L’ONG Action et Développement, avec le concours de nombreux partenaires, organise la 1re Université francophone de Dakar en Promotion de la Santé du 26 au 31 octobre 2008 à Dakar au Sénégal.

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Informations : Action et Développement (AcDev) :
44, Cité Lobatt FALL, Pikine/Dakar
BP : K 5049 Sénégal
Tél./Fax : (221) 33 834 65 98
Email : univpromosantedkr@acdev-int.org
Web : www.urcam.org/univete/index.htm

Dear colleagues,

I am finally back, from Uganda, where i stay for a month working with the Aids Support Organization - TASO of Uganda.

The Experiential Trip was intended to build a young activist's capacity in massive fight against HIV/AIDS while practically experiencing the impact of the Aids Virus in the Ugandans communities.

I must admit-----it was both an opportunity for me and a sad experience looking on how deadly the virus can become when it have totally overcome a human body/immune system.

Through out my stay, I manage to combine integrated approach to learning, both building up my experience in project work and also field services provision, making use of TASO's vast level of experience in HIV work and service provision.

My stay with TASO ----- in Uganda, was a great level of step forward to my road to joining the global strive to reduce the level of impact of HIV/Aids in Africa and beyond. As a young activist, i have always believed in finding solutions to problems, through alternative researches and multi-dimensional approaches. With this, the organization TASO was a better place of inspiration for me and therefore my stay give me something more that just a trip to learn about fight an epidemic, rather a journey of SUPLUS empowerment....YES..!

As a participant, it was an exciting experience joining over 30 skilled activists from all over Africa. I must admit also that this was a another breakthrough for me, meeting people of different backgrounds understandings and cultures, this i never forget.......!

TEACH as a continue project, sponsored by the SWEDISH government, is actually a dream liner for Africa in the fight against HIV/AIDS and i always want to encourage past, present and future participants to make good use of this opportunity, been very resourceful and committed to their projected plans.

At a times when citizens of Uganda were striving very strong to survive from the deadly hands of the most fearful disease (HIV/Aids), from the enormous stories death tour, The Aids Support Organization of Uganda emerged as one of the key among others who tried to counter the attack.

One thing i can never forget and never fill to apply in my life are the diverse strategies been applied by TASO in HIV/AIDS service provision - the care and support which sub passes awareness and publications, to an unnecessarily already inform population as see in most cases. HIV/AIDS now, with major concern require more than these and every advocate have to beyond just awareness and education, applying methods such as care and support which are actually the major needs now for communities already most affected by the disease.

One of the greatest lesson learned as a visionary is that I have met an exceptional organization, one that is a possible road model for my visions and goals for the future and growth of my organization.

As I work through the doors of TASO, from the warm welcome to the ultimate setup and structure of leadership and the assured good family spirit, those a lone have been a great lesson for anyone who really yield for success in every endeavor.

More to that, from the introductory workshop, my spirit was lifted and eyes opened to the reality and soul driven need to jump into my experiential buss.

As we move down to realities, it became vivid to me how a quality organization and organize service provision can upgrade the standard of living for PLWHA. More of the lessons learn could be summarizing as follow:

Meeting clients needs.
I discover through this experiential trip that Africa and the world beyond can defeat this deadly disease, if clients and prospective clients can be assure of greater love, care and support for their needs instead of just bringing them to public ridicule and abandoning them to stigma.

It was also observed that, given the socially driven nature of young people and the society at large been polluted with the massive involvement of technically made sound producing instruments, DRAMA performances during outreach do serve and a better cause since such incidents attract more people, who at the same receives important information such as awareness and education. With some clients publicly discussion the issue during performances helps to reduce stigma and denial as well.

I HOWEVER believe that if we as volunteers and advocates for the cause are very well committed to our promises and be more passionate to serve, service provision, care and support, can minimized the impact of HIV/AIDS in Africa.

We are not God's displeasure, neither are we course, but rather need to collaboratively reawaken to the need, concerns and to the call of the crisis that surrounds us all.

I believe, always, that together, we can all defeat whatever cause, whatsoever degree of case a condition may be.

Don't forget to visit: www.tasouganoda.org. You will sure be inspired.

Thanks and welcome

Hi all,

I think it's about time for the whole world around to consider the importants of the rights of women and children and not install them in policies and pititions.

We all have to take actions strictly from the grassroots, and effect the changes require to move us all forward to meeting our goals in glabal equality and access to opportunity for all.

I move for a world action to preserving the rights of women and children.

Together we can all make it.

Welcome,

Tee

C’est encore la Banque mondiale et ses estimations dont les plus récentes indiquent que 1,4 milliard de personnes vivent avec moins de 1,25 dollar par jour, fixant ainsi le nouveau seuil de pauvreté. Selon la Banque, le monde compte ainsi un nombre plus élevé de pauvres qu’on ne l’avait pensé auparavant et que malgré tout, des résultats importants ont été enregistrés dans la lutte contre la pauvreté extrême.

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