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THE FEDERATION OF ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGICAL DIVERSITY FOR AGRICULTURAL REVAMPMENT AND HUMAN RIGHTS (FEEDAR & HR) POSTAL ADDRESS :PO BOX 321 KUMBA MEME CAMEROON. OFFICE LOCATION : BESIDE ESEME CAR WASH BAFAW STREET KUMBA TOWN. TEL 00237 7954276 EMAIL: feedar97@yahoo.com OR feedarsecretariat@yahoo.com Subject: REPORT ON A PARTICIPATORY TRAINING CONFERENCE ON HIV/AIDS AND PSYCHOSOCIAL INTERVENTIONS HELD ON THE 2-8 FEBRUARY 2005 IN THE CITY OF KUMBA, AT THE PREMISES OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. Goal and Objectives : TRAINING OF COUNSELORS WHO WILL THEN ASSIST THE MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES,THOSE INFECTED AND AFFECTED, SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES AND THE HIGH RISK CENTERS TO PROVIDE AWARENESS, PREVENTION, ADVOCACY,TRAINING AND PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT WITHIN 48 MONTHS, 2005-2008. THEY WILL ALSO START WORKING ON THE COUNTRY’S NATIONAL AIDS POLICY. ATTENDANCE : Conference was attaended by: Number of participants: 56 Female: 23 Male: 33
OUTCOME OF CONFERENCE : On a survey conduted in a group of A,B,C and D participants accepted to have learnt many new things they never knew since the epidemic came into existence. For example, Deep kissing, Body fluids except sweat could transmitt the Virus that causes Aids. They also learnt that it is better for infected persons to further prevent exposure to the Virus so as to reduce the Viral load in their bodies which may favour the presence of CD4 cells and as such makes them to live longer. Conference had many participants who are living positively with the infection and had to share many experiences. The diverse Cultural and educational background made the event innovative in experience sharing. Conference has trained 55 persons who will provide Counseling to more than 1 million people in the South West Province and the Bakassi Peninsular after the just ended boarder crisis for 48 months. As part of the training Course, participants of the just ended event will have to undertake an 8 week (1 st March-28 April 2005) field visits, accessing the needs of various Communities in relationship to arresting the pandemic in more than 36 Villages, 100 schools, colleges and other Vocational learning centres habouring youths, the various high risks centers and the prisons. This will be an Interpersonal Information, Education and Communication related to the Pandemic. DIFFICULTIES :
Since FEEDAR & HR lacks a premises to accomondate a population of more than 10 at a time, we pledged to use the City Council Hall of Kumba which request was turned down, but ONLY if we had to pay a sum of 30,000 frs per day. This was very heavy for our Voluntary Organization, Organizing a free cost Training to assist arrest a pendemic which has rendered many families helpless within our communities. Nonetheless the Community Development Premises was given at a minimal cost that included renting of seats, and premises properly taken care of each day. During Conference difficulties like respecting time and consistency to participation were major problems. Some complained of local transportation difficulties to training center. Some even had difficulties in their accomondation since accomondation was a responsibility of the trainees.
We also could not provide sufficient food and food items to cover breakfast and lunch due to the lack of funds and no support from all agencies and Organizations we requested assistance from. But generally, feeding and change of variety was okay.
We also could not pay for local transportation of participants back home after tarining and for their return for field placements. RESOURCE PERSONS: Paying for resource persons and speakers or negotiating their coming was another threat since most of them could not forgo their own jobs due to working conditions.
Nevertheless the most demanding aspect of the pandemic legal and Ethical aspects of HIV/AIDS well covered.The topic went as far deep as differentiating aspects of the more than 230 cultural and ethnic groups in Cameroon. FIELD VISITS : This Organization has joint partnership with Chiefs and Traditional Councils of 36 villages in Meme Division and Kumba of the South West Province to provide Psychosocial support to the Field Counselors for the 8 weeks 1 ST MARCH – 28 APRIL 2005. This will be by providing Accomondation and all necessary security measures during their and awareness raising sessions. A crucial part of the field Visit will be to learn how to conduct HIV/AIDS TESTS. This will be done in the General Hospital Kumba Town, after the 8 weeks in the 36 villages. This means that, Counselors will obtain a certificate of participation and as full Counsellors. A FIELD OBSERVER AND A SUPERVISOR : A field observer will monitor the works per village and assemble reports to the supervisor who will be based at the secretariat. ONGOING COUNSELORS : One female and a male will also be based in the secretariat to provide Counselling and give awareness to those who may have doubts on the pandemic and making decisions on their status. OPEN PUBLIC BROAD CASTER : We intend to sign up a cooperation ties with the local radios in Kumba where awareness will be given as part of an 8 week field work. One Counselor will work here. COOPERATION WITH THE GLOBAL YOUTH COALITION ON AIDS. The nomination of the Director General of Organization Mr Tcharbuahbokengo NFINN as the Focal point for Cameroon and the Central Africa to the Global Youth Coalition on Aids (GYCA) will strengthen issues of greater interest as far as the pandemic is concern. This will mean the openess of HIV/AIDS issues with most Vulnerable communities and the approach of the government and other agencies. Strong participation and discussion with the WORLD PROGRAMME OF ACTION FOR YOUTH (WPAY), THE UNGASS,NACC are among several institutions to work with. NEEDS AND DEMANDS: Inorder to meet up with the demand of the field visits, participants will need some financial support during the 8 weeks, Publications and Awareness raising materials, IEC materials, books and publication relating to HIV/AIDS and related Diseases. We need you finacial assistance to:
One bike and fuel 600,000 frs cfa Miscellanous 500,000frs cfa. Total : 5,500,000 +600,000 +500,000 TOTAL =6,600,000 frs cfa I will need your kind support here. NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: 1) METUGE EVELYN EPOLE 2) MOTALE NEBOTA MUKETE 3) MOLIKI PAUL NWENGELA 4) GLADYS EMADE N 5) BAPISAH NGULA ALOY 6) SAKWE PRISO LOBE 7) MODIKA JAFRET 8) NDIME COLLINS NDIME 9) HENRY NKU 10) BOH NKU WANG 11) MBANDO EMMERENCIA B 12) NAMATA BELTHA 13) EDUM EVERANG BOTAME 14)MUKETE SAMUEL 15) IKOANUMA PETER 16) ODINE VICTOR 17) SUSAN NCHONG 18) EBAKO HANNAH 19) DEBORA MUKETE 20)MUKETE JOSEPHINE 21) JUDE NAMASAKO 22) ANYA TAFFA 23) IKO THOMAS 24) NKEFUET FRNkLIN 25) ITOE PATRICK 26) MOTINA JOHN 27)DIVINE GLORY 28) HENNE CHRISTOPHER 29) SAKWE TREVOR 30) MEKUMBA LAWSON 31) SUMBELLE WILLIAM 32) MARIE MOLUNGU 33) TERENCE NTUBA 34)MBEH SYVIAN 35)CHIEF MAURICE 36) DAVID SAKWE 37)TABIAGBOR N. EMILIA 38) ASHU GILBERT 39) MEKORA FRANKLIN 40) MOKI PATIENCE 41) MOKUBE ODILIA 42) MBANDO FLORENCE 43) LOKO PAULINE 44) ASHU MANFRED 45) EKAMBI GEORGE 46) MBULLE MESUNMBE 47) LOBE JACOBINE 48) AMINDA HENRY 49) BOBE BABEL 50) MOKI GLORY 51) MOTO MOSES 52) ERNESTINE FONKENG 53) NJUME PAULINE 54) MOKI KINGSLY 55) NKEMASONG STEPHEN 56) QUEENTA BERIE
THE GLOBAL YOUTHS COALITION ON AIDS (GYCA) Introduction of GYCA Cameroon and Central Africa. SHORT DESCRIPTION OF GLOBAL YOUTH COALITION ON AIDS(GYCA): GYCA is an alliance of youth and adult allies around the world working to fight the global HIV/AIDS pandemic. The coalition was initially proposed by youth attendees of the XV International. AIDS Conference in Bangkok 2004, and the XIV International AIDS Conference in Barcelona 2002, and has grown to include other youth leaders in HIV/AIDS. The Coalition prioritizes capacity building, knowledge and best practice sharing, advocacy to increase political commitment to fighting HIV/AIDS, and preparing for international conferences, especially the Toronto International AIDS Conference in 2006. GYCA is spearheaded by a task force of youth and adult allies, 10 regional focal points and their regional teams, and over 400 youth members representing an array of organizations focusing on youth and HIV/AIDS. GYCA works with vulnerable youth,including youth living with HIV/AIDS, men who have sex with men, commercial sex workers,youth in resource-constrained areas without access to information communication technology, and other vulnerable youth. Advocacy AIDS Orphans and/or Street Children Commercial Sex Work and/or Trafficking Intravenous Drug Use Gender Men Who Have Sex With Men Peer-Education/ Life Skills-Based Education Treatment and Care Vaccines/ Microbicides Other I am representing Cameroon and the Central Africa Focal Point, Sylvie Niombo in Republic of Congo and Niacesse in the Democratic Republic of Congo. As an initiative to meet the target goals, I have begin by Organizing a participatory training Conference of Counselors on HIV/AIDS and Psychosocial Interventions with conference report attached. This is first of all a giant step to take the bull by the horns. TCHARBUAHBOKENGO NFINN DIRECTOR GENERAL. THE FEDERATION OF ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGIOCAL DIVERSITY FOR AGRICULTURAL REVAMPMENT AND HUMAN RIGHTS (FEEDAR & HR) PO BOX 321 KUMBA MEME. SWP; CAMEROON. TEL: 7954276 NB/
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