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Invitation for Community visits in South India

Dear Members,



Every community has the capacity to respond to life issues, to envision and to act. Facilitators of the Constellation discover and reveal strengths which communities themselves might not realize, by asking appreciative questions. We call this mode of interaction with communities ‘SALT’: Stimulate, Appreciate, Listen, Learn and Transfer.



The Constellation and India Competence invite you to participate in a week of SALT… Continue

Added by Rituu B. Nanda on August 15, 2010 at 8:45pm — No Comments

Advocacy & Social Mobilization : An Innovative Experience

Social mobilization is always backed by lot of support ,knowledge & capacity building , advocacy which leads to empowerment of the community .

I would like to share one of my experience with an NGO Guria , Varanasi (U.P) , India which works for child trafficking and women in prostitution .



Varanasi is considered as the Holiest cities among all the Hindus globally , beside this the city is having a continuous history of more than 5000 years which makes it oldest living city in… Continue

Added by Abhinav Singh on August 10, 2010 at 12:47pm — 2 Comments

POLLING BOOTH SURVEY: A SOLUTION TO ASSESS THE BEHAVIORAL IMPACT OF TARGETED INTERVENTIONS IN CONDOM USAGE AMONG FSWS AND MSMS



After a much awaited wait, the TI Division and Technical Support Unit of KSACS has come out with a scientific solution for assessing behavioral impact of Suraksha Projects in condom usage and safe sex practices among FSWs and MSMs to reduce the risk of getting HIV and STI. Condom promotion is one of…

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Added by BPDU on August 9, 2010 at 4:22am — 2 Comments

Iloilo City Youth-led NGO wins international award for the local response on AIDS

UNFPA Pakistan awarded Kabataang Gabay sa Positibong Pamumuhay (KGPP) for its Yearn, Learn and Earn through Peer Entrepreneurship or YouthLEAP Initiative in the recently concluded 18th International AIDS Conference held at Reed Messe Conference Center, Vienna, Austria on July 17-23, 2010




“It was an unexpected recognition from the other side of the world” said John Piermont Montilla, President of KGPP who came home with a certificate and plaque of recognition from UNFPA…
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Added by John Piermont Montilla on August 7, 2010 at 7:59pm — 9 Comments

Returning to a foundation already set!

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…

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Added by Autry Haynes on August 6, 2010 at 1:51pm — 2 Comments

Spontaneous Gestures of Support

In the main bus stand of a bustling town in Koppal district, a woman was lying in a corner. She was weak and emaciated, covered in sores. She just lay there, did not have the strength to even swat away the mosquitos which were hovering around her.



A small crowd of people were gathering around her, this included some of the Samraksha team. Gradually a discussion started about who she was and what could be done. Someone identified her as living in a nearby village, another also shared… Continue

Added by murari rao samraksha india on August 6, 2010 at 1:35pm — 1 Comment

Let us prevent all these avoidable and unneccessary deaths !

It is imperative to reduce maternal mortality in the developing world in view of the evidence like about 38% of maternal deaths occurring due to haemorrhage (Sample Registration System, India-2005) and the systematic review (WHO) of 34 datasets establishing that percentage of maternal deaths from haemorrhage was higher than previously estimated by WHO .(Khan KS et al, WHO analysis of cause of death: a systematic review, Lancet 2006;367:1066-74).



In India a revolutionary legal… Continue

Added by Dr Rajesh Gopal on August 6, 2010 at 9:17am — 2 Comments

MEGA STAR VOLUNTEER HIMSELF TO SHOW PUBLIC SUPPORT TO VOLUNTARY BLOOD DONATION





Malayalam Cine Mega Star Mr. Dileep…

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Added by BPDU on August 2, 2010 at 11:30am — No Comments

Elections in sex worker CBOs : Celebrating togetherness, demonstrating democracy

Recently, I was part of the general elections of the sex worker CBOs in five districts in Karnataka. The experience showed me once again, just how much these communities have been able to come together, accept each other as 'us' as part of a family, and want to be there for each other. In one of the districts, the event was so festive as to resemble a family function, and the women used it as an opportunity to get back in touch with each other, and celebrate being together. The women told me… Continue

Added by Bheri M R on August 2, 2010 at 9:34am — 4 Comments

Village Molvum transfers ACP to Village Maova

In March this year I facilitated a discussion on transfer and care linked to change during the evaluation of UNAIDS-funded ACP project in Northeast India. I am posting two short stories shared by my group members- Jacinta, Bijoya, Sangi, Themnu, and Nemboi. The first story is on how the approach was transferred to another village and the… Continue

Added by Zoengpari on July 31, 2010 at 9:30am — 1 Comment

The boundless resources in the community

Communities have the strength, the commitment and the resources to make an effective HIV responses. Communities can mobilize not just material resources, they can also give the invaluable resource of their time, and their concern for the affected people.



In a village in Koppal district, Rajamma, was a HIV positive woman, living in poverty. With the assistance of a developmental initiative, she had been able to put up a temporary structure covered by some sheets, for living, but her… Continue

Added by Hanumesh Gunnal on July 30, 2010 at 2:08pm — 3 Comments

Setting up a Competence team in school

The Competence facilitators trained the secondary school teachers with intention to be extended. The teachers that were trained as Competence facilitators went back to their school and self-assessed their pupils.…

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Added by Jossef B. Khamara on July 29, 2010 at 3:00pm — 3 Comments

AIDS Action Committee : Demonstrating community involvement in HIV response

We have in the past shared about the role of AIDS Action Committees, an informal group of people, mostly opinion leaders of the community (political or religious leaders, writers, teachers, social activists etc), who encourage, and initiate community actions. Specially, they act as an effective stigma redressal body, from within the community, who by setting up their own examples of…

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Added by Divya Sarma on July 28, 2010 at 10:55am — 5 Comments

Bonjour aux amis de la Constellation

Chers amis,

Je suis content de vous avoir rejoints, et vous invite à voir ma courte vidéo

Boubacar

Added by Boubacar Bocoum on July 27, 2010 at 10:16pm — No Comments

Apprécier les forces d'autrui, la voie de l'espoir

« Moi, je suis un gangster. La police me connaît. Jusque là, mon boulot c’était de braquer des banques et de violer les filles. Maintenant, je me rends compte que ma vie est plus importante que cela »- C’est Kasure qui parle. Il habite à Goroka, en Papouasie Nouvelle Guinée. Maintenant, il rend visite aux personnes malades du Sida, et encourage les jeunes à prendre leurs responsabilités face au VIH. On lui demande : « Qu’est-ce qui a provoqué ce changement ? » « Pendant 20 ans des ONG sont… Continue

Added by Jean-Louis Lamboray on July 27, 2010 at 8:30pm — 2 Comments

HIV/AIDS MAINSTREAMING WITH SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT: PIONEER FOR MAINSTREAMING INITIATIVES WITH VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS IN KERALA

The Mainstreaming Division of Kerala State AIDS Control Society has started mainstreaming initiatives with the Social Welfare Department, Government of Kerala. This is the first Department selected by KSACS to mainstream HIV/AIDS interventions with the regular and ongoing…

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Added by BPDU on July 27, 2010 at 3:52pm — 1 Comment

Would you like to join in for Community Action Day?

Stimulating a movement fuelled by local responses



Community Life Competence is expanding. Communities in a wide range of contexts and locations rely on their strengths and take progress on issues of their concern in their own hands. Can we as Constellation members, facilitators and coaches all over the world make large scale progress and involve even more communities, including our own in this movement fuelled by local responses? To do so we… Continue

Added by Rituu B. Nanda on July 27, 2010 at 2:30pm — 22 Comments

a self report of a sixty year old community-based resource person from Sri Lanka





Mrs. Leelawathie, a sixty year old woman from Manajjawa, Sri Lanka explains how she got involved in health promotion activities and the changes in her life after that.

I had only been educated up to 4th…

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Added by Kalana on July 27, 2010 at 11:51am — 2 Comments

After Activity Reflection (AAR): Do it know or you becominmg not saltly at all!

This is another learning of being saltly person from SALT visit activity. It's little bit painfull actually, but I really want to share this.

To be honest with you all, I m trying to understanding and enjoying AAR activity. Up until last two facilitations I made I was still not understand what can I learn as a person and a facilitator from this AAR activity. This was then revealed at an accident. I heared from a participant of salt visit I facilitated that I did conduct…

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Added by wiwin winarni on July 26, 2010 at 6:06am — 1 Comment

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