Kasama District Commissioner Col. Stephen Chanda has urged people living with HIV/AIDS in Kasama to supplement government’s efforts by getting involved in various small scale income generating activities.
Col. Chanda said government is committed to improving the lives of people living with HIV/AIDS through the provision of free Anti-retro Viral drugs to the people and food supplements to support their health.
He was speaking at an official opening of a five day training workshop of the people living with HIV/AIDS organized by Community for Human Development at Kings Guest House in Kasama yesterday.
Community for Human Development Executive Director Ms Kabandula Monde observed that many people living with HIV/AIDS especially women have no alternative livelihood which leads to some being involved in promiscuous behavior for them to survive hence the need to empower them with entrepreneurship skills for their life sustenance.
Ms. Monde explained that very few people are engaged in family survival strategies saying others operate in such poor working environments with no prospects of being able to work their way out of poverty.
She said the main objective of the workshop is to ensure that entrepreneurs shift from marginal income generation to profitable business development and promote women’s economic and social empowerment among low income groups and to understand the rationale for providing equal opportunities to men and women in enterprise.
Ms. Monde also appealed to the citizen’s economic empowerment commission to consider gender equality when giving out loans to the applicants.
She said it was sad to note that the majority beneficiaries from CEEC funds were men and wondered why women were not actively participating in accessing funds which aims at empowering them and improve their livelihood.
Ms. Monde encouraged team work and avoidance of stigma in the community and to regard people living with HIV/AIDS as part of family members.
She added that being positive is not a death penalty that should bar any person from participating in community work.
ZANIS
They should parcipate in boxing and blood transfusions
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What about people living with Malaria…I thought is was a number 1 killer in Zambia. what is so special with living with AIDS anyway
being HIV + does not mean being handicapped. be productive
what about people living with Kaposis sacoma and swine flu anything for them in the Zambian community
Double tobele ifyo dalangulaka ine…..there is so much noise about HIV AIDS patience.While appreciating the fact that it is a health and social problem there other serious deases which are undermined at the expense of kalayenoko
There are other serious ailments like impele which are undermined at the expense of Kalayenoko,let be more objective…
If you consider the number of people with HIV in Zambia, they are very productive. They have families and do their best to be providers and such
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