http://www.highlandshope.com Thu, 20 Oct 2011 13:20:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Just a quick update from Njombe: I spoke with Betty Liduke yesterday and McGill nurse Vesna Papuga’s work is going very well - they were just at a village awareness and testing event on the weekend where 300 people showed up and 160 were tested. The new, two volume training manual ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2011/09/27/an-update-on-recent-highlands-hope-developments/ These are the notes from the first presentation by Vesna Papuga, MSc student from the McGill School of Nursing and the latest participant in the Highlands Hope Umbrella joint project with McGill University: Introduction of Youth Peer Health Education project to the Njombe Community Advisory Committee Introduction My name is Vesna Papuga and ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2011/09/07/introduction-of-youth-peer-health-education-project-to-the-njombe-community-advisory-committee-by-vesna-papuga/ Highlands Hope Umbrella and the McGill University School of Nursing have been partnering for several years to enhance care through research, skills development, and advocacy with HIV activists and patients in the southern Tanzanian town of Njombe. Last year, two McGill nursing students, Kristin Gagnon and Ryan Lomenda, undertook projects developed ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2011/09/03/highlands-hope-umbrella-and-mcgill-school-of-nursing-launch-phase-2-of-peer-educator-project-in-primary-schools/ Students from the Bishop’s University School of Education and its Refugee Sponsorship Committee raised hundreds of dollars for KWA’s work with orphans in Njombe at a gala supper event planned and presented by students and faculty of the School. A four-course, African-inspired meal was served and entertainment provided throughout the ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2011/03/27/fund-raiser-for-kibena-womens-association-at-bishops-university/ Nurses, orphan supporters, peer health educators, and youth AIDS activists have come together to form Highlands Hope Umbrella, a new administrative and support focus for efforts aimed at people living with the effects of HIV-AIDS in the Njombe district. This is the profile that was approved by the Board of Directors ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2011/03/24/new-structure-for-njombe-voluntary-associations/ A Brief Report on Tanzania Trip (November, 2010) Louise and I traveled to Dar, Ilula, and Njombe in early November to meet with Tanzanian and Highlands Hope partners. This is a brief update on the people and projects we visited. We met Muhingo Rweyemamu in Dar. It was a very busy time ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2010/12/11/visit-by-canadian-friends-of-highlands-hope-to-njombe/ I am now in the evaluation phase of the home based care project. I have spent two weekends accompaning the Peer Health Eductors on home care visits in the villages. This has provided an opportunity to observe how the PHEs are using the new knowlege and skills that they acquired ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2010/10/22/an-update-from-kristin-gagnon-and-ryan-lomenda-msc-nursing-students-from-mcgill-universitys-school-of-nursing-and-ryan/ Betty Liduke and Kristin Gagnon train peer health educators to use HBC kits developed by McGill and Highlands Hope. A note from Krisitin Gagnon, currently spending a term of study in Njombe with colleague Ryan Lomenda as part of the M.Sc. (Nursing) in Global Health at McGill’s School of Nursing: Ryan and ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2010/09/23/training-session-for-home-based-care-kits-in-njombe/ McGill University School of Nursing M.Sc. students Kristin Gagnon and Ryan Lomenda arrived in Njombe for a full term of study as part of the ongoing relationship between McGill nurses and Highlands Hope. Ms Gagnon will be focusing on Highlands Hope peer educators and a special project to create training and ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2010/09/23/mcgill-nursing-students-arrive-for-next-steps-in-partnership-with-highlands-hope/ Kathryn Hansen, Ariane Desmarais-Michaud and George Sanga interview a student at Ramadani School in Njombe. Hi from Njombe! So it is already our last week in Njombe. Time has gone by so fast. It seems surreal that we’ve already been here for 5 weeks! Now all we have left to ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2010/06/04/update-from-bishops-students-with-highlands-hope-in-njombe/ Ariane Desmarais-Michaud and Kathryn Hansen are Political Studies students from Bishop’s University in Canada doing a second installment in an ongoing study project of the situation of orphans and vulnerable children in Njombe under the guidance of the Highlands Hope affiliated Kibena Women’s Association and with the support of the ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2010/05/27/bishops-students-get-community-support-in-njombe/ Hi, We are finishing up our second week at Ramadani School and our project is progressing along at a great pace. We have almost interviewed half of the OVC’s we have selected to interview (about 50 so far) and have also started several home visits. These visits have been difficult on ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2010/05/21/update-from-ariane-and-kathryn-in-njombe/ Hey! So this week has been awesome. We were able to interview all the teachers at Ramadhani School, many community leaders, and members of the school board as well as some students (orphans). The research project is really interesting, as well as giving all the information to the Kibena Women’s Association, ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2010/05/16/update-from-bishops-students-in-njombe/ Kathryn Hansen and Ariane Desmarais-Michaud from Bishop’s University are partners with the Kibena Women’s Association and Kibena Youth in a month-long study of the situation of orphans in Njombe. This is the second year in an ongoing partnership that links Highlands Hope affiliated groups with the Political Studies department of ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2010/05/14/students-from-bishops-university-researching-orphans-in-njombe/ Aspen Gagné from Montreal will be traveling to Njombe next week to work with Betty Liduke at the Care and Treatment Centre at Tanwat Company Hospital. While there, she will be the guest of the Tanwat Company. Special thanks to Tanwat Managing Director Bram Goswami for supporting this visit. http://www.highlandshope.com/2010/04/24/mcgill-nurse-aspen-gangne-to-assist-betty-liduke/ A correspondence from Veronique Fraser, one of two McGill School of Nursing M.Sc. (Global Health) students working with Highlands Hope of Tanzania this term. Visiting the Villages… We are sitting in a living room, on the wood framed couches that are identical to the wood backed seats that adorn each of the ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2009/12/06/village-visits-by-chakunimu-and-mcgill-msc-nursing-students/ Our time here is coming to an end. It has been quite a journey and we have learned much about the friendliness and caring nature of the people of this region. We have also learned of the desolate conditions in which they diligently perform their work with the ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2009/11/27/mcgill-nursing-students-near-end-of-their-study-exchange/ A report forwarded by Betty Liduke on the CHAKUNIMU - PIUTA - PIUMA “Neighbours Helping Neighbours” learning event: CHAKUNIMU, PIUMA AND PIUTA PROJECT Title of the project: Home Based Care Participants: Peer Educator from CHAKUNIMU, members of PIUMA and PIUTA INTRODUCTION CHAKUNIMU is a non government organization situated at the rural area in Njombe district ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2009/10/01/neighbours-helping-neighbours/ This Monday, Amy and I attended a quarterly meeting of Nurses for Highlands Hope. We meet with Evangelista Koyombo, the head nurse at TANWAT and Chair of Highlands Hope of Tanzania, and several other members of the group in the cloudy, smoky, cold dawn that arrives every morning in Njombe. ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2009/09/30/first-impressions-of-nursing-in-njombe-from-mcgill-mscnursing-student-in-tanzania/ Dr. Zin Zin Winkoko stopped to visit with leaders of Highlands Hope in Njombe on her way to begin work with PIUMA, the HIV patient-activist group in Makete District. Dr. Zin Zin recently completed a Master’s degree at a Bangkok Univerity in advanced HIV and malaria care and will be ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2009/09/03/new-piuma-doctor-zin-zin-winkoko-visits-highlands-hope-leaders/ Andra Leimanis and Jacquie Bocking, MSc Nursing (Global Health) students from last year’s exchange with Highlands Hope of Tanzania, were featured in the Montreal newspaper, The Gazette. http://www.canada.com/health/Nurses+from+Canada/1954620/story.html http://www.highlandshope.com/2009/09/03/highlands-hope-featured-in-montreal-newspaper/ Radio Canada “The Link” interviewed Andra Leimanis and Madeleine Buck after reading Peggy Curran’s article in The Gazette from Sunday, August 30. You can listen to it at http://www.rcinet.ca/rci/en/emissions/archives/archivesDetails_1952_31082009.shtml (second hour of the show). http://www.highlandshope.com/2009/09/01/highlands-hope-on-radio-canada/ The latest in a series of exchanges between nurses and nursing students in Canada and Tanzania continued with the arrival in East Africa of two MSc nursing students, Veronique Fraser and Amy Low. While at Tanwat Hospital in Njombe, Veronique will be observing on the wards and undertaking an approved study, ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2009/08/17/newest-mcgill-nursing-students-in-tanzania/ HIGHLANDS HOPE TANZANIA QUARTERLY MEETRTING OF HIGHLANDS HOPES TANZANIA ON 07/07/09 THE AGENDA 1. Opening 2. Reading past minutes 3. Issues rose from past minutes 4. A report from members who visited Canada 5. ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2009/08/17/highlands-hope-quarterly-meeting/ Hi everyone, Things are getting busy here. I met with the Kibena Women’s Association on Wednesday and we started to visit the families yesterday. Some houses are fine and we see that the children are happy there, but it is harder in others. This is really a great experience and it’s ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2009/05/08/bishops-university-students-work-with-orphans-and-sing-in-the-choir/ Lucie Imbeau and Micah Orr are Political Science students from Bishop’s University in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. As part of the University’s innovative International Studies program, they are assisting two volunteer groups in the Njombe area. Their solidarity visit has been made possible by Canadian Friends of Highlands Hope, TD Meloche-Monnex, ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2009/05/04/bishops-university-students-support-volunteer-efforts-in-njombe/ Thr following press release was published today in Montreal: Pearson Canada Supports Highlands Hope Nursing Consortium in Tanzania Author Madeleine Buck Donates Royalties To Help In Fight Against HIV-AIDS Montreal, Canada – April 21, 2009 – Pearson author Madeleine Buck, co-author of Fundamentals of Canadian Nursing: Concepts, Process, and Practice, 2nd ed., ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2009/04/21/canadian-nursing-textbook-company-supports-highlands-hope/ Highlands Hope Chair Evangelista Kayombo and Coordinator Betty Liduke arrived in Montreal Saturday evening to begin a series of meetings and presentations with Highlands Hope partners in Canada. Betty and Evangelista will meet with nursing students and faculty at the School of Nursing of McGill University as well as making presentations ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2009/03/30/highalnds-hope-representatives-arrive-in-montreal-for-two-week-visit/ The following article was published today in This Day in Dar es Salaam. Finn’s Facts: End the monopoly of Becton Dickinson at Ministry of Health FINNIGAN WA SIMBEYE DAR ES SALAAM VENERANDA Sanga, an orphan who lived with HIV/AIDS from Bulongwa in Makete District in Iringa Region succumbed to death last February. ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2009/03/30/aids-orphans-death-featured-in-dar-es-salaam-newspaper/ Highlands Hope Chairperson Evangelista Kayombo and Coordinator Betty Liduke will travel to Montreal on March 27 for two weeks of meetings with partners at McGill University, St. George’s School, St. Lambert United Church, and Bishop’s University. During their visit, the Highlands Hope representatives will plan for next steps with the School ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2009/03/24/highlands-hope-chairperson-and-coordinator-to-visit-partners-in-canada/ These updates are arriving from Juma Nzige, Clinical Officer with PIUMA via Vicky Ntetema in Dar es Salaam and Jackson Mbogela, member of the PIUMA Advisory Board in the Netherlands: Veneranda Sanga (2005) For more reporting (in Kiswahili) and photos, visit http://www.piuma-simba.org/site/ 3:22 a.m. (EDT) I talked to Juma this morning and ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2009/03/01/updates-on-venerandas-funeral-procession-and-burial-service-2/ The following testimonial was written by BBC Tanzania Bureau Chief Vicky Ntetema, a leading journalist and a friend of Veneranda Sanga. For an earlier report on Veneranda, see http://www.highlandshope.com/2005/12/11/veneranda-a-16-year-olds-life-history-experiences-difficulties-and-dreams-2 Veneranda is not another statistic! 28th February may be last day of the second month of year 2009! But regrettably, it is also ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2009/02/28/veneranda-sanga-died-this-morning-at-ikonda-consolata-hospital/ Femina HIP is a multimedia edutainment and sexual health information initiative, funded and supported by the Swedish, Swiss, Danish Embassies, as well as GTZ, RFE, USAID/FHI and TACAIDS. Femina HIP partners with other organization and goverments as well as individuals. Over the years, many individuals have collaborated with ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2009/02/24/highalnds-hope-coordinator-betty-liduke-receives-outstanding-achievement-award/ This note received from Prof. Madeleine Buck at the McGill School of Nursing: McGill Nurses for Highlands Hope* - 2008 Fellowship Presentations Jacqueline Bocking, M.Sc.(A) C Understanding adherence to antiretroviral therapy for HIV/AIDS in rural Tanzania : Client and provider perspectives & Andra Leimanis, M.Sc.(A) C The Exploration of home-based care in Njombe ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2009/02/03/mcgill-students-present-results-of-tanzanian-studies/ Dear friends of HHP We would like to convey our greetings to you all, as we hope your getting fine. we wish you happy for new year. Here is a report of 9/12/2008 which was held at the above mentioned dates. HIGHLANDS HOPE TANZANIA NURSE’S COUNSELOR MEETING 09TH DECEMBER 2008 PARTICIPANT’S MANES No ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2008/12/29/minutes-from-the-regular-meeting-of-highlands-hope-of-tanzania/ CHAKUNIMU (pictures to follow) Peer Health Educators (PHEs) providing Home Based Care to the villages of TANWAT Company Hospital from September to October 2008. Photo documentary update from McGill University nursing student, Andra Leimanis. The bicycle is an invaluable means of transportation for the PHEs. The distances between ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2008/11/24/mcgill-nursing-student-works-with-local-peer-educators-in-njombe/ Update for Highlands Hope Jacquie Bocking, Betty Liduke (Director, TANWAT CTC and Coordinator of Highlands Hope of Tanzania), and Andra Leimanis I thought it might be interesting for me to share about my work in the Care and Treatment Centre (CTC) at TANWAT. The CTC is the clinic for following patients ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2008/10/27/mcgill-nursing-student-reports-on-hiv-care-and-treatment-at-tanwat-hospital/ McGill MSc student Andra Leimanis is currently in Tanzania as part of the Highlands Hope - McGill University School of Nursing project. She sends this update. Home-Based Care with Peer Health Educators: Report from the Villages Who is CHAKUNIMU? CHAKUNIMU is a group of Peer Health Educators (PHEs) who are actively involved in ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2008/10/11/home-based-care-in-village-seeting-working-with-chakunimu/ Update for Highlands Hope – Oct 3 Hello again from Njombe, We have now been in Tanzania for one month. We are really enjoying working with the nurses at the hospital – every day we spend there we are learning about different ways of doing things, new conditions that we don’t see ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2008/10/04/report-from-mcgill-nursing-students-working-with-highlands-hope/ We received the following note from Jacqueline Bocking, McGill School of Nursing graduate student on a semester of study with Highlands Hope of Tanzania. Andra Leimanis and Dr. Jocelyne Proulx from McGill University with Betty Liduke and the peer educator team in Nyumbanitu Hello from Tanzania! Andra and I have now been in ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2008/09/16/a-note-from-jacquie-bocking-mcgill-nursing-student-with-highlands-hope/ The regular September meeting of Highlands Hope of Tanzania members was held in Ikonda. Members were pleased to welcome Tasilo Mdamu back from a period of advanced nursing studies in Iringa, as well as MSc nursing students Andra Leimanis and Jacqueline Bocking from McGill University. The minutes of the meeting ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2008/09/15/septmeber-2008-regular-meeting-of-highlands-hope-nurse-counsellors/ Two McGill University School of Nursing students, Andra Leimanis and Jacqueline Bocking, are in Njombe at TANWAT Company Hospital as part of their studeis in the the School’s MSc programme in Global Health. TANWAT Company Hospital is an official teaching site for McGill University. The students are pursuing study topics approved ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2008/09/15/mcgill-university-school-of-nursing-students-in-tanzania/ The following abstract from the Partec copany of Muenster, Germany, outlines the most recent success of the Cyflow CD4% machine, measuring critical health indicators in the blood of HIV-AIDS patients. Through a complex series of political, business, and research maneuvers (many of them demonstrably corrupt), a competing technology provider has managed ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2008/09/03/partec-cyflow-cd4-counters-prove-their-effectiveness-again/ Jackson Mbogela is the former Co-ordinator of PIUMA, the HIV-AIDS patients’ self-help group in Makete District, who is currently studying on a Ford Foundation grant in the Netherlands. He comments on the press report that is reproduced immediately following this item in the news section of the Highlands Hope site. For ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2008/08/31/the-health-care-situation-is-even-worse-than-reported-in-this-day/ From today’s This Day newspaper: Rats on the rampage: Destroy CD4 counter machine at Bulongwa HIV/AIDS clinic, forcing patients to walk all the way to Makete FINNIGAN WA SIMBEYE Makete RATS are reported to have damaged a US-make CD4 counter machine used to analyze the progression of the HIV virus in people and determine ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2008/08/31/dar-newspaper-reports-on-disastrous-state-of-care-in-bulongwa/ MWANDISHI WA HABARI OFISINI PIUMA Mwandishi wa habari Simbeye ambaye alikuja jana tarehe 27/8/2008 katika ofisi ya PIUMA saa 5:30 asubuhi akiwa ametokea DSM. Mwandishi huyu alisema kuwa amekuja kujua historia fupi ya PIUMA. Kwa bahati mbaya Katibu Wema Sanga hakufika ofisini, lakini alibahatika kuonana na baadhi ya wanachama kama, ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2008/08/29/mwandishi-wa-habari-ofisini-piuma/ From today’s online edition of This Day: EDITORIAL: Govt commitment needed to revamp health sector EDITOR DAR ES SALAAM IN Tanzania, like elsewhere in Africa, we have politicians and public officers who have the penchant to seek medical care in health institutions abroad while the nation’s health care delivery system is in a ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2008/08/29/editorial-calls-for-overhaul-of-healthcare-with-a-focus-on-the-poor/ President Jakaya Kikwete toured the new ward facilities at Ikonda Consolata Hospital in Ikonda earlier this week. Pictured above is the President with hospital Director Fr. Alessandro Nava. Highlands Hope of Tanzania nurses work in the hospital’s very effective HIV Care and Treatment Centre, serving thousands of patients with the highest ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2008/08/04/president-of-tanzania-visits-ikonda-consolata-hospital/ An online magazine focused on positive leadership for change in Africa has recognized Highlands Hope of Tanzania Co-ordinator Betty Liduke as a “Leader of Change”. A feature interview with Betty is included in the latest edition of A. Magazine. To read the full interview, go to: http://interviews.amagazine.org/?p=115 Excerpt from A. Magazine: Betty Liduke has ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2008/07/17/betty-liduke-interviewed-by-online-a-magazine/ Member Profile: Tumaini Swallow Tumaini Swallow is tough. At 28, she has already had four children, is living with HIV and has been a member of PIUMA for two years. Despite her small stature, and that she has lost the fingers on her right hand from an accident with ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2008/07/12/profile-of-an-active-member-of-piuma/ As part of its policies to promote accountability and prevent corruption, PIUMA is making available to the public its independent auditor’s statement about its 2007 financial records. INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF PIMA UISHI KWA MATUMAINI (PIUMA) INTRODUCTION. I have examined the appended financial statements made up the balance sheet, receipts and ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2008/07/11/piuma-one-of-the-few-ngos-in-tanzania-to-open-its-books-for-independent-audit/ EDITORIAL: Dar port must address President Kagame and other users’ concerns EDITOR DAR ES SALAAM RWANDAN President Paul Kagame repeated his criticism of bureaucratic red tape delaying transit cargo at Dar es Salaam port during an East African investment conference in Kigali last week. Mr Kagame whose landlocked country depends on Dar ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2008/07/10/piumas-battle-with-bureaucracy-featured-in-editorial-in-this-day-newspaper-in-dar-es-salaam/ RIPOTI YA SAFARI YA ARUSHA. Tumeondoka Bulongwa tarehe 27/7/2008 tumefika Arusha tarehe 29/6/2008. Tumefika Arusha 4:30, tumepokelewa na ndugu Jackson Mbogela. Tumetafuta gesti mahali pa kupumzika. Tumekaa kwa pamoja na kuandika barua ya kwenda Polisi na kwa mkuu wa Mkutano na kopi kwa ofisi kuu ya Arusha kwa ajili ya kuomba kushiriki Mkutano, na hapo hatukujua ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2008/07/10/ripoti-ya-safari-ya-arusha/ From a letter received by Sylvie Lambert: On behalf of the Planning Committee of the 2008 GANES Educating the Future Nursing and Health Workforce: a Global Challenge Conference, I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for submitting an abstract for the conference. I am pleased to ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2008/07/08/highlands-hope-nurses-partnered-approach-to-pain-management-education-at-ganes-2008-in-toronto/ Only a few kilometres outside of Bulongwa lie Ilolo and Utanziwa, two small villages set in the rolling valleys of the Livingstone Mountains and separated by only a narrow trail. Despite their miniscule size, these villages are home to many PIUMA members – so many that they almost account ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2008/07/08/piuma-has-active-village-chapters/ After representing Makete at last week’s Tanzania Association of Non-Governmental Organizations (TANGO) meeting in Mbeya, PIUMA has been chosen as the NGO to once again represent its district as a member of the District Health Committee. The formation of this committee will enable NGOs to work more closely with ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2008/07/06/another-victory-for-piuma/ Sasa wanachama wa PIUMA wameamua kuanzisha timu ya mpira wa miguu ili kupima afya zao. Timu hii imeshaanza mazoezi taraya kwa ajili ya kujipima afya na wanataka kuanza kushindana na mashirika mengine ya watu wanaoishi na VVU. Timu hii ni ya mchanganyiko wanawake kwa wanaume , waliopima afya zao ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2008/07/03/timu-ya-mpira-wa-miguu-ya-piuma-3/ The following article appeared in the Frankfurter Rundschau (one of Germany’s largest daily newspapers) last week. (Translation provided by EAWM) Ambulance for poor patients existed on paper only How donations amounting to Є 300,000 have disappeared in Tanzania. An insight report into why aid organizations of the German church are ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2008/07/02/piuma-recognized-in-german-newspapers-for-its-anti-corruption-efforts/ As PIUMA’s Hima-VCT verges on re-opening this week, Clinical Officer, Juma Nzige, has written this assessment of members’ health statuses after more than three months without an operational Voluntary Counselling and Treatment center. The Hima-VCT was created over a year ago with the mission of providing members with free ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2008/07/01/report-on-the-health-status-of-piuma%e2%80%99s-members/ From June 30th to July 6th, PIUMA will be attending and presenting at the national TANGO meeting. TANGO, an acronym for Tanzania NGO, or Non-Governmental Organization, will take place in Mbeya and will be attended by representatives from each of the 58 districts in Tanzania. Of the 15 NGOs in ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2008/06/30/piuma-to-represent-makete-district-at-national-meeting/ A delegation from PIUMA, the AIDS patient activist group in Makete District released the following press release as part of its advocacy efforts with the Lutheran church meeting in Arusha: PIUMA Demands an End to Corruption in the Lutheran Church Arusha, Tanzania (June 30, 2008) The HIV-AIDS patient advocacy group ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2008/06/29/piuma-delegation-in-arusha-demands-end-to-lutheran-church-corruption/ One of Germany’s biggest newspapers, the Franfurter Rundschau, has a feature report today on PIUMA and how its demands for an end to fraud and theft by local church and hospital authorities led to severe restrictions on HIV services in the Bulongwa area. Since the organization’s lock-out from facilities supported ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2008/06/27/piumas-struggle-against-corruption-on-the-front-page-of-one-of-germanys-biggest-newspapers/ Hii ni taarifa ya ujenzi kwenye Jengo la PIUMA, tunashushukuru kwa misaada ya wafadhili na marafiki wote wa PIUMA kwa michango yenu mnayotoa kwa ajili ya kuisaidia PIUMA kwa mambo mbalimbali. Mpaka sasa jengo letu la PIUMA vyumba vilivyoisha kusakafiwa ni nane, katika hivi vyumba nane vyumba vine vinaendelea ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2008/06/26/ujenzi-wa-jengo-la-piuma/ UTANGULIZI: Kikao cha kamati zote za PIUMA kimefanyika jana tarehe tajwa hapo juu kwa ajili ya kuwaelimishwa wajumbe wa kamati kujua wajibu wa kazi kwa kila kamati, kikao kilifunguliwa saa 4:00 asubuhi. Mwenyekiti aliwaeleza wajumbe kuwa tumetembelewa na mgeni toka Canada ambaye amekuja kututembelea, na mgeni huyu amekuja na vifaa ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2008/06/26/kikao-cha-kamati-zote-za-piuma-kilichofanyika-tarehe-25062008/ For the first time since the creation of PIUMA’s Financial & Planning Committee last month, the committee met with PIUMA’s Executive Committee. The purpose of the meeting was to begin working together to forge collective objectives. The Financial & Planning Committee was established one month ago in order to oversee ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2008/06/26/piuma-executive-committee-and-financial-planning-committee-meet-for-the-first-time/ At a recent meeting of the Makete District HIV-AIDS services coordinating committee, representatives of district NGOs recognized that PIUMA was the most effective local organization for delivering awareness and testing services. From July until December of last year, PIUMA’s Bulongwa-based Voluntary Counselling and Testing Centre (VCT) and its mobile outreach ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2008/06/24/makete-aids-coordinating-committee-supports-piuma-efforts-to-re-open-vct-clinic/ On Saturday, June 21st, Highlands Hope affiliate NGO, Chakunimu, held an information session in the village of Mlevele, just outside of Njombe. The session was used to spread awareness of HIV and the importance of testing. Using several teaching methods, the session focused on expelling local myths about the ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2008/06/24/partners-of-highlands-hope-bring-awareness-and-new-testing-facility-to-the-villages-around-nyumbanitu/ From the June 23 edition of This Day newspaper in Dar es Salaam: Finn’s Facts: Lutheran leaders should censure graft culprits among them FINNIGAN WA SIMBEYE, DAR ES SALAAM THE country’s northern tourist enclave of Arusha town will this week play host to a high profile Lutheran Church leaders’ conference. Lutheran World Federation ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2008/06/23/piumas-struggle-against-corruption-in-makete-in-dar-newspaper/ HIGHLANDS HOPE of TANZANIA NURSE COUNSELOR MEETING 7TH JUNE 2008 PARTICIPANTS Evangelista Kayombo chair/Counselor TANWAT Leonila Samlongo ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2008/06/12/highalnds-hope-of-tanzania-nurses-meet-in-ikonda/ Solidarity exchanges with Canadian partners is becoming a tradition for the PLWHA self-help and advocacy group PIUMA. The Bulongwa-based organization will be welcoming Gabe Maldoff, a McGill University student, for a two month project focused on building capacity for PIUMA to go online with news and updates from the organization. PIUMA ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2008/06/07/piuma-and-canadian-friends-of-highlands-hope-begin-website-project/ Betty Liduke, Highlands Hope of Tanzania and active volunteer with the Kibena Women’s Association (KWA), writes: On behalf of Kibena Women’s Association, I thank St Georges School for a very big help to smoothen the work of KWA . We thank you very much ST GEORGE’S SCHOOL FOR THEIR DONATION ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2008/06/03/kibena-womens-association-njombe-partners-with-st-george-school-westmount-to-support-orphans/ Members of PIUMA have been working through the rainy season on the interior of the organizations new headquarters and clinic space in Bulongwa. Their Executive Officer, Taimu Sanga, reports that “we have already finished four rooms in plastering, flowing, fitting of doors and windows.” PIUMA is rushing to complete work ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2008/05/19/much-progress-on-piuma-house-in-bulongwa/ More than 180 enthusiastic music-lovers listened to Thomas Riebl (viola) and Silke Avenhaus (piano), at the Solidarity Concert they performed for PIUMA in the Vienna Concert Hall. The entrance fees and the revenue of selling CD´s of more than EUR 2,600 will al go to support PIUMA’s efforts for PLHWA ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2008/05/15/successful-solidarity-concert-for-piuma-in-the-vienna-concert-hall/ The McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) is an advanced tertiary health care, research and education centre in Montreal affiliated with McGill University. McGill Nurses for Highlands Hope and the Canadian Friends of Highlands Hope have just received confirmation that the Nursing Executive Committee of the university-affiliated hospital has “unanimously agreed ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2008/04/26/new-partnership-for-highlands-hope-of-tanzania/ PIUMA is the HIV-AIDS patients’ self-help and advocacy group from the Bulongwa area of Makete District. It has been leading the struggle for respect for the human rights of PLWHAs in their district and the for the provision of basic care including HIV services since 2004. This week PIUMA’s General Secretary ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2008/04/26/piuma-representatives-in-dar-es-salaam/ PIUMA officers have been invited to send two representatives to a seminar organised by a network of youth living with HIV/AIDS in Dar es Salaam from the 20th of April to the 24th. The members of PIUMA who will attend are Esterina Swalloh from Mwakauta and Nasibu Ntullo from Utanziwa, ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2008/04/18/piuma-recoginzed-for-leadership-and-training/ On Friday, April 25, the Graduating Students of Lindsay Place High School in Pointe Claire (on the West Island of Montreal) will be holding their first ever 24-hour Famine. The purpose of this event is to show solidarity with people in need and to raise funds to purchase medical ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2008/04/18/montreal-high-school-supports-highlands-hope-with-24-hour-fast/ PIUMA, the HIV-AIDS patients’ advocacy and human rights group, has hired Mr. Taimu Jackson Sanga as its new Coordinator, Ms. Juma Nzige as Clinical Officer, and Potania Mfuse as its nurse responsible for PIUMA’s village outreach in Voluntary Counselling and Testing and Home-Based Care. PIUMA’s former Coordinator, Jackson Mbogela, is ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2008/04/12/piuma-hires-new-staff/ (Montreal, April 9, 2008) Canadian Friends of Highlands Hope and McGill Nurses for Highlands Hope are moving into the second phase of the development of their project to support the networking and professional training of nurses working in hospitals and HIV-AIDS clinics in Africa. The project links McGill University’s School of ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2008/04/12/next-phase-in-tanzanian-canadian-partnership-begins/ PIUMA`s weekly report: 25/2/ – 1/3/2008. On the 25. 2. 08 and 21.2., the committees sat together and discussed following topics: Solidarity march: In the discussion about the solidarity march, the budget issue was questioned because in the review of the previous march, we remember that the budget was prepared not well enough, we ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2008/03/13/a-report-on-piuma-deliberations/ HIGHLANDS HOPE of TANZANIA NURSE COUNSELOR MEETING 1ST MARCH 2008 PRESENT 1. E. KAYOMBO PMCTC COUNSELOR TANWAT HOSPITAL 2. B. SANGA NURSE COUNSELOR ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2008/03/07/highlands-hope-of-tanzania-nurses-meet-at-spring-2008-gathering/ The TANWAT Company Hospital in Njombe, one of the three founding Highlands Hope institutions, is signing an agreement with the McGill University School of Nursing to become one of the School’s recognized training sites for its MSc programme in International Health. “We’re excited to be moving forward with this,” says Associate ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2008/02/24/tanwat-company-hospital-and-the-mcgill-university-school-of-nursing-develop-agreement-to-train-canadian-and-tanzanian-nurses/ I arrived back in Montreal a month a go and as I write this last web entry, I recall fondly my time spent in Njombe. Working with our Tanzanian colleagues at TANWAT was an exceptional personal and professional experience. I would like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2008/02/11/a-final-report-from-sylvie-lambert-2007-mcgill-nurses-for-highlands-hope-fellowship-holder/ HIGHLANDS HOPE OF TANZANIA PROJECTS 2008 INTRODUCTION By the end of 2005 and estimated 24.5 million adult and children was living with HIV in sub-sahara-Africa. During that year of 2 million people died from AIDS. The epidemic left behind some 12 million orphaned children (UNICEF report 2005) most individuals are un aware that ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2008/02/04/highlands-hope-of-tanzania-publishes-200-2997-activities-report-and-priorities-for-2008/ Village life: The long and bumpy road out of rural isolation By Barney Jopson Published: November 7 2007 02:46 It is 7.45am and the sun is beginning to warm Bulongwa’s icy mountain air. A Toyota Landcruiser appears at the crest of the hill, rattles down the slope, and stops at a ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2008/01/12/financial-times-article-about-bulongwa-highlands-hope-most-remote-link/ PIUMA is committed to complete program and financial accountability and transparency. This is a reflection of its own commitment to fight corruption and inefficiency and their negative impact on the health care available for people in Makete District. PIUMA held the second in a series of training workshops on financial management ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2008/01/02/piuma-holds-financial-management-training-course/ A Christmas to remember… I hope everyone is having a great holiday season! Although, for the first time, I am away for Christmas several happenings reminded me of nyumbani without feeling too nostalgic (actually made me smile). On Christmas Day, Betty and I were at the Kibena Market and I ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2007/12/30/a-christmas-to-remember-in-njombe/ This AIDS pandemic: We are not well organized By Muhingo Rweyemamu Much of what I wanted to say in this series has been well said by the Dar es Salaam Regional Commissioner, Abbas Kandoro. When marking the World’s AIDS Day in the Dar es Salaam Region, Kandoro started by condemning some ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2007/12/26/highalnds-hope-advisor-muhingo-rweyemamu-reflects-on-the-war-against-aids-in-tanzania/ The Coordinator of Highlands Hope of Tanzania, Betty Liduke, writes, “Orphans day was very good - dancing, having lunch with children and offering them guidance, singing,Christmass gifts - it was real a health day to all.” December 26, 2007. http://www.highlandshope.com/2007/12/26/boxing-day-gathering-for-orphans-sponsired-by-highlands-hope-of-tanzania-and-the-kibena-womens-association/ Following a very successful visit to Austria, PIUMA leaders returned to Tanzania with a new sense of solidarity and commitment. Austrian development worker Elisabeth Zenz has created a blog that reports on the PIUMA visit and also on her own work with the Austrian Lutheran development agency EAWM in support ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2007/12/15/wema-sanga-and-muhingo-rweyemamu-return-to-tanzania-from-austrian-tour/ The HIV patient advocacy and self-help group PIUMA reports outstanding success in the village-based HIV testing drive that it launched in mid-October. 1,850 men and women have come forward for counselling and HIV testing in 16 villages in the Bulongwa aea of Makete District. PIUMA’s nurse-counsellor Mary Musoma and coordinator Jackson ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2007/12/09/remarkable-success-for-piumas-village-based-hiv-testing-drive/ Wema Sanga, General Secretary of PIUMA, presented the historyof the self-help group PIUMA and the current challenges the organization faces at a conference called “Parliament Ppositive” in Vienna. The conference was hosted by the president of the Austrian Parliament, Barbara Prammer and enabled NGOs to introduce their efforts to ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2007/12/09/strong-like-a-lion-piuma-leader-addresses-austrian-parliamentarians/ The Coordinator of Highlands Hope of Tanzania, Betty Liduke, has prepared minutes of the last meeting of Highlands Hope of Tanzania, coinciding this year with World AIDS Day. HIGHLANDS HOPE TANZANIA NURSE COUNSELOR MEETING REPORT 1ST DECEMBER, 2007 Attendance Evangelista Kayombo ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2007/12/05/highlands-hope-of-tanzania-marks-world-aids-day-with-a-focus-on-chidrens-rights/ A busy weekend in Njombe… I was invited to attend two events this weekend underscoring world AIDS day. Saturday December 1st, Betty Liduke, 2 nurses from TANWAT, and I left Njombe early in the morning to attend the Highlands Hope of Tanzania nurse counsellors meeting in Ikonda. The nurse counsellors ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2007/12/04/a-second-letter-from-sylvie-lambert-mcgill-nurses-for-highlands-hope-fellow-in-njombe/ Our second McGill Nurses for Highlands Hope Fellow, Sylvie Lambert, is in Njombe working with Highlands Hope of Tanzania on the develoment of training modules for nurses and other health care workers on the front lines of the HIV-AIDS battle in Njombe and Makete Districts. She writes: Description of activities (November ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2007/11/29/mcgill-nurse-writes-from-njombe/ The “One World Award” of Bürmoos (District of Salzburg, Austria) was presented Friday, November 16, 2007, to PIUMA, the Tanzanian HIV patient self-help organization, and to Gerhard Raxendorfer, an Austrian HIV-positive volunteer who has worked with PIUMA in the village of Bulongwa . PIUMA was represented by Wema Sanga, General-Sectretary ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2007/11/23/austrian-%e2%80%9cone-world-award%e2%80%9c-for-piuma-and-gerhard-raxendorfer/ A group of nursing students at a Canadian university are reaching out to partner with Highlands Hope of Tanzania to support a deserving nursing student in Njombe, Tanzania. The student is Flora Haule, a young woman in her final year at Ilembula School of Nursing in Njombe. She will be graduating ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2007/11/23/new-highlands-hope-partner-supports-nursing-education-in-njombe/ PIUMA, the HIV patient activist group in Bulongwa, Makete District, has sent a delegation to Austria to receive a prize for its effective advocacy on behalf of people living with HIV-AIDS (PLWHAs) in rural Tanzania. Wema Sanga is a member of the Executive Committee of PIUMA. She is accompanied by Muhingo ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2007/11/15/piuma-representatives-visit-austria/ Sylvie Lambert, the second recipient of the McGill Nurses for Highlands Hope Fellowship, writes: “Starting next week, McGill Nurses for Highlands Hope and Highlands Hope of Tanzania (a network of HIV nurse-counsellors in the Makete region of Tanzania) will come together to develop a pain assessment and management education module. ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2007/11/08/pain-management-the-focus-for-canadian-tanzanian-cooperation-among-nurses/ McGill Nurses for Highlands Hope is proud to announce the name of the recipient of the second McGill Nurses for Highlands Hope Fellowship, Sylvie Lambert. Ms. Lambert is a candidate for the PhD degree at the School of Nursing and will embark for Tanzania in November for a two month study ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2007/10/19/second-mcgill-nurses-for-highlands-hope-fellowship-is-announced/ The following report and testing schedule for more than 20 villages was received from Elisabeth Zenz, EAWM communications link with PIUMA in Tanzania: Hello dear friends, In connection to the government’s target of testing as many people as possible, national, regional (target about 80 000) and in the districts (target 11870), Piuma ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2007/10/16/piuma-launches-twenty-village-hiv-testing-blitz/ The following programme and financial reports were provided by Betty Liduke, Coordinator of Highlands Hope of Tanzania and Executive member of the Kibena Women’s Asscoiation, for a three day capacity-building workshop held in Njombe in September with the support of Highlands Hope of Tanzania and St. George’s Elementary School of ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2007/10/16/widows-rights-expalined-at-hht-sponsored-workshop/ Highalnds Hope of Tanzania held a general membership meeting in Ikonda on Septemeber 1. A number of new members were able to attend, including colleagues from a newly-represented institution, St. Davids’s Anglican VCT Centre in Njombe. At the meeting, the nurses considered the care needs of HIV+ couples wanting to have ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2007/09/15/highlands-hope-of-tanzania-continues-to-grow/ In July, 20 members of PIUMA with representatives from a number of neighbouring HIV activist groups and four Canadian supporters walked more than 90 kilometers between the villages of Makete, Iniho, Ipelele and Ujuni to show the strength of people with HIV-AIDS and to alert villagers to the need for ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2007/09/02/piuma-solidarity-march-featured-on-american-apparel-website/ HIV was first identified in Africa in the mid 1980’s. However, it was only in 2004 that the first person in the rural Tanzanian district of Makete publicly declared himself to be infected with the virus. His name is Kabuyu Kyando. Three years after his declaration, we ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2007/08/28/kabuyu%e2%80%99s-march/ Four young Austrian nursing students have arrived in Bulongwa to show solidarity with the Highlands Hope HIV+ patients’ group PIUMA and to work with PIUMA volunteer home-based care givers. Wolfgang Rausch, Sabine Winkler, Michaela Schreiner and Reinhard Weiser are in the second year of studies at the Schule für allgemeine Gesundheits ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2007/08/21/austrian-nursing-students-arrive-in-bulongwa-to-begin-working-with-home-based-care-volunteers/ HH Tanzania’s Co-ordinator, Betty Liduke , has released her organization’s planning document for 2007-2008: HIGHLANDS HOPE CONSORTIUM TANZANIA HHC NURSE COUNSELOR PLAN 2007 - 2008 PROFILE Highlands Hope Consortium is a network of private hospital and non government organization in southern Highlands of Tanzania working together to respond to the challenge of HIV pandemic ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2007/08/10/hihlands-hope-tanzanias-plan-for-2007-2008/ The HIV+ self-help group PIUMA has just completed a very successful three-day Solidarity March over a 96 kilometer route with counselling and testing clinics in Iniho, Ipelele, and Ujuni. The twenty PIUMA activists were joined by representatives from the nearby AIDS groups MASOUFA, CHAKUNIMU and Tulumwi. As`well, five Canadians from ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2007/07/13/first-piuma-solidarity-march-a-big-success/ Four young Austrian nursing students have started final preparations to go to Bulongwa to show solidarity with the Highlands Hope HIV+ patients’ group PIUMA. Wolfgang Rausch, Sabine Winkler, Michaela Schreiner and Reinhard Weiser are in the second year of studies at the Schule für allgemeine Gesundheits und Krankeplege im AKH in ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2007/07/03/students-from-montreal-and-vienna-go-to-tanzania-to-work-with-highlands-hope-and-piuma/ In early 2007, PIUMA began two partnerships that used creative design strategies to bring attention to its message and demands. Through EAWM, it partnered with the teachers and students at HBLA Herbststrasse in Vienna to design a traditional Tanzanian “kanga cloth�?. A kanga is a standard-sized, printed cotton cloth that ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2007/06/30/montreal-and-vienna-designers-partner-with-piuma-to-fight-hiv-aids/ The Tanzanian HIV-AIDS patient activist group PIUMA, in partnership with Canadian Friends of Highlands Hope and the Montreal branding and design firm Origami, unveiled the design of its new logo today. “As an HIV patient activist group in rural Tanzania, we have been fighting for respect for the basic human right ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2007/06/25/piumas-new-logo-reflects-the-strength-and-courage-of-its-members/ The HIV+ patient activist group PIUMA has announced that the District Medical Officer of Makete has given his approval for the group to restart voluntary counselling and HIV testing services (VCT) immediately. This marks a critical step forward for the organization and for its insistence that people living with ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2007/06/20/piuma-approved-to-restart-voluntary-counseling-and-testing-vct/ At the June 2 meeting of the Highlands Hope Nurse-Counsellor Network, three members attended from Tanwat Company Hospital with 12 from Consolata Hospital in Ikonda. Two members were unable to attend. The main item on the agenda was a lengthy discussion about the need for a coordinator for the Network. A ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2007/06/09/highlands-hope-nurse-counselor-network-elects-new-chair-appoints-forst-coordinatore-and-establishes-offices-at-ikonda/ On Thursday, May 24th, 2007, the CyScope® mobile fluorescence microscope received the Innovation Award of the State Ministry of Economy and Employment in Dresden as “best contribution in biotechnology / life sciences” from among 72 competitors. The award was handed out by State Minister Thomas Jurk at a special ceremony. The ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2007/06/02/highlands-hope-technology-partner-partec-wins-major-innovation-award/ The following E-mail was received and was read to the PIUMA Executive Committee and the members have been informed. We are working out the formalities of how the recipient children be selected. It is expected that there might be an interview, however it is intended that the most disadvantaged and ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2007/05/23/new-secondary-school-scholarship-for-aids-orphans-from-makete/ Update from Canadian Friends of Highlands Hope: Sorry for the delay in updating news from Highlands Hope. A lot has been happening: At TANWAT Company Hospital, the HIV clinic is closing in rapidly on its stage 1 goal of serving 300 patients with anti-retroviral drugs. Nurse Betty Liduke is now concentrating her ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2007/05/13/update-from-canadian-friends-of-highlands-hope/ Eight nurse counsellors at Consolata Hospital Ikonda’s HIV Care and Treatment Centre, as well as nurses at TANWAT Company Hopsital and with the patient activist group PIUMA are hard at work learning the basics of computers in a 3 month program initiated by the Highlands Hope Nurse-Counselor Network. Betty Liduke, Chair ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2007/05/10/computer-training-for-highlands-hope-nurse-counselors-a-big-success/ PIUMA has begun work on the completion of the interior of its new office and meeting room building in Bulongwa. Flooring and plastering are proceeding quickly with much of the labour donated by PIUMA members. The new PIUMA Centre has been built with a number of local and international partners. Fund-raising ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2007/04/29/volunteerism-and-self-help-makes-progress-on-piuma-centre/ The HIV Care and Treatment Centre (CTC) at TANWAT Hospital in Njombe continues its steady growth with a total of 113 clients counseled and tested between January 1 and March 31, 2007, according to Betty Liduke, Director of the TANWAT Hospital CTC. Of these 113 new clients, 67 were found to ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2007/04/20/care-and-treatment-centre-at-tanwat-hospital-provides-care-to-another-hundred-patients/ The four person lobbying delegation to Dar es Salaam returned today to great accliam from the leaders and members of PIUMA. The delegation was led by Burton Mwawaya who is a member of the Planning and Financial Committee of PIUMA. Wema Sanga, PIUMA’s General Secretary, was the chief spokesperson for ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2007/04/17/piuma-lobbying-delegation-returns-with-new-energy/ A delegation of four leaders from PIUMA, the HIV patient activist group from Makete Disrict, is on a three day visit to Dar es Salaam to bring its demands for better HIV care to government leaders as well as to network with other activist organizations. The delegation is led by Burton ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2007/04/12/piuma-press-conference-in-dar-es-salaam-on-the-first-anniversary-of-the-lockout-at-the-hiv-clinic-in-bulongwa/ St.George’s Elementary School in Montreal continues to support the work of Highlands Hope and is also expanding its partnership with the Kibena Women’s Association in Njombe to include capacity building for widows. The School is working with Betty Liduke, Director of the TANWAT HIV Care and Treatment Centre and Chair ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2007/04/12/st-georges-school-partners-with-the-kibena-womens-association-to-support-aids-widows/ Members and leaders of the self support group for People Living with HIV/AIDS- PIUMA in Makete District have been on Training for four days on capacity building . The training covered the following topics. 1. Tanzania law governing the Non Governmental organisation Act 24 (2002). ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2007/04/11/piuma-sponors-very-successful-four-day-capacity-building-workshop/ Canadian Friends of Highlands Hope nursing advisor Prof. Madeleine Buck has just released a new book with renowned publisher Thomson-Nelson entitled Health Assessment & Physical Examination, first Canadian edition. Madeleine Buck visited the Highlands Hope clinics in January 2006 and has worked tirelessly since to build professional links between McGill University’s ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2007/04/04/new-canadian-nursing-text-book-dedicated-to-highlands-hope-nurses/ PIUMA, the HIV+ patients’ group in the Highlands Hope Consortium, is pleased to announce that it has negotiated a lease with the District Executive Director of Makete District for the use of the former HIMA project building in Bulongwa as a site for its clinical services. The building is well ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2007/03/23/new-home-in-bilongwa-for-piuma-programs-and-services/ The following press release was issued today by the Highlands Hope partner group PIUMA (the text of the Code of Conduct follows in English and Kiswahili): March 2, 2007 (Bulongwa) PIUMA, the HIV+ patients’ self-help group in Makete District, Tanzania, announced today that it has adopted a Code of Conduct designed ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2007/03/06/piuma-adopts-code-of-conduct/ The Highlands Hope Nurse-Counselor Network met on March 3rd in Ikonda. Mary Musoma from PIUMA was elected to replace Tasilo Ndamu as Secretary of the Network. Tasilo is attending a two year course in public health in Iringa. The meeting brought everyone up-to-date on the progress of the new computer skills ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2007/03/06/computer-skills-training-update-and-case-reviews-at-hh-nurse-counselor-network-meeting/ The Highlands Hope Nurse-Counselors Network (HHNCN) identified computer skills as a critically important focus for professional training and skills upgrading. Working with IT experts at Consolata Hospital Ikonda, the Chair of HHNCN, Betty Liduke, and the Secretary, Tasilo Ndamu, developed an introductory course that will run for three months ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2007/03/04/highlands-hope-consortium-nurse-counselor-network-begins-computer-skills-training/ The HIV+ self-help patients’ group PIUMA says that money embezzled from health care funds in Makete District must be recovered or replaced in a press release issued in Bulongwa. The text of the press release follows in English and Kiswahili. PIUMA demands that resources reach the people February 12, 2007 (Bulongwa) ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2007/02/13/piuma-demands-that-stolen-funds-be-replaced/ Update from Canadian Friends of Highlands Hope 09/02/07 Lots of things going on – sorry to have been delayed in updating recently. First of all, our young volunteer Conrad Harrington is back after three months in Bulongwa working with PIUMA. Con said he had a “great experience�? and comes home feeling much ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2007/02/10/news-update-from-canadian-friends-of-highlands-hope/ The Associate Director of the McGill University School of Nursing, Madeleine Buck, was pleased to announce today that Tanzania nurse Tasilo Mdamu is the first Tanzanian recipient of a McGill Nurses for Highlands Hope Fellowship. Mr. Mdamu is nursing leader and pioneering counsellor in the HIV Care and Treatment Centre ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2007/02/01/first-tanzanian-recipient-of-a-mcgill-nurses-for-highlands-fellowship-announced/ Canadian Friends of Highlands Hope 2006 Report Introduction 2006 has been a very busy year for Highlands Hope, a year for great successes and notable setbacks. This report touches on the highlights of the ongoing implementation of HIV-AIDS programming at the three Highlands Hope sites as well as a sketch of support activities ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2007/01/07/canadian-friends-of-hh-release-2006-report/ January 2, 2007. Congratulations to Gerhard Raxendorfer, a dedicated volunteer with PIUMA in Makete District. Gerhard is HIV+ himself and has used his status and his knowledge of the disease to educate and motivate PLWHAs in Tanzania. Today, he was recognized as one of the “100 Top Salzburgers” by the large Austrian ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2007/01/02/piuma-volunteer-recognized-for-outstanding-work/ The Kibena Women’s Association, a partner organization of Highlands Hope, sponsored the first gathering of orphans in Njombe on Boxing Day, December 26, 2006. Betty Liduke, chair of the Highlands Hope Consortium Nurse-Counselor Network and director of the TANWAT CTC, was an organizer and participant and she sends this email ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2006/12/27/boxing-day-gathering-of-orphans-in-njombe-a-big-success/ Ladies and Gentlemen, This is the report of PIUMA Mobile VCT (Voluntary Counselling and Testing) from June 2006 to November 2006. PIUMA made mobile VCT visits in two divisions. This work has been carried out with MSF (Medecins Sans Frontières) who have provided us use of a car, and with ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2006/12/25/a-report-on-piuma-eawm-outreach-in-the-bulongwa-area/ Canadian Friends of Highlands Hope wish all our Tanzanian and European partners Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We look forward to a day when recognition and support comes from the Tanzanian government and international agencies to our Highlands Hope partners for their outstanding work - more than 2,500 ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2006/12/24/christmas-greetings-to-all-our-tanzanian-partners/ The TANWAT Company Hospital’s HIV/AIDS programme started in 1996, and aimed at HIV prevention through Peer Health Educators (PHE). At that time the programme focused on company workers and their dependants. In 2000, the programme extended to the 17 villages surrounding the company. The programme has 19 co-ordinator and ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2006/12/22/tanwat-company-hospitals-new-care-and-treatment-centre-reports-impressive-progress/ The Consolata Hospital in Ikonda began its Care and Treatment Centre for HIV patients in December 2004. In two years, it has managed to register, counsel, test and begin treating 1,700 HIV+ patients. This is an outstanding achievement in a district where AIDS prevalence is thought to be as ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2006/12/22/consolata-hospital-ikonda-is-a-powerhouse-of-effective-hiv-response/ It’s a wonderful way to end 2006 and an inspiring story of initiative and success. In the region of Tanzania known to have one of the highest incidences of HIV-AIDS, the Highlands Hope hospitals and clinics are giving HIV monitoring and treatment services to more than 2,500 patients. With ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2006/12/22/a-year-of-remarkable-success-for-highlands-hope-in-the-battle-against-hiv/ The third meeting of the Highlands Hope Consortium nurse-counsellor network was held December 9th, 2006, at Consolata Hospital, Ikonda. Eleven members were in attendance: 1. Betty Liduke – Counsellor – TANWAT ( Chairperson ) 2. Tasilo Mdamu – Counsellor – Ikonda ( Secretary ) 3. Evangelista Kayombo – Counsellor – Ikonda 4. Maksensia Manga – Counsellor – ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2006/12/22/third-meeting-of-highalnds-hope-consortium-nurse-counsellor-network/ McGill is recognized as Canada’s top medical-research university. The McGill School of Nursing has been building a partnership with Highlands Hope nurse-counselors since a visit by the Associate Director of the School, Professor Madeleine Buck, last January. The first Highlands Hope Fellowship allowed Christina Clausen, a McGill-trained nursing specialist in maternal-child ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2006/12/09/mcgill-university-features-highlands-hope-story/ Rain could not dampen the soaring voices this past Friday as PIUMA gathered with members of the community in Bulongwa to acknowledge World AIDS Day and celebrate the first anniversary of the organization. Local government officials presided over the second annual event, which consisted of songs, dances and speeches ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2006/12/04/piuma-and-local-dignitaries-speak-to-youth-about-hiv-aids/ PIUMA, the HIV+ patients’ self-help group whose Kiswahili name means “Test and Live in Hope”, marked the first anniversary of its founding on December 1, 2006, World AIDS Day, with a gathering of youth representatives from Makete District Schools and with a link via Skype and MSN with the Austrian ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2006/12/02/piuma-marks-world-aids-day-with-a-focus-on-young-people-and-links-with-austria/ Christina Clausen, the first holder of a McGill Nurses for Highlands Hope Fellowship, gave a series of slide presentations and readings from her personal journal written during her two month study visit to Highlands Hope in Njombe, Ikonda and Bulongwa. The series was sponsored by the McGill School of Nursing and ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2006/12/02/world-aids-day-marked-at-the-mcgill-school-of-nursing/ The following statement was sent to the Office of the Prime Minister of Tanzania and to the Tanzanian Ministry of Health in early November pledging EAWM and Canadian Friends of Highlands Hope support for the establishment of a partnership to serve HIV+ people in Makete District. HIV Services and HAART in ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2006/11/15/hiv-services-and-haart-in-bulongwa-makete-district/ The nurse-counsellors involved in Highlands Hope hospitals and clinics have met twice and decided to create a new network to meet regularly for professional support and development. These are the minutes from the first two meetings. Highlands Hope Consortium, Tanzania Meeting Minutes September 23, 2006 Present: Betty Liduke, Nurse Counsellor, TANWAT Co. ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2006/10/25/new-nursing-netwoek-established-by-highlands-hope-nurses/ Christina Clausen is the first McGill Nurses for Highlands Hope Fellow. She is visiting Njombe and Makete Districts, exploring how the relationship between the McGill School of Nursing in Montreal and Highlands Hope nurses can grow. It is hard to believe that more than half my time is over here in ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2006/10/16/mcgill-nurse-visits-womens-and-youth-groups-in-njombe-third-update-from-christina-clausen/ Members of PIUMA, the HIV-AIDS self-help group in Makete District, met the day after the detention of its advisor, Jackson Mbogela, and drafted the attached letter demanding an explanation from the regional police commander for this flagrant contravention of his human rights. PIUMA – PIMA ILI UISHI KWA MATUMAINI PO BOX ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2006/10/11/piuma-demands-explanations-from-local-authorites/ Press release from Tuesday, October 10, 2006. PIUMA and EAWM demand explanation for HIV activist’s detention October 10, 2006. (Vienna) EAWM, the Austrian Lutheran mission and development agency, and PIUMA, the HIV self-help group in Makete District, Tanzania, have secured the release from jail of HIV activist Jackson Mbogela, an EAWM staff member ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2006/10/10/piuma-and-eawm-demand-explanation-for-hiv-activist%e2%80%99s-detention/ My name is Fabian Wirnsperger and I’m studying social work at the University of Applied Sciences in Vienna. This year I did an internship at PIUMA and I was working with the members of this support group for 5 months. The things I’ve seen prove that the general ideas of ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2006/10/09/these-people-have-a-chance-and-a-future/ The following press release was issued by the Austrian development and mission agency EAWM, a partner of Highlands Hope and employer of Jackson Mbogela. HIV-AIDS activist illegally held by police in Tanzania October 8, 2006 (Vienna) EAWM, the foreign development and mission agency of the Austrian Lutheran Church, has demanded the release from ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2006/10/08/eawm-demands-release-of-jackson-mbogela/ As local authorities’ campaign of intimidation against PIUMA and its advisors grows, more PIUMA members are dying for lack of proper care. Another two men, aged 35 and 30, who had been registered at the PIUMA/EAWM care and treatment centre in Bulongwa were reported to have died yesterday. This brings the ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2006/10/08/people-are-dying-while-authorities-play-games/ In a disturbing escalation of police pressure on PIUMA, local authorities detained PIUMA advisor Jackson Mbogela in Iringa for questioning today. Members of PIUMA spoke out at a public meeting last week with the Prime Minister of Tanazania, asking (among other things) where and how Global Fund money designated to ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2006/10/07/harassment-of-piuma-by-police-authorities-escalates/ Highlands Hope and PIUMA leaders were very heartened to receive the following press release from the Office of the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. Mr. Edward Lowassa, today. PRESS RELEASE Prime Minister Edward Lowassa wants TACAIDS to go to Makete and Njombe in Iringa Region to investigate why the HIV infection ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2006/10/02/92/ Canadian Friends of Highlands Hope expressed grave concern today that the police in Iringa have arrested and put in prison an African journalist, Edwin David, who was investigating PIUMA’s struggle to receive adequate treatment in Makete District. PIUMA volunteers and PIUMA/EAWM HIV clinic staff have also been subject to various ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2006/10/01/canadian-friends-of-highlands-hope-demand-an-end-to-intimidation-in-makete-district/ At a public rally and meeting at the Bulongwa Secondary School on Friday, September 29th, dozens of members of PIUMA were present to raise questions and make observations to the visiting Prime Minister of Tanzania, The Rt. Honorable Mr. Edward Lowassa, about the poor quality of HIV-AIDS treatment services ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2006/10/01/prime-minister-lowassa-hears-from-piuma-members/ PIUMA, the Bulongwa area HIV citizens-activist group, continues its outreach to villages in Makete District, bringing its message to “test and live in hope” to hundreds of people. PIUMA is particularly grateful for the ongoing professional support of Jackson Mbogela, the PIUMA HIV clinic director, and its nurse-clinician Mary Musoma as ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2006/09/26/piumas-grassroots-efforts-continue-to-bring-hope-to-makete-district/ Christina Clausen is the first recipient of the McGill Nurses for Highlands Hope Fellowship. She is an expert in mother-child health issues and a leader in the McGill School of Nursing’s International Health program. Time has been passing quickly and while I have been working closely with the nurses and physicians ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2006/09/26/highlands-hope-builds-professional-networks-between-hiv-aids-nurse-leaders-in-tanzania-and-canada/ September 24, 2006. The HIV patients’ activist group PIUMA is proud to announce that the foundation and brickwork for Phase 1 of construction of its new HIV Care Centre is complete. PIUMA members contributed substantially to building costs and materials as well as to volunteer labour on a project that began in ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2006/09/24/piuma-centre-ready-for-roof/ Note: EAWM has supported HAART or AIDS treatment work in Bulongwa since 2004. EAWM is the development arm of the Austrian Lutheran Church, is based in Vienna, and is a founding partner of Highlands Hope The Evangelical Association for World Mission in Austria (EAWM ) is pleased to report that its ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2006/09/24/eawm-says-corruption-and-intimidation-will-not-stop-the-battle-against-hiv-aids/ Note: pressure on the Ministry of Health has resulted in the pledge of a fact-finding mission by the Prime Minister of Tanzania to Bulongwa to review the lock-out of PIUMA staff and the interruption of the use of Partec blood analysis technology. The Prime Minister has yet to accept a ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2006/09/23/piuma-demands-meeting-with-prime-minister-lowassa/ Dr. Rainer Brandl is Medical Director of the EAWM-sponsored PIUMA HIV Cinic in Bulongwa. He and his staff were locked out of Bulongwa Lutheran Hospital in April in a dispute over corrupt practices of former hospital officials. Published research from African settings and my own consultations with HIV treatment experts in ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2006/09/21/highlands-hope-doctor-calls-for-respect-of-patients%e2%80%99-human-rights-in-bulongwa-and-for-safer-first-line-hiv-regimens/ Note: Christina Clausen is the first recipient of the McGill Nurses for Highlands Hope Fellowship. She is a nursing leader with the McGill School of Nursing and an expert in mother-child health issues. She is visiting with Highlands Hope staff in Njombe and Makete District for two months. “Karibu sana�? were ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2006/09/21/karibu-sana-highlands-hope-fellow-christina-clausen-receives-warm-welcome-in-njombe/ Update: September 9, 2006. After a great visit to Canada (one week at AIDS 2006 in Toronto and a week in Montreal), our colleagues from Europe and Africa went home energized for the the work ahead. Here’s a bit of an update at the end of a week of mostly good news. Christina Clausen, ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2006/09/10/news-from-highlands-hope-canada/ Highlands Hope representatives Betty Liduke from Tanwat Company Hospital and Jackson Mbogela from the PIUMA HIV Care Centre have just completed a week of meetings with representatives of Montreal partner organizations. Liduke and Mbogela attended AIDS 2006 in Toronto and then traveled to Montreal for discussions with McGill University’s School of ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2006/08/25/highlands-hope-builds-montreal-mcgill-partnerships-2/ Three staff members from Highlands Hope hospitals and clinics were among the thousands of health professionals and HIV activists who gathered in Toronto, Canada, for AIDS 2006. “It was an excellent conference,�? says Betty Liduke, matron of the Tanwat Hospital in Njombe and a nursing leader and community educator with Highlands ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2006/08/22/highlands-hope-delegates-proud-to-participate-in-aids-2006/ Three members of the Highlands Hope professional team are among 24,000 researchers, clinicians and activists gathering in Toronto for the biggest conference on HIV-AIDS in the world. Betty Liduke from Tanwat Hospital and Dr. Rainer Brandl and Jackson Mbogela from the PIUMA Clinic in Bulongwa will take part in a week ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2006/08/10/highlands-hope-staff-attend-aids-2006-in-toronto-canada/ The death of S., a young woman and mother who was under treatment as a patient at PIUMA’s HIV clinic in Bulongwa before the lockout of staff and PIUMA volunteers by hospital authorities last April, has created sadness and anger among people in the area. S. was receiving anti-retrovirals at the ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2006/08/05/death-of-another-hiv-patient-in-bulongwa-sparks-sorrow-and-anger/ PIUMA is spear-heading a drive to gather signatures from villagers demanding improvement of treatment for HIV-AIDS in the Bulongwa area of Makete District. Already, 1,350 people have signed after only three village meetings. There are nearly one hundred villages in Makete District. The petition also requests that HIV patients and ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2006/08/01/piuma-and-village-leaders-demand-better-community-based-hiv-services-and-more-local-control/ It takes commitment to start a movement that changes hundreds of lives. Kabuyu Kambanyuma Kyando has that kind of commitment. Kabuyu was the first man in Bulongwa who stood up and announced publicly that he is HIV positive. As PIUMA’s volunteer chairman, he will walk 20 kilometers to a village ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2006/07/31/a-commitment-to-hope-2/ Montreal, July 28, 2006. The McGill School of Nursing and the Canadian Friends of Highlands Hope are pleased to announce the award of the first “McGill Nurses for Highlands Hope Fellowship�? to Ms. Christina Clausen, RN, M.Sc. (Applied Nursing), M.A. (Religious Studies). “We are very pleased that Christina has made this commitment ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2006/07/28/first-%e2%80%9cmcgill-nurses-for-highlands-hope-fellowship%e2%80%9d-awarded-to-christina-clausen/ Hi friends! Many of us believe that an HIV positive woman cannot become pregnant because of her infection, but my experience has taught me that these women can conceive and can deliver healthy babies. It does, however, take expert attention and good care and monitoring. And of course we do counsel couples ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2006/07/18/a-life-filled-with-hope/ PIUMA, the association of people living with HIV in the Bulongwa area, recently sponsored two meetings to discuss how PIUMA can work with the community and with donors to ensure high quality, accessible AIDS care and treatment programs in Makete District. More than 500 people participated in these sessions held in ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2006/07/07/piuma-brings-villages-and-communities-together/ Here’s an Update on Highlands Hope: A number of positive developments to report on the health front of the Makete project; Dr. Rainer Brandl and the director of his Austrian donor agency, Gottfried Mernyi, returned to Tanzania last week for a series of meetings in Dar es Salaam and a visit ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2006/06/20/an-update-from-the-montreal-makete-initiative/ The elementary students of St. George’s School in Montreal have donated more than $2,400 to support Highlands Hope nursing leader Betty Liduke’s visit to Canada this summer and to purchase laboratory technology to improve testing for pediatric AIDS in Njombe. The students chose to support the work of Highlands Hope after ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2006/06/13/montreal-elementary-school-supports-highlands-hope/ About 80 members of PIUMA, the self-supporting community group for people living with HIV-AIDS in Makete District, met on May 19, 2006, to discuss plans for the future. The past several weeks have been difficult ones, with tension over management of the HIV Care and Treatment Centre (CTC) in Bulongwa. In ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2006/05/20/piuma-marches-forward/ With support from the McGill University School of Nursing and Canadian Friends of Highlands Hope, Tanwat Company Hospital’s matron and HIV programming coordinator, Betty Liduke, will attend the AIDS 2006 Conference in Toronto, Canada, from August 13-18. “I am very happy to have the opportunity to attend the Conference,�? says Liduke. ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2006/05/10/tanwat%e2%80%99s-betty-liduke-will-attend-aids-2006-conference-in-toronto/ PIUMA, the self-supporting community group for people living with HIV-AIDS in Makete District, has demanded greater accountability from local health authorities including the South Central Diocese (SCD) of the Evangelcal Lutheran Church of Tanzania. The controversy stems from allegations that resources from the Bulongwa Lutheran Hospital were misused by hospital leadership ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2006/04/29/piuma-demands-greater-accountability/ Canada’s pre-eminent political cartoonist, Terry Mosher, published a sketchbook and journalistic account of his recent visit to Highlands Hope in the Montreal newspaper, The Gazette, on March 25, 2006. Mosher traveled to Tanzania with a team of health professionals from the McGill University Health Centre and from McGill’s School of Nursing ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2006/01/25/mcgill-university-team-visits-highlands-hope/ Tanwat Company Hospital announced this week that funding for a new CD4% counter, an essential tool in the fight against HIV and AIDS, has been secured and the machine is being shipped from Germany. The CyFlow SL 3 counter is produced by Partec and represents the latest in flow cytometry technology. ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2006/01/11/arv-treatment-now-possible-at-tanwat-company-hospital/ During his campaign visit in Tandala (Makete District) last month, Mr. Jakaya Kikwete took the opportunity to greet People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) and to hold face to face talks with PIUMA’s leaders. In a speech to a gathering of citizens from all over Makete District and dignitaries from various parts ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2005/12/21/jakaya-kikwete-visits-highlands-hope/ Her name is Veneranda Sanga, the only daughter to her late mother. She was born in 1990. She has a brother with whom she shares a mother but with different fathers. He is called Fadhili and he is 8 years old. It is very sad to hear that she had ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2005/12/11/veneranda-a-16-year-olds-life-history-experiences-difficulties-and-dreams-2/ On World AIDS Day 2005 ,the Makete people living with HIV/AIDS group PIUMA was officially launched by the Honourable District Commissioner Osmond Kapinga at Bulongwa. During the launch Dr. Volker Ost of Partec, Germany, donated a new Cyflow SL_3 Counter to PIUMA. Currently this is the only machine worldwide able to ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2005/12/01/highlands-hope-piuma-and-district-commissioner-kapinga-join-partec-to-advance-hiv-care-in-makete/ The Executive Committee of PIUMA, the self supporting community group for people living with HIV-AIDS, has decided to make World AIDS Day the official day of inauguration for the organization. The group is sponsored in part by the HAART project of the Bulongwa Lutheran Hospital and is going through the ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2005/11/15/piuma-plans-for-world-aids-day-and-demands-more-support-for-orphans/ My name is Mary Musoma. I have been working in Bulongwa Lutheran Hospital for three years. At first I was employed as a general nurse, I did this for two years. After that I specialized on drug dispensing, adherence, counselling for HIV/AIDS patients and providing support to People Living ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2005/11/12/kwa-pamoja-tutashinda-together-we-will-succeed/ PIUMA is an abbreviation for the Swahili words “PIMA UISHI KWA MATUMINI�? which literally means, “Test, Live With Hope�?. PIUMA is an organisation for people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHAs) and has been active in the field since January 2005. The organisation operates in Makete district in Tanzania. This is a ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2005/09/28/piuma-members-test-and-live-with-hope/ I am 25 years old and my name is Wema Sanga (Wema is a Swahili word for kindness). I was born just two days after Xmas Day. And I am glad that I kept my virginity until six years ago when I got married to Herode Fungo who is ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2005/08/27/wema-the-courageous-woman/ I am Kabuyu Kambanyuma Kyando, an HIV positive Tanzanian 57 years old born on November 7th, in Makete, one of the worst HIV/AIDS affected districts in my country, in East Africa. I have fathered eight children. I got married to my first wife, Enea Ngeliwe Fungo, ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2005/08/27/the-story-of-kabuyu-the-man-who-dares-the-kinga-taboos-in-order-to-challenge-the-spread-of-hiv-head-on/ An effective HIV-AIDS care and treatment programme must have access to key medical technologies. “To monitor the health of HIV+ patients and to determine when they will benefit from anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs), treatment teams must track various components of the blood, especially levels of T-cells,�? explains Bulongwa CTC nurse Mary ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2005/08/25/partec%e2%80%99s-cyflow%c2%ae-technology-at-the-heart-of-hh-success-with-anti-retroviral-treatments/ by Eskaka Morhan (translated by Byron Tweve from the Bulongwa CTC) My name is Eskaka. I was born on December 12, 1958. I am living with HIV/AIDS. I was married to my first wife, Fatuma Sanga, in 1982. She is 37 years old and I have two children with her. My first-born ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2005/08/09/mr-eskaka%e2%80%99s-story/ …bringing patient-focused, community-based, high-quality, and sustainable HIV-AIDS awareness and treatment to rural Africa. Highlands Hope of Tanzania is an umbrella organization that brings together community and professional networks to address the the challenge of HIV-AIDS and related social problems like the situation of orphans and vulnerable children in the Njombe region ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2005/07/29/highlands-hope-consortium/ Highlands Hope organizations follow the protocols and support the priorities of Tanzania’s National Aids Control Program (NACP) for patient care in rural settings, but with very limited local resources. Nevertheless, the efforts of these organizations have touched thousands; they are leaders in the struggle for recognition that access to ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2005/07/28/highland-hope-hospitals/ Montreal’s renowned political cartoonist Terry Mosher (”Aislin”) visited Highlands Hope in January 2006 and created a beautiful sketchbook from the trip. He has generously made hand-signed prints of some of his drawings available to support the work of Highlands Hope. Click on “Terry’s Tanzania” on the menu at the top of ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2005/07/27/highlands-hope-team/ July 11, 2005. We have had 278 clients in the Care and Treatment Centre (CTC) at Bulongwa Lutheran Hospital to date who are HIV+, both male and female. We currently have 120 patients on ARVs. Some are doing fine, but some are not. We think this is due ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2005/07/11/update-on-vct-and-ctc/ Rehema walks to a nearby village to see her sister. She lost her husband two months ago and her child is sick regularly. She thinks about many things – she has heard about HIV infection and the health problems it brings. After visiting her sister and discussing her situation, she continues on ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2005/06/22/the-experience-of-a-patient-in-ikonda/ It’s a good week at Bulongwa CTC – all our clients are doing very well. They’re gaining weight after receiving ARV medication. Many have put on five kg and others, like Kabuyu, even more. We now have two children aged 15 in the program. The first ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2005/06/13/update-on-voluntary-counseling-and-testing-and-the-care-and-treament-centre/ Makete District has suffered from the HIV pandemic very heavily for many years. Consolata Hospital Ikonda has served the people of the District since 1963. The hospital has dealt with patients suffering from HIV-related diseases for almost two decades but until recently there was no facility to deal with HIV infection. On ... http://www.highlandshope.com/2005/06/12/consolata-hospital-ikonda-update/