[pronut-hiv] Positive Living HIV/AIDS Training: Taking out the training to other countries

["Africa Youth Ministries - Uganda" <aym@infocom.co.ug>]

Dear David,

Greetings. Sorry due to financial constraints i was unable to attend the course. As per your proposal of taking out this training to other Countries, I am kindly requesting you to send us your proposal and all the requirements e.g. Financial Budget, and materials and we would also like to Know how many days it would take. We can offer to Co-ordinate this training, promote in the media and through our local networks. Would you kindly let us know how much you would expect people to pay for the course and what would be the minimum and the maximum numbers you're interested in handling.

Yours,

Albert Kunihira
Country Director & Peace Ambassador
The Africa Youth Ministries Uganda
P.O. Box 20029, Kampala, Uganda
T: +256-71-200009/75-200009 +256-39-200009
F: +256-41-287151 or +256-41-287703
E: Admin@aymu.org or Albert@aymu.org
W. www.aymu.org 

----- "David Patient" wrote:


> Invitation for Partner Organisations:
> Positive Living HIV/AIDS Trainings
>  
> Empowerment Concepts (members: David Patient, one of the
> longest-surviving people living with HIV, and Neil Orr, Research
> Psychologist and author of Positive Health) is a Southern African based
> training and development company.  They are inviting partner
> organizations to help them deliver their highly successful training,
> Positive Living, to other countries in Africa.
>  
> The training is directed mainly at maintaining optimum health in the
> period from initial HIV infection to just before AIDS, and thereafter,
> support methods for ARV's: 
> *     Basic nutritional guidelines for food & nutritional security.
> Includes training in setting up low-water and low-labour Home Gardens,
> and education on the importance of a 'balanced' diet. 
> *     Focused nutritional advice for immune enhancement: I.e., what
> easy-to-obtain foods to eat to keep the immune system at an optimal
> level. 
> *     Maintaining gastrointestinal health: Dealing with diarrhoea and
> Wasting Syndrome.
> *     Easy-to-use at-home methods (clean water, exercise, home remedies
> for common non-life-threatening conditions).
> *     Psychological coping methods to reduce stress and increase health
> motivation.
> *     Optimising ARV treatment benefits through nutrition, compliance,
> and knowledge of interaction effects with various foods and plants.
>  
> The details of the above methods are described in the book Positive
> Health (4th Edition, 2004).
> The methods are promoted as a complementary approach, in support of
> proper medical treatment, including ARV's. Actuarial analysis of some of
> the methods indicate a life-extension effect of approximately 4.4 years,
> prior to commencement of ARV's. I.e., extension of the pre-AIDS period.
> Research supporting the methods may be obtained from the authors. 
>  
> The training is tool-focused and occurs over five days. Positive Living
> is designed to give people tools that they can use to empower themselves
> into taking action to support health and longevity, regardless as to HIV
> status. To-date, over 2000 people have been trained in these medically
> researched and proven methods. Our current footprint includes
> Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya, India, Eritrea, Lesotho, Swaziland, South
> Africa, and Zimbabwe. We have also trained people from Cameroon,
> Madagascar, Nigeria, and Ghana. Clients include UNICEF, UNDP, CARE,
> World Vision, CC Africa, Tsogo Gaming, plus numerous open-to-all
> trainings, and corporate Wellness programs. The program has also been
> delivered country-wide in Mozambique (Programa Vida Positiva), for the
> National AIDS Council
>  
> Empowerment Concepts (EC) is looking to take this process into other
> countries where there is an interest and a need for Positive Living
> methods and information. It is more cost effective for the EC trainers
> to travel to other countries than for delegates to come to our training
> centre in South Africa. Delegates from some countries in Africa - e.g.,
> from West Africa - struggle to get visas to enter South Africa. The
> program is suitable for large groups of up to 100 people and is easily
> translatable, so language need not be a barrier to people accessing this
> vital information.
>  
> If your organization is interested in possibly hosting the Positive
> Living training in your home country, please contact David Patient at
> david@empow.co.za to discuss course content, logistics, costs, and other
> issues.
>  
>  
> David R. Patient (M.H.;M.H.T.)
> Empowerment Concepts
> Ph. +27-83-226-9466 
> Fax to email +27-086-674-7940
> david@empow.co.za
> www.empowermentconcepts.com
> www.empow.co.za
>