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The Minister of Health and Social welfare, Dr. Motloheloa Phooko has
appealed to Members of Lesotho Association of Non-Formal Education (LANFE)
to dedicate their efforts to minimising the rate of HIV/AIDS infection in
their communities through out the country. The Minister made the appeal
during the closure of LANFE HIV/AIDS workshop, attended by all members from
different parts of the country at Anglican Center, in Maseru on Friday 26
July, 2002.
Dr Phooko urged participants to go back to their respective areas to be
examples and supervisors, educators, advisor, and supporters in all
efforts to fight against HIV/AIDS in their communities. "Let those who
have been infected and affected get the greatest support from you", the
Minister indicated. He asked them to go and implement the knowledge and
skills they have acquired and strive to change the attitude and behaviors of
their communities towards the pandemic. He encouraged them to team up with
other groups dealing with health issues in their areas, including
traditional doctors to make their work more productive and to discourage
those whose practices promote HIV/AIDS infection.
The President of LANFE, Mr. Sello Monamoli, said the workshop was intended
for the participants to give reports on what they had been doing in regard
to the promotion of Home Based Care for HIV/AIDS patients, which they
discussed at the workshop held earlier this year. He indicated that the
major problem, which was common in all the reports is that the participants
could not reach all the patients within their communities because of the
inaccessibility of some of the areas, and those that were reached was
because they had to use their personal money.
They said poor as they are, it was difficult for them to assist the patients
most of which are living in a terrible situation of poverty. Mr Monamoli
appealed to the government to assist and support LANFE with funds to make
its work easier in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
26 July, 2002.
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