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March 2008

Living with HIV

If you are a person living with HIV, you need to look
after yourself well. You should be positive about life
and fight negative thoughts. Love your life. Avoid re-
infecting yourself with HIV by not having sex. Do not
share sharp instruments.

Scouts Voice Journalists who gathered • Always take boiled or treated

at Masindi Public School discussed water. This helps you avoid
how people with HIV can live a long diseases like diarrhoea
and happy life. They also wrote cards
encouraging people with HIV and • Sleep under a treated mosquito net.
giving them advice on living positively Malaria is one of the leading killer
with HIV. diseases in Uganda and one of the
most dangerous opportunistic
infections
You can live longer if you:
• Accept that you have HIV and • Have a balanced diet. They do not
cannot change it have to be expensive. Look around FUN TIME........ Scouts Voice journalists dance during the
your home for proteins, vitamins, editorial training at Masindi Public School. If you have
• Avoid worrying by socialising with carbohydrates and fats. HIV, do not isolate yourself. Involving yourself in plays,
other people. Get involved in games Each meal should have all the types drama, dance and other interactive programs can help
and other social events at school and of food. you avoid stress and live a long and health life.
in your community
• Do light exercises regularly to keep
• Get more information about HIV, like your body strong and to enable
how to care about yourself. Read
materials or ask your doctor
your body parts function well Remember Dictionary
Challenges: Problems
• Have enough rest. Avoid stress Not to stigmatise yourself.
• Always get treatment for any Many people with HIV Engage: Get involved
opportunistic disease that you get • Avoid taking alcohol and smoking isolate and mistreat Interact: Mix
• Join support groups where you can themselves. Isolate: Be left alone/ stay alone
• Keep yourself and your environment
Some fear they would be Monster: A large animal
clean share experiences and think of
solutions to your challenges mistreated. Feel free and Stigmatise: Make someone feel bad
• Find something to do. Avoid self pity interact with others. Stress: Disturb

THIS IS WHAT IT MEANS... ATTENTIVE:.. SV I THINK WE DO IT THIS

SV journalists, Juliet journalists, Ocen Justice, WAY... SV journalists (L-R) SCOUT LEADERS.... MS.
Ochokoru, Jackie Ojok Moris and Okwir Ivan Agaba, Monica Akao Nyana Christine and Mr.
Natukunda and Mandera Haron from Oyam listen and Lawrence discussing Aroma Jimmy From Oyam
Beatrice discuss how attentively during the the lay out of the next district at the SV training
people with HIV should be training at Masindi Public SV Issue in Masindi
treated School
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AIDS Poem Jokes

You are too tall that
AIDS is a deadly killer people ask for short
It spares nobody cuts to reach your head.
It affects everybody You are too dirty that
It spreads like fire during dry season the soap you use
It can wipe out a whole community complains.
My brother, my sister, take care You are too dark that
Everyday 700 people die of when you walk you
leave black prints
AIDS behind.
Brothers and sister, take
I f you do You give your hen hot
care h a v e water that it lays boiled
not
Those who have ears HIV, avo
i d eggs.
I beg you to hear it by You are too tall, when
Change your a it i n g to they take a picture of
AWARE: Pupils of Kinyara
w .
Sugar Works Pri. Sch say
behaviour have sex you they put: To be
continued....
they need to handle
children living with HIV as
AIDS is a monster anyone else.
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