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When Belgium learns from DR-Congo
Eric Ngabala, facilitator of RDC Competence, DR-Congo More about the sharing of experiences between Belgium and DR-Congo |
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RDC Competence: 92 facilitators and more than 101 invitations to SALT visits
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Vita, fight for life, 20 years with aids
Imprisoned in his own silence for 4 years, Juvénal finally decided to speak openly about his disease. He creates the National Association of People Living with HIV/AIDS (ANSS) in Burundi. In May 1994, Juvénal was nominated representative of Central Africa during the first conference of the United Nation Development Programme (UNDP) dedicated to the creation of networks of PLHIV. Juvénal tells us his life story in his book « Vita, fight for life (Vita, combat pour la vie)», a touching story in which Juvénal invites us to open up the dialogue about HIV. Read Vita, combat pour la vie, from Juvénal Ntandikiye (french version) | |
Join us on a week of SALT visit in Northern Thailand
This is an opportunity to understand how communities in Northern Thailand have brought down the prevalence rate from 18% (1992) to less then 1% (2008) (for 21 year old men). More about the progress of communities in Northern Thailand. Read the invitation to the SALT visits |
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From 6 to 13 June, Eric Ngabala, Congolese facilitator of RDC Competence, was in Belgium to share his experience with the Belgian facilitation team. "So much sharing of experiences and lessons learned in one week! This is enough to change the whole way of doing of an attentive man, to change my way of doing."
Communities in the whole country invite RDC Competence to conduct SALT visits and to facilitate self-assessments of AIDS competence. Young people, pastors, People Living with HIV, policemen, militaries, NGO, sex workers, villages and many others discuss the HIV issue and how this concerns them in their own life. The Congolese facilitation team of the AIDS Competence Process evaluate the progress after a year.
Juvénal Ntandikiye was 26 in the winter of 1988. From Burundi's origin, he studied architecture in China. One day, a group of policemen entered the class rooms, grabbed him and threw him in jail without any explanation. A few days later the Burundi's Ambassador in Peking told him that he was HIV positive. Persona non grate in China, Juvénal was then repatriated as quickly as possible to Burundi.
From 19 to 26 of September 2008, the Constellation organizes another week of SALT visits in Northern Thailand. The strengths of people in Northern Thailand have inspired the Constellation from its foundation: come and experience by yourself!