[pronut-hiv] Positive Living with HIV/AIDS Training: Interested

["Rev.Dr.F.K.Biney" <mhgministries@yahoo.com>]

Dear David,
          I am very interested,we are a registered and
recognised christian NGO,we are into care and support
and training.We believe we can host but need seek for
funding,I  can feed you with all expenditure to enable
you bild a proposal for funding.Let me know,course
content,timing,duration of the training,etc IWILL
PROPOSE any period from march 2006.Waiting for you
respond now.Iam Rev Dr F A Kwesi Biney,President,mount
horeb glory ministries,Sunyani,Ghana.You may visit the
website http://mhgminis/tries.tripod.com

--- 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
>  
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