Dismas Baranyikwa, a sixteen-year-old HIV positive died on April 23, 2004 after a long period of agony in Kanembwa Camp.
The late Baranyikwa was officially known as HIV/AIDS carrier in 2003 after a hot campaign conducted by “Stop-Sida Nkebure Uwumva” in Kanembwa Camp, an association initiated by Noe Sebisaba, the first person in Kanembwa Camp, and […]

UN news agency IRIN reports that Karago camp will be shut down.
“A camp for Burundian refugees in northwestern Tanzania is due to close in ‘a few weeks’, in efforts to consolidate these facilities as many occupants return home, according to an agreement between Burundi, Tanzania and the UN refugee agency, UNHCR.
The 5,500 refugees at […]

Baranyikwa Dismas

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Baranyikwa Dismas a 16 years old Burundian refugee living with HIV in Kanembwa refugee camp, situated in Tanzania
who takes part in moblizing people to come out. He wanted to teach more about AIDS to primay students from class 1 to 5. […]

agostino-shika-kamba

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Agostino used to be a “kijana shupavu”– that is a strong, fierce, tough, hard young man. He says he used to make a living smuggling beer from Burundi to Tanzania. But Noe says he was an “mjambazi” — a gangster. In the […]

Background
HIV/AIDS programs have been narrowly focused on the health in the refugee camps. Formal responses seldom reach or provide appropriate support to the refugee community, and communities are seldom able to access formal support. It is vital to establish direct access, so that communities can participate fully in prevention, care and mitigation.
Project
STOP SIDA “NKEBURE […]

The film “Love in the Time of AIDS” is almost ready. We have spent a week with making subtitles in English, French and Swahili. Next week we will record Kirundi and Swahili voice-over soundtracks in Dar Es Salaam. Then we can produce a DVD that has optional subtitle tracks and voice-over tracks in different languages. […]