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Women: STILL WATERS impacts
women infected and affected. One example is Joan* who is a
woman living with HIV. With careful counselling and health
advice Joan lives positively and she is impacting other
women by volunteering with STILL WATERS to tell her story.
STILL WATERS impacted Joan, and now she impacts many others. |
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Youth:
When STILL WATERS visited churches in Kogi State it was the
youth who answered questions about HIV correctly, yet it is
youth who remain at highest risk. STILL WATERS made impact
with these young people by investigating there needs, and
plans are underway for a youth friendly centre which will
benefit the youth of the whole community. |
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Families:
John* and Dorcas* have been married for 3 years. Dorcas is
HIV positive, and because they know their HIV status before
marriage they have been able to protect John. He is still
HIV negative. now that they want to start their family,
STILL WATERS is providing counsel, referrals and drug
support so that they can have the best chance at being a
healthy family. Only 1% of HIV negative mothers in Nigeria
receive drugs - STILL WATERS impacting this dire situation.
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Pastors:
In Plateau State one pastor gives testimony of how he
suspected some of his members were infected but did not know
how to handle it. STILL WATERS gave him the skills and
resources to impact his members that are living with
HIV/AIDS; he is now counselling, visiting and giving welfare
assistance when needed.
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Churches and
Community Outreach: After training
representatives from Aba, Abia State, the trainees went back
to their own home churches and communities and formed a
committee. They got all the educational information they had
been taught to use, translated them into their own local
language (Igbo) and local context, and arranged a series of
seminars for all the churches and communities in their area.
Awareness is being raised in local churches and communities,
by local people because of the skills building and resource
mobilisation STILL WATERS carries out. |
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