Program

9.00 Arrival, coffee and tea.

9.30 Memory Work – Concept and experiences
Plenary Session

- “Strength from remembering”, three methods of memory work. Film by aidsfocus.ch, realized by René Schraner and Eva Hänger

- Annet Biryetega, National Coordinator for the National Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS (NACWOLA), Uganda: Memory Books – Ways to cope with the future. Experiences from Uganda

- Jonathan Morgan, former Director of the Memory Work Project, Capetown University, Coordinator of the 10MMP, South Africa: Memory Work – Providing a space to share and dare to remember. Concepts and experiences in various settings

- Noreen Huni, Executive Director of the Regional Psychosocial Support Initiative For Children Affected by HIV/AIDS (REPSSI), Zimbabwe: Enhancing psychosocial support of children affected by HIV/AIDS

- Creating a memory book

12.45 Lunch

14.00 Reflection and draft for action
Working Groups on the implementation of Memory Work in programmes

A. Working with children affected by HIV/AIDS: Memory boxes, hero books
B. Working with parents living with HIV/AIDS: Life and memory books
C. Working with people in treatment: Body maps, memory books, etc.
D. Mainstreaming memory work into existing HIV/AIDS programs

15.30 coffee break

16.00–17.00 Where to go from here
Plenary and farewell
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Venue:
Hotel Ador
Laupenstrasse 15
3001 Berne
(3 minutes from the station)

All partners of aidsfocus.ch are invited as well as representatives of Swiss NGOs working in International cooperation and any other interested person. The conference will be conducted in English.