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NACSO

HOW DOES THE PROGRAM IMPACT ON THE HIV AND AIDS PANDEMIC

NAMIBIA ASSOCIATION FOR CBNRM SUPPORT ORGANIZATION

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OUR FUNCTIONS AND OUTREACH NACSO supports 14 NGOs in Namibia

addressing a CBNRM program through the conservancy concept.

• The program empowers communities to utilize and manage their natural resources in a sustainable fashion and secure their own livelihoods.

• Economic empowerment of communities.• Addresses poverty alleviation. • Implemented in twelve of the 13 political regions

• Touches the lives of more than 250 000 Namibians out of the 1.9 million population in fifty (50) registered conservancies in the country.

• It reaches out to the most rural communities where so many other programs can not reach.

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OUR SITUATION WITH REGARD TO HIV AND AIDS

FINDINGS OF THE LAST SENTINEL SURVEY REPORT DONE IN NAMIBIA 2006 ANC sentinel surveillance reported a 19% HIV prevalence rate in Namibia.

• The prevalence ratios in rural and urban areas are 20.0% and 19.8% respectively

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OpuwoGobabis

Windhoek Central HospitalMariental

NyanganaOtjo-Korixas

RehobothNankudu

Omaruru-UsakosTsumeb

SwakopmundOkahandja

KeetmanshoopOtjiwarongoGrootfontein

RunduKatutura State Hospital

OutapiEenhana

Walvis BayOshikuku

LuderitzOkahaoAndara

KaraburgOnandjokwe

EngelaOshakati-IHOKatima Mulilo

Namibia

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IMPACTS OF HIV AND AIDS ON THE CBNRM PROGRAM: People are becoming ill and dying on NGO and conservancy level. Absenteeism from NGO activities and conservancy matters. Loss of manpower and institutional capacity on NGO and conservancy level. Loss of skills and expertise – less skilled man power Loss of indigenous knowledge. Loss of leadership. Loss of NGO and conservancy income Re - allocation of funds to support the infected and affected. High staff turn over. Extra work load on others. Institutional goals and objectives will not be reached. Institutional break down

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IMPACTS ON OUR NATURAL

RESOUCES:• Reduction in household labour.

• The transfer of land to the generation to come is disrupted.

• Natural Resources will either be exploited or under utilized.

• Pouching will take place, game will be wiped out

• No human resource to take care of or utilize the natural resources.

• Desertification.

• Reduction in enterprises.

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THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN:

The CBNRM Program impacts on the HIV and AIDS pandemic because:

Our CBNRM Workers are migrant workers

The program is bringing development to the people.

It is changing the social and economic environment of the people.

It creates exchange opportunities. It impacts on the cultures- more

westernized cultures due to the change in social environment.

It actively contributes to the spread of HIV and AIDS.

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MIGRANT WORKERS1. CBNRM WORKERS

ARE MIGRANT WORKERS.

2. AWAY FROM HOME VERY OFTEN FOR LONG PERIODS.

3. COULD BECOME VERY LONELY.

4. INDULDGE IN ALCOHOL USE MISUSE.

5. MULTIPLE RELATIONSHIPS.

6. UNPROTECTED SEX.BRING HIV BACK

HOME, BUT ALSO SPREAD THE VIRUS WITHIN THE WORK ENVIRONMENT.

3.Lonely

4.Alcohol misuse

5.Multiple

relationships

5.Unprotected

sex

2. Away from home

1.Migrant workers

High risk to HIV andAIDS

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CHANGING THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT OF THE RURAL COMMUNITIES

ECONOMIC: CONSERVANCIES ARE INCOME

GENERATING ENTITIES. JOB OPPORTUNITIES. INCOME THROUGH JOBS AND BENEFIT

DISTRIBUTIONS. CREATION OF INDIVIDUAL BUSINESSES –

SHIBEENS. ACCESS TO ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUGS

UNPROTECTED SEX – CCC – CELL PHONES, CARS, SEX.

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CHANGING THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT OF THE RURAL

COMMUNITIES

A PEACEFUL SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT ARE NOW BEING CHANGED TO A MORE WESTERNIZED ENVIRONMENT.

PEOPLE CREATING MORE BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES WHICH PROVIDES ACCESS TO:

TRANSPORTCELL PHONESCLUBS OR SHIBEENS –

FREE ALCOHOL AVAILABILITY – SOCAIL GATHERING PLACES INCREASES.

A CONSUSIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR SEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS IF OUR PEOPLE ARE NOT AWARE.

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CREATING EXCHANGE OPPORTUNITIES

EXCHANGE VISITS NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLYINTERNATIONAL EXPOSURE

REGIONAL EXPOSURECONSERVANCY ACTIVITIES

TRAININGSCOMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

AN EXCELLENT CONDUIT FOR SOCIAL ACTIVITIES.DEVELOPMENT ON ITSELF CREATES EXCHANGE

OPPORTUNITIES FOR BUSINESS

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IMPACTS ON CULTURE:

CULTURE CHANGES AS THE ENVIRONMENT CHANGES:

A MORE WESTERNIZED CUTURE IS ADOPTED DUE TO THE CHANGE IN THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT:

- DRESS CODE.- ALCOHOL USE.- TRANSPORT AVAILABILITY –

PEOPLE ACCESS TO VEHICLES, EASY TO REACH TOWNS.

- TRADITIONAL FAMILY GATHERINGS CHANGES TO MODERN PARTIES WITH FRIENDS.

THIS ALL CONTRIBUTES TOWARDS THE SPREAD OF HIV AND AIDS

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HOW DO WE RESPOND

Building the capacity of the NGOs to identify and understand these impacts .

- Putting work place policies in place and implement these policies including risk mitigation ( This needs management support).

- Putting work place programs in place with a priority focus on awareness raising and preventative measures.

Supporting the conservancies to identify and understand the impacts the program has on the pandemic and further spread of HIV and AIDS.

- Putting conservancy HIV and AIDS policies in place which would address the mitigation of exposure risks and implement these policies.

- Support conservancies to roll out a comprehensive awareness raising program to reach conservancy members and community members and focus on prevention.

MAINSTREAM HIV AND AIDS INTO OUR CBNRM PROGRAM.

Our Commitment to HIV and AIDS

OUR POLICY

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Thank you!Thank you!

OUR MOTO:SAVE OUR PEOPLE!

SAVE OUR RESOURCES!SAVE OUR NATION!