Communities learn and transfer
Communities learn and transfer from their own experience and of others. They change and transfer to others what they have learned. This is the way AIDS Competence spreads. Back to results on HIV
"The action research that took place in 2001 in four countries in Africa – Zambia, Malawi, Uganda, Kenya – clearly showed that in a short time span, between two and four months, a first generation local responses can interact successfully with at least two other neighboorhoods and stimulate secondary local responses," said Ian Campbell, Former Consultant of the International Health Programme of the Salvation Army.
A few examples...
 Kithituni transfers its competences to 75 other villages The village of Kithituni in Kenya dealt effectively with the issue of HIV since several years. This community started to inspire many other neighboring communities. In 2001, a team from the Salvation Army conducted a research on 'the Transfer from community to community'. They observed that Kithituni spread AIDS Competence to 75 other villages! (The image on the left is the transfer map of Kithituni) |
 Women in DR-Congo stimulated to fight for their rights "We met women living with HIV from Rwanda and this stimulated us to act on a political level," explained a woman from DR-Congo after a SALT visit. The women's association started to advocate at the Senat in DR-Congo to pass a law accepting the rights of PLHIV to get married and have children. |
 Inspired by the coffee nights of the neighbors Pis Pond and Woks, two communities in Papua New Guinea, visited its neighboors in Walis Station. Mothers, fathers, young girls and boys sat down together and shared what they do to respond to HIV. "We see that we have a lot to learn and that we can encourage each other. The girls in my group were so proud to share their experience. We should do this more often," explained Ellen, youth leader from Walis Station. "We want to come back to Walis Station to learn more from young people there," said a young man from Pis Pond. En savoir plus sur notre travail en Papouasie Nouvelle Guinée |
Leaders do not want to stay behind [With this approach] we see the influence of a leader on other communities. The leaders do not want to stay behind, and this stimulates them to move on. |
More experiences on Learning and Transfer
