The National Toshaos Council (NTC) comprising 157 Amerindian villages/settlements is in receipt of grant funds from UNDP to implement AIDS Competence targeting governance level.

In the first instance the executive members [20 members] and two other village

council members will be engaged in the building of AIDS Competence techniques.

The approach then engages four villages’ council and other leaders [youth,

religious, women’s group and sport groups] in…

Aleta, Paula, Lorna, Michael and Autry participated in a ‘Self Assessment” SALT visit with inmates of the Lusignan Prison in Guyana.

We expected reserved participation since the community of prisoners based on their incarceration may not want to be engaged in an exercise related to HIV. Our…