Job Placement!

I woke up this morning to some great news from CCS!! I'll be working with a local women's group, Jipe Moyo women's group. The members of this group have all tested positive for HIV/AIDS and are learning to live with the virus. The women have all gone public and they must cope with the stigmatism that having HIV/AIDS brings. Teaching English and home visits are a large part of this volunteer placement, but I'll also be doing some of the following:

• Identify areas of cooperation with other HIV / AIDS groups.
• Advice the members on how best they can run their garden project.
• Share with them on areas they can support one another through creating other project.
• Share with the members on how best the community can be sensitized to accept the positive and do away with STIGMATISM
• Work with them and assist in Support Group
• Home Visiting and Home base care
• Educating the HIV/AIDS victims on how they can best live
• Fundraising for the sick
• Work with support group for women with HIV/AIDS
• Educate the community and individuals on free HIV / Testing.
• Counseling the affected

I'll get more details on my duties in the next couple of days, but for now, that's what I know. You can read more about the position and other volunteers placements by visiting the CCS women's group blog.

It's getting so close and becoming so real!!!