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More holistic measures for people living with HIV and AIDS
Today marks the 30th anniversary of World AIDS Day. It is therefore timely that VSO’s Regional AIDS Initiative of Southern Africa (RAISA) held its annual conference last week on ‘Social Protection and HIV and AIDS’.
Over 50 conference delegates (a mixture of RAISA partners, volunteers and staff members) heard from a range of… Read more »
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Forward ever – care and support for eastern and southern Africa
‘Opportunities multiply when they are seized, die when they are not!’ Benjamin Franklin’s inspiring words rang true at the workshop for MPs from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi, held from 17 to 19 April 2011 in Naivasha, Kenya. The workshop that was organised jointly by VSO Jitolee and Read more »
Care and support paper launched
Last week I attended the launch of an important publication: Care and Support: The Forgotten Pillar of the HIV Response . VSO was one of the main contributing organisations to this publication through the UK Consortium on AIDS and Development.
Keynote speakers at the event were Baron… Read more »
Workshop for MPs from the East African Community
As I write this blog, a 3-day workshop that started on 17 April, is taking place for members of parliament from the East African Legislative assembly and Kenya Women Parliamentary Association to discuss HIV and AIDS care and support issues. VSO Jitolee organised this workshop.
The two key objectives of the… Read more »
Working with Members of Parliament
For anybody involved in advocacy, the opportunity of engaging directly with policy makers, especially Members of Parliament (MPs), is like hitting the jackpot! So when parliamentarians offer to volunteer (polvols), they are actually ushering us closer to the jackpot. And that is exactly what Baroness Vivien Stern did when she volunteered at the… Read more »
All protocol observed
“All protocol observed, ladies and gentlemen.” On 9-10 November most of us from the civil society organisation world waded into those unfamiliar waters of observing protocol! The occasion was VSO’s annual RAISA Conference in Pretoria, South Africa. The theme was “Governance and HIV and AIDS”.
The participants included more than 10 members of parliament (MPs)… Read more »
