After 2 weeks of intense training with participants from the community in the area of HIV/AIDS awareness, the awards ceremony for all the hard work they’ve done. The workshop was hosted by Rene Parker and Claudine Charles of Impact Direct and some of the topics covered by the participants were:
- Sex and Sexuality Life skills Orientation
- Reproductive Organs
- Condom Line-up and Safer Sex
- Nutrition, Positive Living
- STI’s HIV/AIDS Risk Factors and Body Fluids
- HIV/AIDS Sensitive Language
- The Immune System. Role play, opportunistic infection and viral loads
- Patient’s Right Charter
- Spiritual Care, and the Dying Persons Bill of Rights
- Legal and Ethical Issues
- Prejudice and Discrimination
- The Need for Education
- The Effect of Poverty
- HIV/AIDS and Power
- Violence against people living with HIV or AIDS
- Different kinds of law
- The Sources of Law
- The Bill of Rights
- Confidentiality
- HIV Testing and Confidentiality
- The Right to Medical Treatment
It is wonderful to see the community being empowered and how the participants are sharing their knowledge with those in need.