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We thank the following for their generous financial donations, free meeting space, and donations of various goods and services to the Greater Van Gogos region.

2Bear Studio, Jerry Wang

Alicia-Rae Olafsson

Banyen Books

Betty Baxter

Billinkoff & Associates Insurance Services Inc.

Black Bond Books

Cameron Quality Management Ltd.

Dennis Foon

Floretta

Harry Tubbs

Howard Wealth Management and National Bank Financial

Jen Sung

Jennifer Strang Photography

La Boheme Consulting, Jo-Anne Emery

Lynn Fingarson Impactful Designs

Marlborough Elementary School staff and students

Minuteman Press Richmond

Patti Goss and Wes Goss

Photography by Davina

Pretty Things Florist & Designer Gifts

Printcraft Solutions Ltd.

Royal Printers

Starbucks

Suzy Coulter, Turn to the Sun – Growing Hope for Africa

Thrifty Foods

Tiffany Stone

Tradewind Books

Unions

British Columbia Federation of Retired Union Members (BC FORUM)

British Columbia Government Employees’ Union (BCGEU)

British Columbia Nurses’ Union (BCNU)

British Columbia Teachers’ Federation

Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) BC

Health Sciences Association (HSA) of BC

Hospital Employees Union (HEU)

MoveUP (formerly Canadian Office and Professional Employees Union, COPE 378)

Unifor

United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) 1518

United Steelworkers (USW) District 3

Vancity

Y.A.P.V. Productions, Yunuen Perez Vertti

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The value of support groups in increasing adherence to AIDS medication...When Tadiwa* was six years old, he lost both his parents to AIDS. As with millions of children orphaned by the AIDS pandemic, his grandmother, Joyce*, was the only person left to raise him. During a visit to their community, a volunteer from Chiedza Child Care Centre, a community-based organization in Zimbabwe, recognized that Tadiwa was ill. The volunteer supported his grandmother in understanding the importance of taking her grandchild for health check-ups; Tadiwa later tested positive for HIV.

SLF partners like Chiedza are deeply connected to the communities where they work, encouraging openness and trust, crucial to supporting people in vulnerable situations. When Tadiwa was diagnosed, Chiedza helped him access life-saving antiretroviral treatment (ART), and helped Joyce disclose his HIV status to him, in an age appropriate way.

Joyce and Tadiwa joined support groups, giving them a safe space to share with people in similar circumstances. Joyce joined a group for caregivers. Tadiwa joined a group that gave him access to counselling and psychosocial support to manage the stigma that often accompanies an HIV diagnosis, and most importantly, to adhere to his treatment.

In Tadiwa’s words: “Support groups helped me to know things I didn’t know. I know that if I take my medications, I’ll live longer.” Tadiwa hopes to one day be a doctor.

The majority of SLF partners that facilitate treatment access have adherence rates above 95%, which are indeed, inspiring successes. More insights like this can be found our most recent edition of Grassroots: bit.ly/SLF-Grassroots

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