Vol. 3 No.

1, March 2008

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Welcome! Do you think you are

handling them the right way?
What about other people in
Also read about how one can
live with HIV without feeling
bad. And without falling sick
Message from the
National Executive
We are happy to present yet your community? all the time. Commissioner
another issue of Scouts (NEC), Uganda
Voice (SV) newspaper. In “LOVE THEM... If you
In this issue, we Scout For
this edition, we discuss caring Solutions to stop
are unkind to people Scouts Association
for people with HIV. mistreatment of PLHA. Find living with HIV, you (USA)
out what the 17 Scout Voice do not have the love
Most of us have People Living journalists who gathered at of God.” Daisy
with HIV (PLHA) in our Masindi Public School suggest Dracetu, Headgirl,
schools and communities. as solutions to discriminating Kinyara Sugar Works
How do you handle them? PLHA. Pri. Sch
How do you support them?
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Say No d
Support people n
to HIV a Yes
Stigma, ut
Scouts, let me introduce to
you a big word “stigma.”
to Sco
living with HIV
What is it?

Values It is a deep feeling one can

have, which makes another
feel disrespected or unloved.
Scouts said care • Telling them to avoid drugs People teasing others about

D
o you remember the Scouts duty which says, “A
and support for and practice abstinence being small bodied and
scout’s duty is to be helpful and respectful to
• Offer them opportunities calling them “Silim”. Some
others.” The Scouts Movement promotes care people with HIV such as being leaders at people with HIV are being
and support to all, no matter what country, community may include: school blamed for their status and
or religion they belong. Therefore, keep the Promise,
• Talking and playing with • Raise awareness to other are told they deserve it.
fight stigma (making people with HIV feel bad) and
them people on how they should
love everyone. Imagine people running
• Being friends with them be treated
• Giving extra items such as away from you or feeling
Nyamwiza Mackline, 13, said although she continued clothes to those who are ashamed of you because you
Masindi Army Boarding going to school, she was afraid needy have HIV/AIDS. You may
School says. I have a friend of people laughing at her. But • Helping them with work at begin to fear to tell others
who is always falling sick. she found out that teachers home and school about your status yet they
She goes to hospital every cared about children living with • Reminding them to take could be of help.
Tuesday and Thursday for HIV. She says she is reading their medicine
treatment. She is very weak hard and would want to • Not discriminating them To ‘stigmatize’ is to label/
and cannot do heavy work. become a nurse. By Akao • Not calling them names point a finger at someone,
One day she told me that her Monica and Amanya • Giving them morale that to see them as if they are
parents died of AIDS. She Lawrence they still have a life lower than you or do not fit
to be your friends. It makes
YES TO CARING FOR PEOPLE those people feel bad, hated
WITH HIV.... SVs Jackie and isolated/lonely. So they
Nankunda raising her isolate themselves.
hand to answer a
Wrong information on how question on stigma
HIV is transmitted can cause during the Scouts
stigma. HIV cannot be Journalists training in
transmitted unless there is Masindi.
exchange of body fluids. As
scouts let’s do something to Dictionary:
Abstinence: Not do help anybody living with
something HIV. In the Scout Promise
Awareness: Knowledge of we have made a
something commitment to help other
Contribution: What you people at all times. Let us
give do it now. Make a
Discriminating: Isolating contribution by doing a
Morale: mood good turn to anybody living
Respectful: Having respect with HIV, give them love
for people and care and support.
HERE WE GO: Scouts Voice journalists Acio Maureen, Job Talemwa and Tadeo Isingoma (HIV) Status: Whether you Okello Richard Okello
writing stories for Scouts Voice. This was during a training at Masindi Public School. are HIV negative or positive NEC, USA
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