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MEMBERS OF THE SHARING EDUCATION AND LEARNING FOR LIFE (SELL) RESOURCE TEAM CELEBRATE WORLD AIDS DAY IN STYLE.

12/2/2011

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On Monday 28th November 2011, when I walked into the premises of the Youth Formation Centre (YFC), where the SELL programme runs from, I found it very quiet. Not as if it has always been noisy but psychologically I knew that not all the members of the SELL team were around. As I walked pass the gate and to the office, it was only Moses one of my colleagues that I saw all the rest were busy preparing for their trip to Ghana even though Leo has already reached there. Jonathan, Mary and James were going to join him there before the weekends. Their trip to Ghana is not for relaxation but to continue with the training of facilitators which was started in August 2010. Even though Jonathan and Mary are having a little challenge with their health due to the change of weather from summer to winter, they are still preparing in earnest for the training.  I wish them a speedy recovery.

Last weekend, Jonathan and James were in Gombe State, Nigeria to mentor Felicia and James Odiba members of the SELL team from Gombe. The unit of the SELL workshop that was delivered was the Community Building unit of the SELL Programme. As reported by James, the group found the issue of gender equality very challenging which brought up very healthy discussion. At the end, most men in the group stepped down from the position of being the man and always in charge to be supportive of the women. Some of the men said ‘we are all made equal by God’. Participants at the workshop were 28.

Every 1st December is World AIDS day and  People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) are being commemorated.  Different groups do it differently. Some carry placards around singing and preaching against stigmatizing PLWHA. Others act dramas, commentaries are being read in news and for some it is seminars. As for us in the SELL Programme, it has always been through workshops and we have not relented to preach against stigmatization and how to prevent the spread of HIV. This year’s World AIDS day was celebrated in style, even though we had no workshop to give on that day, Moses and I had our red ribbon pinned on our breast pockets, we gave everyone that came into our office compound that day a red ribbon to pin on. Our solidarity with PLWHA doesn’t end on this day because we will always create awareness on issues around HIV/AIDS in our workshops and spread the news that HIV/AIDS is only a medical condition and that people that are infected can still live a normal and happy life; only if we show them love and encourage them to seek for medical support.


Upcoming events.

The SELL training of facilitators will start on the 9th and end on the 18th December 2011 in Kumasi, Ghana. 

On the 9th December 2011 Moses and I will be going to Jos the capital of Plateau state, Nigeria to mentor the SELL trainees from Jos as they deliver the Social Justice workshop in Jos. Hopefully, this will be our last workshop for the year but I guarantee you not our last blog update.

Stay with us.

Maria 

Communication Desk, SELL  

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