Community Action on World AIDS Day

[Guest guest]

Dear AIDS INDIA,

Imagine what would happen if every single community in the world was to take

stock of its response to AIDS on World AIDS day, and take action to progress

towards Life Competence?

It is my great pleasure to invite you to participate in the Community Action Day

(CAD) on or around World AIDS Day, December 1. By acting together on that day in

response to AIDS and to other life concerns, we will remind ourselves and others

that we (communities, families, individuals) are the key actors in response to

the threats to our

well being.

During the Community Action Day you and your community are invited to build your

dream for your community, assess where you are on the path towards that dream,

celebrate progress and sketch the way forward.

You can choose to respond to the issue most of concern for you, which can be

HIV, malaria or any other issue.

You can share the stories, challenges and progress of this day on the Community

Life Competence online

platform<http://aidscompetence.ning.com/group/communityactionday?xg_source=msg_m\

es_network>.

You and your community can share photographs of your great moments in the CAD

photo

album<http://aidscompetence.ning.com/photo/albums/community-action-day?xg_source\

=msg_mes_network>,

and your Self Assessment and Action Plan in the forum

discussion<http://aidscompetence.ning.com/group/communityactionday?xg_source=msg\

_mes_network>.

After the day, you and others will be able to refer to this site for

inspiration, information and ideas on how communities around the world are also

competently dealing with key issues such as HIV, Malaria, Tuberculosis, Domestic

Violence, Adolescent Reproductive Health and more.

We are providing a Resource

Pack<http://api.ning.com/files/XhLhV2iFjkqNu4ECmVqweDOQWNW7zzFiD-6wtcSrPumXxrGmM\

dJtwonKMmyOAAUzw9NC2398IsYqbl2*k44-Hhst0OJcwjNk/ResourcePackage.pdf> as a guide

for you and your community to plan and coordinate your event.

It offers step-by-step instructions and a handy toolkit, as well as some unique

ideas for how to celebrate.

The Constellation is bound by one dream: Life Competence spread faster than the

virus; and by one belief: communities can respond effectively to their own

concerns. Together we can turn these beautiful statements into reality.

You can contact Rituu B Nanda at rituu@... for more

details.

Regards,

Louis Lamboray

Chair

The Constellation