Entries Tagged as ‘Social issues’

September 20, 2009

OVERCOMING THE FEAR TO LIVE POSITIVELY

Article published on issue 32 of African Woman (www.africanwomanmagazine.net)
Finding out that you are HIV-positive transforms your life, and often also the lives of people around you. But it does not have to be the death sentence it invariably was in the first days after the virus was identified.
by Claudia Giampietri
 
When she heard that she was [...]

September 19, 2009

HEALTH SYSTEM STRAINED BY AIDS

Unedited article published on issue 32 of African Woman (www.afrocanwomanmagazine.net)
AIDS epidemic is bringing a lot of pressure on the health sector which is congested and often unable to offer quality assistance. African Woman interviewed Dr Samuel Guma, a Ugandan HIV/AIDS specialist and director of an clinic for HIV positive patients. 
by Claudia Giampietri
 
How does HIV/AIDS affect [...]

September 19, 2009

ORPHANED BY AIDS

Unedited article published on issue 32 of African Woman(www.africanwomanmagazine.net)
AIDS has shaken the lives of many children and their families. For more than 15 million AIDS orphans, the loss of their parents marks the end of their childhood and the beginning of a life confronted by enormous challenges.
By Claudia Giampietri
 
 Statistics and figures look dull and often [...]

September 17, 2009

NOERINE KALEEBA, Protector of the Rights of People with HIV/AIDS

Unedited article published on the issue 32 of African Woman (www.africanwomanmagazine.net)
Learning from her own experience Noerine Kaleeba has taught others how to live positively with AIDS. Founder of the first organisation to care for people with HIV/AIDS, Kaleeba has fought against all discriminations attached to the disease
by Claudia Giampietri
”One, two, three, sound check!” I meet [...]

August 13, 2009

LOOKING AT THE FUTURE DESPITE A DREADFUL PAST

Part of the material included in the press folder I prepared on behalf of Horizont3000 – Austrian Organization for Develompent and Cooperation – for the Austrian Foreign Minister Mr Michael Spindelegger and his delegation who came to Uganda in July to evaluate the progress of the projects funded by the Austrian government. 
 
From the interviews with some [...]

August 13, 2009

DEALING WITH A WOUNDED COMMUNITY: PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT PROGRAMME (PSP) OF CARITAS GULU

Part of the material included in the press folder I prepared on behalf of Horizont3000 – Austrian Organization for Develompent and Cooperation – for the Austrian Foreign Minister Mr Michael Spindelegger and his delegation who came to Uganda in July to evaluate the progress of the projects funded by the Austrian government. 
 
THE PROJECT – PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT [...]

July 18, 2009

ETHICS & INTEGRITY: A MATTER OF CHOICE

Every day we take decisions. Our actions have an impact on other people’s lives and determine how ethically we behave. Every day we stand in front of a crossroad and we are left with two choices: right or wrong? 
by Claudia Giampietri
Article published on issue 30 of African Woman (http://www.africanwomanmagazine.net/)
 
Imagine the following scenario: the end [...]

July 4, 2009

EX-LRA REBELS RETURNING HOME: WHAT’S NEXT?

Gulu – Uganda. The name of this man cannot be revealed. Neither his face. He was once a child, abducted with his brother at the age of 12 on their way from school. He spent 21 years with the rebels, becoming a military chief. He escaped from the LRA to return to Gulu – his [...]

May 13, 2009

In nome della Pace

Impressioni di Gulu: riflessioni condivise in una mail con un’amica questa mattina.
Mi trovo a Gulu dove sono arrivata lunedi’ sera. Riparto venerdi’ mattina. Tre giorni pieni per capire meglio questa parte di territorio. Tre giorni per incontrare persone. Ascoltare. Intervistare. Raccontare a mia volta.
Non sono abbastanza. C’e’ bisogno di tempo. Tutti quelli che ho incontrato [...]

March 14, 2009

JANE FRANCES KUKA “Cosi’ convinco l’Africa ad abbandonare il rito della mutilazione sessuale”

Articolo pubblicato sull’Unità di Venerdi’ 13 marzo 2009

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August 11, 2008

Che senso ha la sofferenza? Integrazione tra umanesimo e scienza

Pochi filosofi hanno avuto un’opinione alta della sofferenza. Semmai, il saggio é colui che tenta di ridurne le cause: ansia, disperazione, ira, mancanza di stima di sé, travagli amorosi…
«Presi in mano (il libro di) Schopenhauer come qualcosa di assolutamente sconosciuto e mi misi a sfogliare le pagine. Non so quale demone mi stesse sussurrando “Portati [...]

August 11, 2008

Sofferenza nelle tradizioni orientali.

Dire “tradizioni orientali” rischia di essere una generalizzazione che non chiarisce le preziose diversità che il grande ventre orientale accoglie in sé.  Tanto per cominciare é opportuno specificare che l’oriente a cui farò riferimento é l’estremo oriente, e non il medio oriente la cui filosofia, purtroppo, non ho modo di approfondire.  Alla visione estremo orientale [...]

January 4, 2008

Sanità a misura di paziente . Intervista alla dottoressa Danila Valenti.

A Bentivoglio, alle porte di Bologna, sorge il più grande hospice italiano. È uno splendido esemplare di sanità privata non a scopo di lucro.Sembrerebbe uscito da uno schizzo dell’architetto Le Corbusier: tutto è stato pensato e realizzato “a misura di uomo”. Non solo la struttura architettonica, ma anche chi ha la fortuna di lavorarci, sperimenta [...]

January 4, 2008

Hospice: le cattedrali nel deserto

Difendimi dalle forze contrarie la notte
nel sonno quando non sono cosciente,
 quando il mio percorso si fa incerto e
 non abbandonarmi mai,
 non mi abbandonare mai. 
 
Franco Battiato, L’ombra della luce
 
Dame Cicely Saunders é morta il 14 luglio 2005, accudita presso quel St.Christopher Hospice simbolo della sua determinazione a offrire la miglior assistenza possibile [...]