COMMUNITY WORKER ON HIV/AIDS (2)

My name is Neema Wellu Nasallu, a CED students undertaking a Masters Degree in Science but a community worker on HIV.AIDS field, the work which facilitated me to learn more about Vulnerabilty of Youth to HIV infections, and the challenges which the HIV Infected youths face in our socities. Just imagine being infected with HIV when you are young, imagine the challenges around, including the stigma and discrimination, lack of socio-economical needs, sharing with parents, relatives and your friends etc.Som purposelly I decided to do a case study in Dodoma Municipality with Co-operation with CMSR the NGO based in Dodoma regional, which work with with other local and International organizations to improve the life of most disaavantaged groups to the infections, Youths, women and local population thrugh Health care deliverty, capacity building and social develped of the poor. So for a time being I am in implementation stage after complition of Community Need Assessment.The CNA was the exrecise conducted from Nov 2007 to April 2008 where the community members were involved to explore and identify the most needs of the community, Also was aimed to gather the informatiuon on the current situation of Youth, women, Orphans and Vulnerable Children. The most need was regarded as the need of the whole community.The common problens were lack of employment, lack of enterpreneurship skills, lack of loans for income generating activities and lack of market to sell their products. Lack of employment has made the situation the worse and hence has contributed to poor health, susceptibilty to infections imcluding HIV pandemic. The information and data collected in Focus Group Discussion, revealed that the extrem poverty and low standard of living in this area has contributed much in erosion of behaviour of Youths and on HIV transmission.This project was designed to use local available resourses within the community and Youth talents to inintiate Economic Activities which are manageble and sustainable. The project activities are resource mobilization, training on enterprenuarship, HIV.AIDS awareness, Reproductive Health education and lifa skills.Therefore in this stage, I would like to receive any imputs from the society before data analysis of my final findings and recommendationThank you in advance its me Neema

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by HIV/AIDS & YOUTHS