African Muslim communities' seminar- مؤتمر مسلمي أفريقية ضد الأيدز

[Dr Abo Obaida]

From: "Georgina Caswell" <georgina...@ahpn.org>
To: <aka...@hotmail.com>
Subject: HIV & Muslim communities seminar - Resource Centre - 6 July
2006 10.00 - 13.00
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 13:27:35 +0100
>Dear Dr. Katme,
>
> > Re: African Muslim communities' seminar
> >
> > The African HIV Policy Network (AHPN), in partnership with Naz Project
> > London and the Lambeth, Southwark & Lewisham African Muslim
> > Communities Campaign Against HIV invite you to attend a seminar on
> > 'HIV, Faith and African Communities' as part of our 'Changing
> > Perspectives' campaign. This particular seminar is exclusively for
> > Muslim communities. The campaign seeks to raise awareness of
> > HIV-related stigma and tackle the discrimination experienced by
> > African communities living in the UK. We are actively developing
> > activities through work with different target groups, including faith
> > communities.
> >
> > Faith plays an important role in the individual and community lives of
> > Africans living in the UK. For many Africans living with and affected
> > by HIV, faith is a powerful coping mechanism. A recent study of
> > African men living with HIV in London states that 'more efforts and
> > resources should be dedicated to involving black and African faith
> > organisations in prevention strategies and into activities to reduce
> > HIV related stigma' ('I want to survive, I want to win, I want
> > tomorrow', 2005). Involving people from African backgrounds in
> > prevention strategies and activities to reduce HIV related stigma,
> > requires faith leaders, community organisations and HIV positive
> > people to work together to discuss their needs and identify ways
> > forward.
> >
> > The AHPN is developing a toolkit for faith leaders and African
> > community organisations, which will be used to increase levels of
> > awareness of HIV and to change perceptions of HIV and Africans in the
> > UK. In order to produce this resource, we would like to invite Muslim
> > faith and community leaders to a meeting to help us develop different
> > tools and processes to be used to engage African Muslim communities
> > about the issue of HIV.
> >
> > The meeting will be held at the Resource Centre (356 Holloway Road,
> > London N7 6PA - Piccadilly line to Holloway Road station; Buses 4, 17,
> > 29, 43, 153, 253, 259, 271, 279 and X43) on Thursday 6 July 2006 from
> > 10.00 - 13.00.
> >
> > To reserve a place at the seminar and contribute to this important
> > work, please RSVP to georgina...@ahpn.org
> > <mailto:georgina...@ahpn.org> or telephone 020 7017 8917.
> >
> > We look forward to hearing from you.
> >
> > Yours sincerely,
> >
> >
> >
> > Georgina Caswell
> > Policy and Community Engagement Officer
> > African HIV Policy Network
> > New City Cloisters
> > 196 Old Street
> > London EC1V 9FR
> > Tel 020 7017 8917
> > Fax 020 7017 8919
> > Web www.ahpn.org
> >