The sharing of the lived experience of the people with HIV is a source of support for PLHIV and also influences attitudes of other important people like their famiy and their community towards them. This can lead to changes in discriminatory behavior and active offers of support
During a group education session, one positive woman shared that her elder son had started acting in a very discriminatory way towards her. He kept complaining that her illness had stigmatized him, and he…
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Added by murari rao samraksha india on January 19, 2010 at 8:37am —
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Samraksha has been working with different village communities in North Karnataka, and recently engaged in a reflective perspective building process using the self-assessment framework.
Communities dream about being an inclusive society. They want to create a society where there is no stigma, where people with HIV are treated as others, and are able to publicly disclose their status, without any fears and seek support from others. These are some inspiring stories
Basappa's…
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Added by Divya Sarma on January 19, 2010 at 6:30am —
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Hola a todos y todas!
Como es la primera vez que comparto aquí mi experiencia con la Constelación, quería empezar explicando brevemente cómo llegué a conocer la comunidad de la AIDS Competence. Me acuerdo muy bien del primer día cuando oír hablar del enfoque de la Competence. Era con mi amiga MariJo. Ella volvía de un encuentro en Francia y quería compartir conmigo el entusiasmo de un grupo de personas en el que participaba y con el que se había reunido allí, interesadas en trabajar…
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Added by Marion Zibelli on January 18, 2010 at 6:12pm —
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Dear All;
This is what I have been learned from facilitating UNICEF Project review at 7 January 2009. At that time I had only 1.5 hour to share SALT as a way of thinkimg and working.
My college from UNICEF and me agreed to maintain reporting and recording (RR) mechanism due to maternal and child health among other priorities. Session was intended by 58 participants from 19 basic healt provider/clinic. As all of participants admit thta providing RR system due the program is…
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Added by wiwin winarni on January 18, 2010 at 5:45am —
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Every death diminishes us. It is much more painful when it is untimely
and catastrophic in nature.
The poorest country of the western hemisphere (Haiti) has had the worst
earthquake of the last two centuries anywhere in the Globe.
Let us all do our level best to mobilize all types of support at the different
levels (especially though the Indian Diaspora in the USA and Canada)
which our fellow humans desperately need at these troubled…
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Added by Dr Rajesh Gopal on January 15, 2010 at 3:35am —
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This is my first blog entry. I first wrote it as comment in response to Laurence Gilliot, but, then, realized that if enhanced a little, it might serve to introduce myself, at least one facet of my life.
I look forward to spending more time on the aidscompetence site, perhaps finding community that embraces our similarities while respecting our differences.
Currently, most of my "free" time is required by work to save from closure our State operated campuses for people…
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Added by Saskia Davis on January 14, 2010 at 11:00pm —
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Dear all,
good day. In 2007an HIV/AIDS screening survey was carried out in Cameroon. 7819 people were tested for HIV. 1210 were declared positive. Of this number, 915 were women and 215 men. Alarming isn't it.
More action needs to be taken for these figures to reduce.
Think about it.
Constance
Added by Njoh Angwi Constance on January 14, 2010 at 9:15am —
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Dear All,
Greetings for the new year!
I hope you have all had a super holiday season!
As we begin 2010, we count our blessings for the invaluable support we have from our dear friends, colleagues and partners -- including each one of you. We would also like to convey a special thank you to IKEA for its wonderful work to make a difference in the lives of truck drivers in India.
At the end of December, IKEA, CHP, APL logistics and Albatross conducted a…
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Added by Ash Pachauri on January 9, 2010 at 4:30am —
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Peers have great potential to influence opinion in their communities and physically deliver services and effect change. Drama and songs were powerful instruments used by peers in a sensitisation campaign to create a greater awareness in the fight against HIV/AIDS in some schools in Yaounde - Cameroon.
peer engagement increases their sense of responsible behaviour vis a vis each other and thus the likelyhood of prevention.
Constance
Added by Njoh Angwi Constance on January 6, 2010 at 10:42pm —
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Wish you all a very peaceful,prosperous and meaningful twenty ten.
This year coincides with the 50th year of the statehood of the Indian state of Gujarat and we all are observing the same for the 'Golden Gujarat'("Swarnim Gujarat").
The Indian city of Trivandrum,Kerala deliberated upon FOOD SECURITY in the just concluded Indian Science Congress there.
It is a pleasant coincidence that the meaningful discussion on BLOOD SECURTY were effectively carried out just a…
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Added by Dr Rajesh Gopal on January 5, 2010 at 7:30am —
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Happy New Year all!
I've just been listening to another
TED video. I have shared one with some of you before. TED is a small nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. This one is about
Learning from Leadership's "missing manual".
I was listening to it from several perspectives:
1. to…
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Added by Geoff Parcell on January 3, 2010 at 11:30am —
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Dear Rituu, Gaston and Laurence.
(Sorry for replaying your letters at my blogs)
I do thank you for kindly supports and inspiring suggestions and also guiding questions from Laurence so I could accomplish better learning and understanding on me with this constelation and the process itself.
Due to facilitation opportunity my time is only three hours, that makes me little bit worry how could I facilitatate SALT visit/approach to the 5 districts. And facitilator in only…
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Added by wiwin winarni on December 31, 2009 at 3:18am —
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Like in many developing countries, HIV/AIDS is a pubilc health problem. In Cameroon, more than 500 000 people live with the disease.Youths between 15 and 24 years are the most affected. In this age bracket, girls are the most vulnerable. Ignorance, poverty and high illiteracy level are the root causes.
For more than 10 years, the ministry of Education has been promoting health related activities in secondary schools through the creation of health clubs. These clubs have been actively…
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Added by Njoh Angwi Constance on December 30, 2009 at 9:34pm —
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Dear All...
After close discussion with one of field chief officer UNICEF West Java Province - Indonesia, at 7 Januray 2010 I will be assigned to facilitate exit strategy session for UNICEF project at 5 districts by using SALT approach particularly on self assessment and develop POA of selected dreams they prefer. The meeting will be attended by 200 participants. Is it possible to conduct SALT approach among 200 participants? Is there any requirements to develop practices since…
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Added by wiwin winarni on December 30, 2009 at 5:52am —
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Dear friends,
As the year is ending, we would like to say thank you for your friendship, support, and sharing all through this year (as in years before, and hopefully through more years to come) and to send you our best wishes for the coming year.
Although Saskia Davis wrote
Symptoms of Inner Peace back in 1984, we have just come across it and would like to share it with you as something to inspire you for the new year:
SYMPTOMS OF… Continue
Added by Usa Duongsaa on December 26, 2009 at 7:27am —
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dea all,
i am attending the querterly meeting the Global fund porject in Bali at hotel Sindhu Beach - Sanur - Bali. the achievment of the project still under the target. the provincial team already prepare some methode how to achive the target.
The aim of the meeting are : to know the perfomance of the site, the problem (obstacle), and how to solve the problem. The meeting attend by activist, NGO, and govermnment and health department.
and......
happy mary chistmas and new…
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Added by Drs. I Wayan Suardika on December 23, 2009 at 5:05am —
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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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