From AIDS to life
3 February 2010 - The Constellation is transitioning from AIDS Competence to Community Life Competence. The Constellation Support Team writes: “Aids is a source of suffering. Yet our experience tells us that where communities have dealt effectively with a specific life concern, people are competent to deal with other life issues as well. "The issue of HIV forced us to get organized. Now, we feel confident that we can deal with any other issue in the future," explains Khun Sumalee from Ban Pang Lao in Thailand.
Aids is part of life. Here is how Marijo Vasquez from Barcelona in Spain sees the issue. "When you explore a single issue very deeply, you realize it is only one expression of life. That single issue is about life, human relationships, feelings and how you are as a person."
The Constellation facilitates a natural process, in which the strengths of people are central. This is true whether applied to HIV, malaria, diabetes or reconciliation.
And so we have come to understand that we need to build a bridge that links AIDS Competence with Community Life Competence.”
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