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Behind the Pandemic - Uncovering the Links Between Social Inequality and the HIV/AIDS Pandemic

This kit is organized into three sections designed to increase awareness of HIV as a social and international development issue. It contains instructions for leading activities and background notes for educators. High school students are provided with basic background information on transmission, history and the current state of the global HIV pandemic. Participation in a simulation will allow students to experience the challenge HIV poses for individuals, communities and nations. Analysis of case studies explores integrated, positive and innovative approaches to slow theprogress of the pandemic and encourages students to get involved in initiatives to respond to the global HIV/AIDS pandemic.











Canadian International Development Agency - CIDA Global Classroom Initiative

Comprehensive resource for researching Canadian global initiatives. Teacher Zone and Youth Zone provide school based education resources and activities for use in the classroom, designed to raise student awareness of basic human rights and connect Canadian students to the global community. Students can familiarize themselves with volunteer, internship and employment opportunities in developing countries. HIV/AIDS in Africa - grades 9 to 12 Global Trek appropriate for grades 3 and 7. This site also provides other useful links.










Canadian HIV/AIDS Information Centre, Canadian Public HealthAssociation of Canada - Change the World Campaign

National, independent and not for profit with international links to public health, CPHA promotes universal and equitable access to the basic conditions necessary to achieve health for all Canadians. The Change The World Campaign targets male and female youth ages 15 to 24. The focus is the promotion of behavioural change with a dual focus of prevention and stigma / discrimination. Free posters and materials in both French and English may be ordered.

 

 

 

Make Poverty History

This site contains a short commercial starring Sara McLachlan, Bryan Adams and other Canadian celebrities who are calling for more and better aid, trade justice, cancelling the debt and ending child poverty in Canada. The site also provides articles, a photo gallery and an opportunity for students to email the Prime Minister and their MP calling them to action.

 

 

 

UNAIDS - Basic Facts About the HIV/AIDS Epidemic and Its Impact - Questions and Answers

From the home page type questions and answers into the simple search box. Select #4 - Questions and answers Basic Facts About the HIV/AIDS Epidemic and Its Impact.

 

 

Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund Canada

The Nelson Mandela Fund Canada is a partner in the OSSTF Common Threads From Canada to South Africa project. The NMF Canada goals are to assist disadvantaged children and youth in South Africa, assist and provide financial aid to children and youth in South Africa and to educate and inform the public about social and economic challenges facing children and youth in South Africa. This site contains the text of Nelson Mandela’s, “I am Prepared to Die,” statement from the dock at the opening of the defence case in the Rivonia Trial.

 

 

 

The Stephen Lewis Foundation

The threefold purpose of the Stephen Lewis Foundation is to:

1) provide care at community level to women who are dying, so that
     their last days are free from humility and indignity;
2) assist orphans and other HIV/AIDS-affected children, in every
     possible way, from the provision of food to the payment of school fees;
3) support associations of people living with HIV/AIDS so that they
     can educate them-selves and share information with the broader
     community on prevention, treatment, care and the elimination of stigma.

This site contains information on upcoming events, fundraising ideas, a newsletter and the CBC interview with Stephen Lewis.

 

 

 

Teresa Group

The Teresa Group provides practical assistance and emotional support as well as leadership through example, education and innovation. The Teresa Group works in association with the HIV/Aids Comprehensive Care Team at the Toronto Hospital for Sick Children and other community agencies. This website offers links to other Canadian organizations, general HIV/AIDS information for children and families living with HIV/AIDS, games, resources and an excellent “Lets Talk” site.

 

 

 

United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Reducing HIV/AIDS Vulnerability Among Students in the School Setting

This manual is designed for those who will be training teachers on how to teach about HIV/AIDS in the classroom. The manual is formatted for flexibility, and trainers are encouraged to omit or modify sections of the material as appropriate for differing social, cultural or religious contexts.

The methods recommended in this manual focus on “life skills” techniques, and learner-centred activities, in which students themselves play an active role. Lecturing is kept to a minimum. The life skills emphasized include not only the aquisition of knowledge of HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) but learning to manage personal stress, family issues, drug abuse and other risk factors.

* To access this site from the UNESCO home page type the title into the search engine.

 

 

 

 

 

The Communication Initiative

Weekly electronic publication exploring initiatives, ideas and trends in communication for development. The Communication Initiative focuses on a variety of topics including HIV/AIDS, children, health, adolescents, girls, and sustainable growth.

 

Interagency Coalition on AIDS and Development (ICAD)

The ICAD’s mission is to lessen the spread and impact of HIV/AIDS in resource poor communitiesand countries by providing leadership and actively contributing to the Canadian and international response. ICAD is a network of 155 Canadian international development non-governmental (NGOs), AIDS service organizations and individuals who are concerned about global HIV/AIDS issues.

 

 

Canadian AIDS Society (CAS)

Canadian AIDS Society is a national coalition of 123 community based AIDS organizations across Canada, dedicated to strengthening the response to HIV/AIDS across all sectors of society and to enriching the lives of people and communities living with HIV/AIDS. CAS seeks to accomplish their mission through promoting education and awareness, mobilizing communities, advocating at the federal public policy level and providing information and resources.

 

 

 

United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)

Unifem, with support from UNAIDS is a comprehensive gender and HIV/AIDS portal that providesup to date resources on the gender dimensions of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The site aims to promote understanding, knowledge sharing and action on HIV/AIDS as a gender and human rights issue.

 

Eldis Gateway to Development Information

This comprehensive site offers comprehensive information on a variety of topics ranging from HIV/AIDS to trade policy, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Eldis supports the documentation, exchange and use of evidence-based development knowledge and communicates this knowledge effectively through a range of services using the internet as the medium for delivery. Eldis offers quick access to major websites related to subject type.

 

 

 

 

Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange (CATIE)

CATIE provides treatment information not only for people living with the virus but also for their families, care providers, AIDS Service Organizations and Health Care Intermediaries. It does so through a comprehensive website, three electronic mailing lists, various print publications and a bilingual, toll-free phone service. By providing the latest and most complete information available, CATIE staff enable people with HIV/AIDS to become actively involved in developing strategies to optimize their health care. The slogan Making a Difference Through Information is a credo we live by.

 

 

 

 

Education International

Teacher Unions in South Africa have launched an innovative programme seeking to save teachers' lives through peer education, HIV testing and counselling, plus antiretroviral (ARV) treatment for those who need it. The pilot project, "Prevention, Care and Treatment Access for South African Educators," (PCTA) will train 7,500 peer educators and provide ARV treatment to 2,300 teachers and their spouses in Eastern Cape, Kwa-Zulu Natal and Mpumalanga provinces.

 

 

 

UNICEF – Unite for Children. Unite Against AIDS

UNITE FOR CHILDREN – UNITE AGAINST AIDS is a global Campaign to alert the world to the fact that children are missing from the global AIDS agenda. It provides a platform for urgent and sustained programs, advocacy and fundraising to limit the impact of HIV/AIDS on children and help halt the spread of the disease. Policymakers and the global public must become aware that AIDS not only affect adults, but is having a devastating affect on children throughout the world. Convened by UNICEF, the campaign will provide a child-focused framework for country-level programs around four urgent imperatives that can make a real difference in the lives and life chances of children affected by HIV/AIDS. The “Four Ps” are:

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission
• Provide paediatric treatment
• Prevent infection among adolescents and young people
• Protect and support children affected by HIV/AIDS

AfroAIDSinfo

Your knowledge hub in the fight against HIV/AIDS - Promoting thought leaders among researchers, health professionals, policy makers, educators and the public. Information on this portal is derived from scientific research with a southern African focus.

 

Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research (CANFAR)

CANFAR, the Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research, is the national charitable foundation whose goal is to raise awareness in order to generate funds for research into all aspects of HIV infection and AIDS. CANFAR is the only organization operating in Canada for the sole purpose of privately funding research on AIDS and HIV infection in numerous areas including: fundamental and applied research, education and prevention, psychosocial initiatives, care and community research.

 

 

 

The AIDS Consortium

The AIDS Consortium was established by Prof. Edwin Cameron (today a distinguished Judge of the Supreme Court) and other HIV specialists and academics, as a project at the Centre for Applied Legal Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand in 1992. Its objective was to promote a non-discriminatory response to HIV/AIDS epidemic based on people's basic human rights as enshrined in the Constitution. The founding document was the HIV/AIDS Charter, which set out the basic human rights of people living with HIV/AIDS.

 

 

 

South African Democratic Teachers’ Union

SADTU is a union of organising teachers - irrespective of race, creed, or gender - nationally throughout South Africa. The union believes that teaching – more than any other profession influences who we are and also influences the societies we live in. The union believes that taking up the aims to balance the professional and trades union aspects of members lives is in the long term interests of members and society at large. It ranks amongst the largest unions affiliated to the Congress of South African Trades Unions (COSATU); and is also a member of the Education International, an international trades union coordinating body organising workers in the educational sector with over 23 million members.

 

 

 

 

 

Treatment Action Campaign (TAC)

The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) was launched on 10 December 1998, International Human Rights Day. Its main objective is to campaign for greater access to HIV treatment for all South Africans, by raising public awareness and understanding about issues surrounding the availability, affordability and use of HIV treatments.

 

 

 

XVI International AIDS Conference

AIDS 2006 is the conference for everyone involved in combatting the HIV/AIDS epidemic --researchers, healthcare workers, civil society, governments, UN organisations, activists, donors,industry, the media, and people living with HIV/AIDS. As the world's largest, most comprehensive HIV/AIDS conference, AIDS 2006 is an unparalleled opportunity to expand public awareness of HIV/AIDS, share knowledge and learn from others in the field, and chart a course for a stronger, more effective global response to the pandemic. The Conference theme is Time to Deliver, reminding us of past and present commitments foraction on HIV/AIDS and demanding accountability for those promises at every level of the response.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Artists International Direct Support

Twenty-five artists from around the world agreed to participate in the creation of the International Portfolio and have donated one hundred hand-made limited edition prints to the project. Once received by the organization, the production and creation of portfolio sets began. This portfolio was not only to raise funds for the children affected by HIV/AIDS, but also to raise the awareness of the pandemic through exhibitions and sales of the portfolios.