February 27, 2010: Listen
Topic: The importance of education, especially that of girls and young women.
Clips Played:
- Liknus J, age 16 (interpreter, Mara Banda)
- Nola K, age 19 (interpreter, Arichie Kaliza)
Topic: Education and health, and I read a paragraph from Stephanie Nolen's "28 Stories of AIDS in Africa."
Clips Played:
- Schoolchildren singing at Tilerani Orphan Care
- Emmanuel K, age 20 (interpreter, Arichie Kaliza)
- Paradiso Home Based Care's Youth Club doing outreach in their community
March 13, 2010: Audio Pending
Topic: HIV/AIDS information in communities, with a focus on the rural area of Mitundu, outside of Lilongwe's city center.
Clips Played: 5 clips from 3 families
- Family 1: A grandmother who cares for her granddaughters, aged 11 and 12 explains why HIV/AIDS is "none of her business."
- Family 2: A volunteer from a community-based organization and her grandmother talk about the relationship between HIV, TB, and malaria, and about whether they believe TB is hereditary
- Family 3: A grandmother with 22 grandchildren tells us why, when it comes to HIV education, it's the girls who should be targeted
- Family 3: One of her adult granddaughters discusses the challenges of talking about these issues with girls and young women in the family
- Family 3: We learn from the same granddaughter how to identify a person who is sick with HIV or TB
March 20, 2010: Listen
Topic: HIV/AIDS, clinics, Baylor College of Medicine, pediatric HIV, the University of North Carolina (UNC) Project and the BAN study, opportunistic infections
- Richard Zule-Mbewe, who worked with the Baylor College of Medicine Children's Foundation-Malawi and is now doing a fellowship in New Jersey with the Global Health Corps, discusses his work with children and teens living with HIV/AIDS in Lilongwe.
Clips Played:
- "What matters most is the love we have in our family." Emily and Garfield explain that this is what has encouraged them to attend clinic visits and counseling sessions together. (interpreter, Arichie Kaliza; interview arranged by Dumbani Kayira)
- Alice B, a community nurse with the UNC Project, let me ask her questions during a drive out to a village. Hear why she loves working in the field of HIV - "just loves it!"
April 3, 2010: Listen
Topic: Work being done out in the community, changes to the show
Present with me: Bernard Glassman (North Carolina) and Chris Chibwana (Indiana)
A new format for the show:
Topic: Issues surrounding the HIV bill, which calls for the criminalization of transmission of HIV.
Topic: The strengths of individuals and communities
On the show: Chris Chibwana and Richard Zule-Mbewe
Clips played:
Topic: Brainstorming session on how Tiyeni Tipewe can reach communities in Malawi
On the show: Kathryn Stein, DJ KMM, Thoko Tembo, Bernard Glassman, Mohamed Jalloh, and Chris Chibwana
Topic: Work being done out in the community, changes to the show
Present with me: Bernard Glassman (North Carolina) and Chris Chibwana (Indiana)
A new format for the show:
- Email me if you would like to join me on the show on a given week. As a group, we will listen to clips and share our thoughts on issues. This is not a group of experts, just people with an interest in taking part in discussions. You're also free to call in throughout the show.
I called attention to discussions on the blog:
- Work being done with sex workers and communities in Lilongwe
- The proposed bill to criminalize the transmission of HIV
- Theatre for Change has been educating teachers-to-be about HIV prevention and care
Clips played:
- "We hide nothing," said Charles Leonard, member of the Paradiso Support Group. Why, according to him, do group members disclose their status when out in the community?
- "What will Mr. Chitseko do?" At Blessings CBO in Lilongwe, a group of women decide what happens after a Lilongwe man is diagnosed with HIV.
- Our guest on the show was Shima Baradaran, lawyer and lecturer in criminal law at the University of Malawi and former Fulbright Senior Scholar in Malawi. She has been consulting with some of the NGOs in Malawi who have some objections to the current draft of the HIV bill (that would criminalize transmission of HIV) and will continue to update us on this issue when she is in Malawi later this month.
- Please see this draft of the March 2010 position paper, written by a coalition of local and international NGOs and faith-based organizations for more information
- Link to an article by the Nyasa Times and comments by Tiyeni Tipewe listeners and others
Topic: The strengths of individuals and communities
On the show: Chris Chibwana and Richard Zule-Mbewe
Clips played:
- Members from the support group at Paradiso Home Based Care talk about performing skits out in the community.
- A member of the Paradiso Youth Club mentions a few aspects of Malawian culture that make her proud.
- Liknet, a woman who lives in a village outside of Lilongwe's city center, describes the hard work and strong family support that was needed so that she, her children, and siblings could have their own house after her mother passed away. She also remembers important life lessons she learned from her mother.
Topic: Brainstorming session on how Tiyeni Tipewe can reach communities in Malawi
On the show: Kathryn Stein, DJ KMM, Thoko Tembo, Bernard Glassman, Mohamed Jalloh, and Chris Chibwana
