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My baby sitter is now also salty

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… Continue

Added by wiwin winarni on December 13, 2009 at 4:00pm — 2 Comments

We were wrong....but now lo longer; on self assessment

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… Continue

Added by wiwin winarni on December 13, 2009 at 3:53pm — 3 Comments

SALT Visit; fostering democracy and heterogenity

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… Continue

Added by wiwin winarni on December 13, 2009 at 3:41pm — 3 Comments

World AIDS day 2009

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… Continue

Added by MANOJ PARDESHI on December 7, 2009 at 4:56pm — 3 Comments

Constellations first Lustrum : a purification ?

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… Continue

Added by Marlou on December 7, 2009 at 3:00pm — 3 Comments

Wold Aids day Reflection

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… Continue

Added by Virgilio Suande on December 7, 2009 at 10:49am — 5 Comments

Message from LeaderNet ,Management Sciences for Health(MSH),USA

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… Continue

Added by Dr Rajesh Gopal on December 7, 2009 at 9:41am — No Comments

Community is... coming together for mutual support of love and life

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… Continue

Added by Laurence Gilliot on December 7, 2009 at 5:00am — 4 Comments

The danger of a single story

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… Continue

Added by Geoff Parcell on December 3, 2009 at 11:48am — 3 Comments

How SALT and Religion can explain each other?

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 — 5 Comments

…we were not the experts, they were…, says Joan Hoxsey

(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… Continue

Added by Rituu B. Nanda on November 29, 2009 at 6:30pm — 2 Comments

SALT visit to Indian Pineapple village

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… Continue

Added by Bheri M R on November 26, 2009 at 1:00am — 4 Comments

Last night a flower bloomed infront of the Hotel

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,… Continue

Added by rebeka sultana on November 25, 2009 at 10:30am — 2 Comments

second chance for fixing

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… Continue

Added by chandra nurhasz on November 23, 2009 at 5:56pm — 10 Comments

Eduquer à la sagesse

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… Continue

Added by Jean-Louis Lamboray on November 23, 2009 at 1:30am — No Comments

Manonjaya welcomes Lulu

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,… Continue

Added by Jean-Louis Lamboray on November 20, 2009 at 12:00pm — 4 Comments

SALT Approach Integrated Within CMDRR

In September this year, Constellation AIDS and International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR) have entered into a partnership agreement for a one and half year period. The project is to pilot integration of the SALT approach of the Constellation AIDS within the Community Managed Disaster Risk Reduction (CMDRR) approach of IIRR in to two Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) project sites in Ethiopia: Borena and Dire Dawa. In these locations, among other high prevalent disaster risk threats… Continue

Added by Zerihun Lemma Damenu on November 19, 2009 at 9:05am — 9 Comments

En RDCongo, les Concertations Sida se décident de prendre un autre élan

Au Secrétariat de RDCCompétence, ce vendredi 23 octobre, les responsables de toutes les concertations de Kinshasa ont organisé, au secrétariat de RDCCompétence, une rencontre de réflexion.

L’objectif de cette rencontre était de faire le point sur l’état d’avancement des activités de leurs concertations et trouver le mécanisme de renforcement de la collaboration entre les concertations et les zones de santé. C’était comme leur propre autoévaluation. Ils ont réfléchis sur ce qui… Continue

Added by Samuel Michael MUSEY on November 16, 2009 at 3:34pm — 3 Comments

Debate on Gay Rights at Association of Medical Consultants - Mumbai

Vikram Phukan, Editor of Bombay Dost magazine spoke at the Association of Medical Consultants on Sunday 8th November 2009 in Mumbai.

I am posting his speech for members

*Debate Topic: Are Gay Rights here to Stay ? AMC , Mumbai , Leela Kempinski

, 8th November 2009*

*Proposition Panel: *Dr. Harish Shetty, Dr. Junaid Alam, Mr. Vikram Phukan

*Opposition Panel:* Dr. Kushal Mittal , Dr. S.N Aggarwal , Fr. Fergoz

Vikrams Speech :

Good… Continue

Added by Vivek Anand on November 10, 2009 at 10:55am — 1 Comment

methods of selecting ACP village

For ACP to become a community practice, the community involvement is essential right from the start. Keeping this as an approach, “People in Need foundation” convened a meeting of the leaders of the proposed five ACP villages and had a detailed discussion on the process of ACP and its advantages for the villages.

The meeting held on 14th October 2009 was attended by sixteen leaders from 5 cluster villages around Molvom village of Nagaland and after thorough discussions unanimously… Continue

Added by Joe Ngamkhuchung on November 10, 2009 at 9:51am — 3 Comments