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Gedamara-A
When we arrived in Gedamar A, we got to know our host family and then spent the rest of the afternoon walking around the village. The town is very small, so it didn’t take long for word to get out that the wazungu had arrived. All of the school children rushed out of the classroom to greet us and give us ‘tano’s and we arranged to teach at the primary school the following day. We also met with the village chairman, who who welcomed us and invited us to speak at the next village meeting. The next day, we taught about ‘fluids and doors’ and ABK’s to forms 6 and 7 and it was fun and rewardi...
Source: Support for International Change : HIV AIDS - June 9, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Authors: johnson Tags: Community Health Workers Donors Events HIV/AIDS In the News Treatment Support Volunteer Programs Source Type: news

Orientation – to – Gallapo Ward
Greetings Friends & Family of our VP1 Crew, Orientation has officially ended. We spent nine intense days at the training site in Babati, Tanzania. Every morning the volunteers started the day with Swahili lessons while our fantastic Tanzanian teaching partners reviewed biology and vocabulary specific to HIV/AIDS. It didn’t take long to see that this group was shining. On the fourth day, everyone began sharing their lessons. Topics include: transmission, prevention, testing, reproductive health, and addressing stigma. They worked incredibly hard to improve their teaching practices and implement all the feedback &...
Source: Support for International Change : HIV AIDS - June 5, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Authors: johnson Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news

HIVE Southampton Raises over £1k for SIC UK by Collecting on The London Underground
The keen (but tired) volunteers up bright and early for the morning rush hour. On the 8th of March 2013, HIVE Southampton, along with members of HIVE Liverpool and SIC, embarked on the London Underground for our annual London Underground Bucket Collection. Armed with our best shouting voices and a few strong coffee’s, we arrived at Westfield’s shopping centre for 7am and scattered over central London to our designated stations. Travelling to our assigned stations After a strong and fruitful morning of collecting, we met at Victoria for a chat about how the morning went. A few of us decided a visit to the Nat...
Source: Support for International Change : HIV AIDS - March 19, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Authors: sam Tags: Events HIVE UK Activities awareness charity fundraising HIV Awareness HIVE Southampton Home Support for International Change Volunteers Source Type: news

HIVE Southampton Teaches at The Gregg School
Today, four HIVE Southampton teachers braved the cold snowy weather to travel to The Gregg School. Nick Ridler was kind of enough to give the other teachers (John Whale, Clemmie Anderson Harriet) a lift, having almost frozen his hands to the bone in clearing the unexpected snow from his car at 9am. Arriving at 9.30am, we hurried inside the school and were greeted by over 70 enthusiastic year 11 pupils. A slide from the new Million Pound Drop teaching resource When teaching Nick, John and Clemmie emphasised the difference between HIV and AIDS, and many pupils were surprised to realise A slide from the new Million Pound Dr...
Source: Support for International Change : HIV AIDS - March 19, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Authors: sam Tags: HIVE UK Activities awareness education HIV Awareness HIV education HIV/AIDS HIVE Southampton Home prevention resources schools teaching Source Type: news

HIVE Southampton’s World AIDS Day Gig – the big finale to their WAD fortnight
The annual World AIDS gig was held on the 14th of December this year, following the HIVE Southampton and Medsin Southampton ‘World AIDS Day Fortnight’. From the 1st of December, these two organisations put on a talk by a Southampton University Professor, a film night and a collection at Sansbury’s in Portswood, to mark World AIDS Day, in an attempt to educate students about the importance of marking World AIDS Day, as well as to raise money for Support for International Change. The finale of the ‘World AIDS Day Fortnight’ kicked off at 7.30pm at the Bridge Bar, Southampton University Student Union. The newly re...
Source: Support for International Change : HIV AIDS - March 19, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Authors: sam Tags: Events HIVE UK Activities awareness charity donate fundraising HIV Awareness HIVE Southampton Home World AIDS Day World AIDS Day 2012 Source Type: news

HIVE Southampton has another successful training evening!
Kate (Curriculum Coordinator) explaining the newest teaching resource – A version of the Million Pound Drop game. In February HIVE Southampton ran another training evening to increase numbers of trained teachers following lots of interest in our Schools Programme. With ever expanding numbers of Hampshire schools asking HIVE to deliver teaching sessions, the importance of training new teachers to continue the success of the current programme is ever present. A slide from the new Million Pound Drop teaching resource The training evening included introductions to all the committee members as points of contact, explanat...
Source: Support for International Change : HIV AIDS - March 16, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Authors: sam Tags: HIVE Peer Educators UK Activities awareness HIV Awareness HIV education HIVE Southampton Home prevention schools teaching Volunteers Source Type: news

Bath Half Marathon Runners Raise Over £2k for SIC UK!
Peter Smith manages a cheery wave to supporters   On the 3/3/13 five dedicated individuals ran no less than 13.1 miles in sub-zero temperatures around the fair city of Bath, all to raise money for SIC. The team members included SIC UK’s very own Louise Noble (Fundraising & Events Co-ordinator), Clare Smith (Chair). , Peter Smith (Clare’s dad) plus newly appointed Sports captain Francesca Curry and her super model boyfriend Matthew Sprague.   The team had gone through several months of intense training to make the distance a possibility, including bikram yoga, body pump, spinning, banana nesquickand the o...
Source: Support for International Change : HIV AIDS - March 7, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Authors: sam Tags: Events UK Activities awareness fundraising Runners SIC UK SIC UK National Committee Source Type: news

SIC job alert: Development Manager
Background SIC is a high-achieving nonprofit organization dedicated to limiting the impact of HIV/AIDS in underserved communities and to training future leaders in global health and development.  SIC believes that the HIV/AIDS crisis creates both an imperative to act and an opportunity to learn. We envision a world where HIV/AIDS no longer limits length or quality of life or reduces the social or economic development of communities, and where young people learn the skills to address the health crises of future generations. SIC’s US office is based in San Diego, California, and supports the programs office in Arusha, Tan...
Source: Support for International Change : HIV AIDS - January 28, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Authors: lindsay Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news

SIC UK’s HIV Education Program Gets Praised By Specialists
As part of the ongoing efforts to raise the profile of SIC in the UK, the National Committee has been presenting the ‘HIVE model’ at conferences around the country. There wasn’t long to wait for recognition, with our first conference yielding results in June: Exeter Medical Education conference awarded SIC UK first place for both our oral presentation and our poster presentation. Building on that success, a poster about the HIVE model won another prize in November, this time at the National Medical Education Conference in Wessex. These conferences were fantastic opportunities to showcase SIC UK’s work...
Source: Support for International Change : HIV AIDS - January 19, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Authors: sam Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news

The Great James Bond Joins HIVE Southampton (well…almost!)
It seems that HIVE Southampton are on to an absolute winner after the success of our second annual Poker Night. Thanks to the generous donation from www.partydelights.co.uk, along with a frantic two hours of preparation, Southampton’s student union was transformed into a stylish casino set to impress even the likes of James Bond himself (although sadly he politely declined our invitation)!  Our VIPs began to arrive at 7pm sharp, and soon the room was filled with guests dressed in their finery and looking fabulous! David; our host and president of the Poker Society, commenced the evening’s activity at 8pm and the ambie...
Source: Support for International Change : HIV AIDS - January 3, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Kay Tags: UK Activities Uncategorized fundraising HIV education HIV/AIDS HIVE Southampton Home Source Type: news