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Title Overcoming Barriers: Housing and HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa and Aboriginal Communities Day / Time Thursday, June 22nd / 16:30 - 18:30 Room MR03 Event Description HIV/AIDS is a housing issue! The urban poor often lose their homes when they get sick and incomes drop. People with weak immune systems get infections because of poor living conditions. This event will be inspired by the responses of African, Aboriginal and Canadian housing groups. It will provide hands-on training by simulating action-planning workshops organized by African NGOs with community housing groups. The first half will draw out people’s experiences of the housing related impacts of HIV/AIDS. Two smaller groups will then consider strategies to respond. All participants will receive training materials, a workshop synopsis and participants list. This event is closely linked to a three-day workshop in Vancouver immediately prior to WUF3, bringing together African and Canadian organizations involved in housing and HIV/AIDS issues. Session Language English French Speakers (information as provided by host organization) Barbra Kohlo, Executive Director, Housing People of Zimbabwe Barry Pinsky, Executive Director, Rooftops Canada Marcel Swain, Executive Director, Lu'ma Native Housing Society   Contact Need more information about this event? Please fill the contact form Related Documents (in English and / or French) HIV_AIDS_Housing_100006.pdf south_africa_workshops_resource_material_100006.doc Report_NE_Overcoming_Barriers_HousingHIVAIDS_100006.pdf WUF_NE_Healing_Spirit_100006.ppt WUF_NE_HPZ_Presentation_100006.ppt Host Organization Housing People of Zimbabwe (Harare), Lu'ma Native Housing Society (Vancouver) and Rooftops Canada (Toronto) Host Organization Description Housing People of Zimbabwe (HPZ) was founded in 1992 to assist housing cooperatives with cooperative development, technical services, financial planning and management and legal services. During the last five years HPZ has launched initiatives to mitigate the impact of HIV/AIDS on cooperative members, including, impact studies, training and skills building, policy development and coalition building. Responses at the community level include feeding programs for orphans, loan programs for people living with AIDS and training for members. Lu'ma Native Housing Society: Over the past 23 years Lu'ma has successfully developed and operates a social housing portfolio of over 250 units for people of Aboriginal ancestry in Vancouver, Canada. The society aims to ensure a continued supply of adequate housing at a modest cost to Aboriginal people with low and moderate incomes. It also works to educate the community about the housing problems of Aboriginal people in the urban community. Rooftops Canada / Abri International: Founded in 1984, Rooftops Canada is the international development program of co-operative and social housing organizations in Canada. Rooftops works with partner organizations to improve housing conditions, build sustainable communities and develop a shared vision of equitable global development. Rooftops Canada's current focus is on disadvantaged communities in Africa and Asia. Other Partners: Healing our Spirit BC Aboriginal HIV/AIDS Society, Vancouver Website (Organizer and partners) www.kubatana.net/html/sectors/hou001.asp?sector=LOCGOV&details;=Tel&orgcode;=hou001 www.lnhs.ca www.rooftops.ca nachu.or.ke www.mazinst.org www.wat.kabissa.org/bckgrnd.htm www.congeh.kabissa.org/preseng.html www.bcnpha.bc.ca

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