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LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME: THE NIGERIAN EXPERIENCE
• The four Breakthrough Initiative teams in Kano State got together to carry out the
phone-in programs on State Radio and Television. All the teams also had their
activities covered by the Media group. Radio Kano aired a half hour discussion on HIV
& AIDS in Hausa. Freedom Radio aired a one-hour live phone-in program for “Voice of
the Hopeful’ – a support group while Triumph newspaper published features free of
charge.
Wikki Group – Bauchi, NGOs
Project objectives
1. To increase the awareness of policy makers, opinion leaders and all stakeholders in
addressing HIV & AIDS issues
2. To reduce stigmatization and discrimination of PLWHAs
3. To provide Care and Support to PLWHAs
4. To strengthen the connections between individual Initiatives, groups, organization and
ministries to create synergies in the response to HIV & AIDS
5. To learn and practice new competencies that allow for the generation of effective
actions
Activities
Sensitization sessions were carried out for policy makers and other staff of the Ministry of
Women Affairs, 100 Uniformed men, secondary school students and four villages; namely
Mararraban Liman Katagum, Siyi village in Ganjuwa LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA,
Buzaye village in Bauchi LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, Muda Lawan market, Kasuwar
and Kaji Bauchi. The village activities were supported by Miyatti Allah (Cattle rearers), an
Islamic group and Society for Family Health, Bauchi. IEC materials and condoms were
distributed during those sessions
Five (5) people living with HIV are presently undergoing three months training at
MAHEMA sewing and knitting centre. Plans are in place to provide a seed grant and
sewing /knitting machines by the Poverty Alleviation program once they complete their
training so they can generate income and be self reliant
The group advocated for and pushed for a Bill on the Rights of PLWHAs in the workplace
as well as provision of ARVs and CD4 count tests for positive persons needing such
services
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