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On World AIDS Day: starting where communities are
December 1, 2009 – As part of its ongoing work with communities throughout South Africa about the awareness and prevention of HIV/AIDS, the Nelson Mandela Foundation convened 120 dialogues this year – 12 conversations in 10 communities in all nine provinces.
Community conversations
Dec 1, 2008 – The Nelson Mandela Foundation has published a booklet describing the series of 10 community conversations on HIV/AIDS around South Africa in 2008.
In his foreword to the booklet, Foundation CEO Achmat Dangor writes: “The 2008 dialogues held in 10 community settings have created a body of knowledge that policy makers, scientists and activists will certainly find useful. Most importantly, these dialogues have helped the local participants to confront that “unspeakable” presence in their midst: HIV prevalence and AIDS mortality. They now have the potential to be empowered and to act decisively.”
Ignorance is not bliss
July 14, 2008 – The people in Kliptown discuss the HIV/AIDS pandemic as well as the Community Conversation that was held in the Soweto suburb.
Kliptown in conversation
July 14, 2008 – Nelson Mandela Foundation and Cool Ideas hosted a Community Conversation in Kliptown to build on HIV prevention work that was started in 2007. The Conversations form part of the Foundation’s programme for Mr Mandela’s 90th birthday year.
HIV/AIDS play changes lives
July 14, 2008 – Khululeka play is spreading the message in the fight against HIV/AIDS and is starting to make a difference in the communities where it is being staged.
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