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“SALT visits in Northern Thailand: it is over but it is not”
Jean-Louis shares that “It is over, but it is not. This meeting ends with a different feeling. Something small happened: each of us changed. That change is the start from something bigger: our change will spread to others.” More about the SALT visits in Northern Thailand (on Jean-Louis' blog) |
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BelCompetence: A bright new star in the Constellation
More about BelCompetence as an official non-profit organisation |
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Four AIDS Councils invited youth, women and MSM groups to plan with them
More about the spread of AIDS Competence in 4 Provincial AIDS Councils in the Philippines |
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Board members reflect on strategy in Chiang Mai
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Discussing HIV on the road Eighteen knowledge rooms will be set up at ‘trucks stops’ in Burundi, DR-Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda, to stimulate conversations about HIV among truck drivers and surrounding communities. In September, National Facilitation Teams in Kenya and DR-Congo trained moderators for the Knowledge Rooms. “The main action takes place out of the building,” explained April Foster, Constellation coach involved in the GLIA Process in Kenya. |
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Ten of us, coming from, Thailand, the Netherlands, Belgium, UK and Spain, visited communities in Northern Thailand to understand how people have put an end to the HIV epidemic. 
Eleven members of the Belgian facilitation team came together in Brussels to set the foundations of ‘BelCompetence’ as an official non-profit organisation. “BelCompetence is a new star in the Constellation,” said Louis Marie Butoyi adding that “those who believe that human beings are central in the response to HIV and not technology, will be able to connect.”
BelCompetence will hold its first General Assembly on the 25th of October. 
Four Provincial AIDS Councils in the Philippines did their self-assessment on HIV. They realized that they must involve young people, women and Men having Sex with Men (MSM) in the provincial response. For the first time, the Councils integrated the action plans of these groups into their own action plan. 
The new Board Members of the Constellation and the Core Facilitation Team met on 29-30 September in Chiang Mai. They built a common vision for the future and a way to move towards that vision. “We agree that we have to remain a small organisation. AIDS Competence will spread through our members,” explained Jean-Louis Lamboray, the Chair of the Constellation. “And we acknowledged that we are not only about AIDS, we are about life.”