Jamian from Jamaica did a poster exhibition on her project in Denham Town which sought to get women to bring men to be tested. The project was successful in that the number of men who came increased dramatically. A prize was given to the woman who 'grabbed the most men' . The poster had good responses. Jamian has enjoyed the conference, though she found the youth pre-conference disappointing.
The lone poster exhibit about Guyana was an evaluation of the Home Based Care project. There were no Guyanese persons at the exhibit. The Ciciatelli researcher, Melanie Steilen, who worked on the project was surprised that the persons did not come since it was their work. The Guyanese researchers are Dr Karen Boyle and Dr Shanti Singh.
She said that she enjoyed living and working in Guyana - because the Guyanese people were wonderful. She had fond memories of doing training, and one memory which she keeps quiet about is the reducing number of condoms in a bowl at the back of the room of a faith based leader training session she was conducting. She accepted that the conclusion about the need for substance use counselling silenced the fact that in their study, 22.5% of persons reported a drinking problem, and that hiding alcohol under 'substances' would not deliver the necessary interventions.
Pancap presented its achievements in developing regional policy and Ayana Hypolite believes that with the progress being made at this level, that local advocates have to work with their Governments so that the Governments could honour their commitments to PANCAP.
No comments:
Post a Comment