"You can find that young people now can sit around with their parents and talk about sexuality. Before the AIDS Competence Process, this was not possible," Tao from Papua New Guinea (see video left)

In Sohm, the Gambia, five children on average died of malaria every year. "Since the self-assessment mobilized us, there was not one death anymore," noted Sera Badjie.

"SALT turned my life upside down. People from the Constellation highlighted all my achievements which I could no long see and reminded me of my value, of my dignity. When you hear someone say that you have strengths, it makes you strong," Dr. Benda, Executive Secretary of the PLHIV network in DR-Congo.

"This is a very crucial process. It drives me from 'Am I able?' to 'I am able'," Samuel Kibanga, from network of PLHIV, Uganda (see video on the left)

"This is a more lasting method. Projects may come and go but I am confident that this process will last. "  Father Joe Ngamkhuchung, NEDHIV, India

"It is not rocket-science! You don't need a PhD before knowing. A farmer can apply this." Adelassissi Aremu, Red Cross coordinator in Togo about the Malaria Competence Process.

"Why are we always discussing the problems and some negative aspects if people's strengths can be the power for change?" Harry Kurniawan, Indonesia