, mixed with the trappings of urban growth, we reach Tasikmalayan, Another 30 minutes and we are in Manonjaya sub-district. We are close to Sumatra Island, and the recent earthquake there has taken its toll on its beautiful mosque. .
Something incredible happens in this land of strict Muslim religion. Lulu, a beautiful transgender person,…
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Added by Jean-Louis Lamboray on November 20, 2009 at 12:00pm —
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