EIL Intercultural Learning - E-News - Winter 2009
Welcome to EIL's Winter 2009 E-Newsletter focusing on HIV: reality. The 1st of December marks World Aids Day: 33 million people are currently living with HIV with 67% of these living in sub-Saharan Africa. To mark the day the participants to the EIL Global Awareness Programme 2009 present true accounts of how HIV affects people in Africa and dispel myths and misinformation.
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HIV: A battle against the ignorant. Ciara Cunningham, Global Awareness Volunteer in South Africa 2009. It is difficult to describe in words the HIV/AIDS situation I witnessed in South Africa. It is estimated that over 5.2 million people are living with HIV and AIDS in the country more than the entire population of Ireland. Read the story...
A Story of Pain, Power & Positivity. Barry Morrissey & Karen Reidy Global Awareness Volunteers in Nigeria 2009 In the month of July this year, Barry Morrissey and Karen Reidy set off for Nigeria armed with 3 sets of clothes, toothpaste, and a great desire to explore and live through the many complex issues that is HIV/AIDS in Nigeria. Read the story
What Is PEP: Post Exposure Prophylaxis? Lynda Piper Roche, Global Awareness Volunteer in South Africa 2009 Prophylaxis means disease prevention. Post-exposure prophylaxis is when someone is given a course of medication to prevent infection from taking place, for example from rabies or HIV. Find out more
Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT). Karen Reidy, Global Awareness Volunteer in Nigeria 2009 Most people are unaware of the different ways that an HIV infected woman can pass on the virus to her baby. While in Nigeria, we were working alongside a woman called Shola... Read the full story
Raising Awareness of HIV&AIDS. Global Awareness Volunteers 2009 Our four global awareness volunteers have been very busy researching and promoting the issues of people living with HIV&AIDS since last April. Find out what they have done so far
EIL Network Weekend Cork - November 2009 Brona Higgins, EIL Development Education Management Committee’s member The bi-annual network weekends unfalteringly prove to be a big hit with the members of EIL. Last weekend’s event was no exception. Even the monsoon-like flooding of Cork didn’t deter... Read the full story
EIL members took global justice to the street EIL members asked pedestrians for their signatures to boost a petition requesting the government to stop cutting to the overseas aid budget and to honour their overseas commitment. Watch the video
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