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More than 100 people from Merauke in the Province of Papua, Indonesia and Pontianak and Singkawang in the Province of West Kalimantan, Indonesia took part in two Constellation workshops during September.

The Mayors and the United Nations Population Funds (UNFPA) invited Constellation teams to visit Merauke and Pontianak from September 1 to 14.

More than 100 participants took part in the two learning events. After the workshop, participants said they would use the AIDS Competence approach in their community.

More about the AIDS Competence Process in Indonesia

Networks of long haul transporters and People living with HIV (PLWHA) plan for two year collaboration

From 22 to 26 October, representatives of truckers' networks and PLWHA networks met in Dar-Es-Salaam to plan jointly for action over the next two years. The two networks have already started to take action together in the context of GLIA Competence partnership. In Kenya, for example, 16 truck drivers did their HIV test after they participated in a SALT visit in September.

More about the GLIA planning meeting in Dar-Es-Salaam

A "movement" of partners stimulate local responses in Eastern and Central Africa

On 6 and 7 September, the Constellation participated in the Partnership Forum organized by the Salvation Army, in Nairobi. Participants planned to organize SALT visits together, in Eastern and Central Africa.

More about the Partnership Forum

Health workers in Burundi, RD-Congo and Sudan learn how to use the AIDS Competence approach

From 1 to 4 October, Constellation coaches introduced the AIDS Competence approach to health workers from Kibuye in Burundi and Butembo in RD-Congo. The workshops were organized thanks to the support of HealthNet TPO.

More about the HealthNet TPO workshop in Burundi and RD-Congo

New on this website

Constellation in the press

The article 'Rendre aux gens la force d'agir', (or Giving back to people the capacity to act) from Thierry Goorden, was published in the Belgian medical journal "Le Journal du Médecin" after the conference in Belgium, in June.

Read the article (in French)

The article Médecin itinerant, (or Itinerant doctor) from Thierry Goorden, was published in the Belgian medical journal "Le Journal du Médecin" on the 23 October.

Read the article (in French)

Three new videos on the website

In the new videos, you will discover Usa Duongsaa, a Constellation coach, who facilitates sessions during the ADB-NGO Competence kick-off event in Manila, in September.

"Are we human? "
In this video Usa Duongsaa facilitates a session on "Our common humanity". "We tend to forget that communities we work with are as human as we are".

Watch the video of "Are we human? "
view transcript of video clip

The goal of the AIDS Competence Process

The AIDS Competence process is the process by which a community with an HIV problem grows into an AIDS Competent community. We, as facilitators, can help this community to become AIDS Competent by adopting a specific way-of-thinking, way-of-working and by using specific methods and tools.

Watch the video of introducing the AIDS Competence Process
Read the transcript

Our way-of-thinking

To help communities to become AIDS Competent, we as facilitators, need to change our way-of-thinking. We share a common humanity with community members. They have capacities to solve their own problems. It is their problem and not our problem. The solutions have to come from them and not from us.

Watch the video on our way-of-thinking
Read the transcript

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