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We are in need of HIV/AIDS Information Education Communication Materials to be tailor made to Kenya Sign Language for our behavior change programme. Any neighbor out there who is willing to help? Ideas or ready posters are most welcome.
The materials should be encouraging condom use, faithfulness or abstinence from sex. Materials discouraging retrogressive cultural practices like FGM, polygamous marriages are also welcome.
Thank you.
Solomon.
Project: Furaha Center for the Deaf

Hello Solomon
I am a Canadian Métis mother of three healthy adults, and grandmother of one healthy young boy. I am willing to assist in this HIV/AIDS project.
I have some small poster style materials written to support First Nation/ Aboriginal Youth in Canada on the topic of HIV/AIDS. Can you tell me how I can help?
I have a degree in Social Work with a specialization in First Nations. I have worked with research teams on First Nations Child and Youth Mental Health and also designed an Aboriginal Mentoring Program for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Victoria, Canada, and currently working with Life Skills Programming for Autism Spectrum adult. I come from a family of artists, so I have a good spatial eye.
Please e-mail me if you could use any of my assistance on your project.
antelope.b.graham@gmail.com
And good luck of this project
Respectfully
Antelope
Dear Antelope,
I am happy that you are willing to help and share your wealth of experience working with young people and people with disability. You said you have some poster style materials on the issues of HIV /AIDS. You could help by scanning them and sending them to us. From there we will look mat the messages they are passing across. Then with you and the other Nabuur neighbours, we will tailor make them for our needs.
Thank you and hope to hear from you again.
Solomon.
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Solomon Otieno
Come on neighbours. We are not hearing from you in regard to this task. Where are you?
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Solomon Otieno
Hi Solomon
You could try contacting Bramuel http://www.nabuur.com/en/user/barasa/profile who is the Local Rep for Kayole-Soweto http://www.nabuur.com/en/village/kayole-soweto/project
They run Arrow Weh Hospital in Nairobi and, as well as providing treatment to patients, they also do community health education including on HIV/AIDS. I know they have managed to get a supply of leaflets etc, so he may be able to tell you where he got them from. I do not know whether he has anything that is specifically designed for deaf people, but I am sure you could adapt material if required.
Also try Ojok Eric http://www.nabuur.com/en/user/ojok-eric/profile
He is in Uganda, where he is the national contact for the Global Youth Coalition on HIV/AIDS. I know he talks to people involved with HIV/AIDS training in Kenya, so he may be able to put you in touch with someone who can help.
There are many organisations around the world who might be able to provide you with materials, but if you can get them locally, it will be quicker and more likely to match with any cultural needs.
Mary
Thank you so much Mary for your advice. I am also happy to welcome you to our village- Furaha Center for the deaf. i was almost giving up on this task but I now feel rejuvenated. am contacting the leads you provided right away. Actually Bramwels' hospital is not far from our Center. I will keep you updated.
Thank you.
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Solomon Otieno
Dear Solomon,
I hope you are well that end! I believe you have touched my area of concern i.e. HIV and AIDS. I have been working in the filed for many years with practical experience in youth peer education training, community mobilization and sensitization and HIV counseling and testing together with other centers.
I rally feel very good when people seek information and knowledge to help them in fighting the scourge of HIV and AIDS. I have always lobbied materials and publications on HIV/AIDS for many community based organizations like Good shepherd initiative, AIDS Information Center and some other young activist working in the same field. All these efforts have been possible through creating partnerships with local and international groups working towards similar objectives.
For the moment, i refer you to the these sites;
http://www.health.state.ny.us/diseases/aids/publications/ here you can make orders for online materials where you can print them as booklet or brochures or even posters.
For materials to be posted to you as hard copies, you can check here; http://www.aidsalliance.org/homepagedetails.aspx?id=217 where you have to register, make your orders from the library of books, provide shipping details and then your materials shall be shipped to you in about 2-6 weeks depending on your country and the postal service. Still on this site you will also find partner Organizations (Representatives in your country) who you can also contact locally like the Kenya AIDS NGO Consortium.
Or you can also try http://www.cdc.gov/Hiv/topics/treatment/PIC/order.htm still for making orders for the publications and to download materials online directly from the site.
In case you encounter any problem accessing information or making orders from those sites, just send me a private email so i can direct you.
Best Wishes
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Ojok Eric
National Focal Point-Uganda
Global Youth Coalition on HIV/AIDS
P.O.Box 1464,Jinja Nawanyago
ojokeric@gmail.com
www.iAIDS.org | www.youthaidscoalition.org
Dear Eric,
Wonders never cease! Truly this is your area of concern. I have gone to the websites you referred me to and they have wonderful resource materials. In a nutshell let me say that we have gotten what we wanted and please allow me to say that you are one of those wonderful neighbors at nabuur. As you probably know most HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment services do not target people with hearing impairment. We are just trying to do what we can and the networks you talked about could be very useful.
Am sure there is so much you can help us with in this area particularly in making this department strong at Furaha and I take this opportune moment to invite you to our village. I will also pay a visit to KANCO soon and see how we can network and engage the resources we have for our mutual benefits.
Neighbors have a habit of appearing and disappearing at will. Please do not disappear and let us keep in touch. To the other neighbors my advice is: keep it Nabuur. Though things may be slow at times, I now testify that it it works.Please introduce your friends to our village.
Thank you so much Eric.
Solomon.
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Solomon Otieno
Hi Solomon
You are welcome! I cannot promise to be active here all the time as I am a neighbour of many villages, but I am around.
Given all the links from Eric (thanks Eric, I knew you would have some good info!) you probably won't need much more, but I decided to have a quick look around to see if there was anyone in Kenya focusing on HIV education for deaf people.
Do you already talk to other groups of deaf people in your area? If so, you may already know about some or all of these....
Sahaya http://www.sahaya.org/deaf/index.html work with deaf people in Kenya. Among other things, they have developed a HIV peer-education manual specifically designed for deaf people. You can see more information on their site. The manual itself will probably be too large for you to download. As they are based in Nairobi, I would suggest you contact them and ask if they can assist you. http://www.sahaya.org/deaf/contact.html
Liverpool VCT centre in Nairobi have a programme focused on deaf people. http://www.liverpoolvct.org/index.php?PID=187&showsubmenu=187
Page includes contact info
The Kenyan Sign Language (KSL) HIV/AIDS SmartQuiz game http://smartquiz.mindfulinteractive.com/
I am not sure where you would get hold of a copy, but there is a contact address at the bottom of the page.
Kenya Deaf Resource Centre website http://kenyadeafnet.org/ has a list of organisations working with deaf people in Kenya. I do not know how up to date the contact details are.
Mary