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04TEGUCIGALPA1060
2004-05-07 23:11:00
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Embassy Tegucigalpa
Cable title:
EVALUATION OF SPEAKER ON HIV/AIDS PREVENTION:
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UNCLAS TEGUCIGALPA 001060
SIPDIS
STATE FOR IIP/T/SV (HSEBSOW); IIP/G/WHA (JMANES; CBARONE);
WHA/PDA (OHILTON)
EMBASSIES FOR PAO/CAO
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KPAO HO
SUBJECT: EVALUATION OF SPEAKER ON HIV/AIDS PREVENTION:
NICOLE CHEETHAM, TRACKER #20444
REF: (A) State 06234 (B) Tegucigalpa 02713
SUMMARY: Nicole Cheetham, Director, International Division,
Advocates for Youth, a Washington-based NGO, conducted an
intensive and very successful U.S. Speaker program on the
prevention of HIV/AIDS from February 22-27. Her
presentation on "Communities and Youngsters Taking Action to
Prevent HIV," reached young audiences in Tegucigalpa, La
Ceiba, Tela and the Afro-Honduran (Garifuna) communities of
Sambo Creek, Corozal, Trujillo, Santa Fe, Truinfo de La
Cruz, and Tornabe, on the northern coast of Honduras. She
reached many more through media events. END SUMMARY.
A. Dates: February 22-27, 2004.
Fiscal year: FY-04, Q2
B. Objective: Post fully met its objective to reach young
audiences, especially the high-risk population in Garifuna
communities, with a message on HIV/AIDS prevention. The USG
has identified Honduras as a priority country for HIV/AIDS
funding. The program enabled the post to address how
community-based programs work in the U.S. to promote change.
MPP Strategic Goals: Human Rights, HIV/AIDS, Strengthening
Democracy, Economic Development, and Mutual Understanding.
C. Activities to reach the objective: During her visit,
Nicole Cheetham met in informal settings with young
Hondurans working on prevention programs, discussing her
theme of "Communities and Youngsters Taking Action to
Prevent HIV." In Tegucigalpa, she met with a group from the
Honduran Scouts Association working on prevention programs,
representatives from the Garifuna community, participated in
a representational luncheon hosted by the PAO for NGO
leaders who work on HIV/AIDS prevention. During the
remainder of her program, which took place in local schools
and community and cultural centers in the cities of La
Ceiba, Tela, Trujillo and Garifuna communities along the
north coast of Honduras, she engaged in open discussion with
groups of students, teachers, parents, and community leaders
and engaged in open discussion about the issues confronting
youth and adults in preventing infection. The Press Section
arranged a roundtable discussion with print media and local
TV channels covered the program in La Ceiba and Tela, taking
Ms. Cheetham's message to many thousands more.
D. Evaluation/Impact: Excellent.
Nicole Cheetham, Speaker on HIV/AIDS prevention, takes
message to most vulnerable audiences.
Nicole Cheetham's program enabled Post to reach out to a
diverse group of young people and adults with the message
that HIV/AIDS is here to stay, but that the good news is
that we know how to prevent getting it and Hondurans can
avoid reaching the high infection rates that exist in other
countries. Through this program, the post reached the young
Afro-Honduran (Garifuna) population where the disease is the
major cause of death. Ms. Cheetham's program provided an
opportunity to reiterate the message the entire community
needs to get involved in preventing the disease and the
danger of ignoring its existence. It is evident that people
have the information on how to prevent the disease from
speading, but they need to work on changing social patterns
to avoid spreading it.
Post highly recommends Ms. Cheetham for programs on HIV/AIDS
prevention. She has ample hands-on experience and adapts
her presentations to her audience. Her excellent Spanish,
warmth, and pleasant personality facilitated an immediate
rapport with her audience. Ms. Cheetham conducted an
intensive program with back-to-back presentations from one
community to another, whether in a classroom, a gathering on
a cool spot out in the open, or an air-conditioned municipal
hall, always encouraging the participants to open up and
conducting the participants to an honest information
exchange. She is a true trooper.
E. Quality of U.S. Support and IIP Offices Involved: Very
Good. IIP/T/SV Helen Sebsow proposed an excellent candidate
for this program.
Pierce
SIPDIS
STATE FOR IIP/T/SV (HSEBSOW); IIP/G/WHA (JMANES; CBARONE);
WHA/PDA (OHILTON)
EMBASSIES FOR PAO/CAO
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KPAO HO
SUBJECT: EVALUATION OF SPEAKER ON HIV/AIDS PREVENTION:
NICOLE CHEETHAM, TRACKER #20444
REF: (A) State 06234 (B) Tegucigalpa 02713
SUMMARY: Nicole Cheetham, Director, International Division,
Advocates for Youth, a Washington-based NGO, conducted an
intensive and very successful U.S. Speaker program on the
prevention of HIV/AIDS from February 22-27. Her
presentation on "Communities and Youngsters Taking Action to
Prevent HIV," reached young audiences in Tegucigalpa, La
Ceiba, Tela and the Afro-Honduran (Garifuna) communities of
Sambo Creek, Corozal, Trujillo, Santa Fe, Truinfo de La
Cruz, and Tornabe, on the northern coast of Honduras. She
reached many more through media events. END SUMMARY.
A. Dates: February 22-27, 2004.
Fiscal year: FY-04, Q2
B. Objective: Post fully met its objective to reach young
audiences, especially the high-risk population in Garifuna
communities, with a message on HIV/AIDS prevention. The USG
has identified Honduras as a priority country for HIV/AIDS
funding. The program enabled the post to address how
community-based programs work in the U.S. to promote change.
MPP Strategic Goals: Human Rights, HIV/AIDS, Strengthening
Democracy, Economic Development, and Mutual Understanding.
C. Activities to reach the objective: During her visit,
Nicole Cheetham met in informal settings with young
Hondurans working on prevention programs, discussing her
theme of "Communities and Youngsters Taking Action to
Prevent HIV." In Tegucigalpa, she met with a group from the
Honduran Scouts Association working on prevention programs,
representatives from the Garifuna community, participated in
a representational luncheon hosted by the PAO for NGO
leaders who work on HIV/AIDS prevention. During the
remainder of her program, which took place in local schools
and community and cultural centers in the cities of La
Ceiba, Tela, Trujillo and Garifuna communities along the
north coast of Honduras, she engaged in open discussion with
groups of students, teachers, parents, and community leaders
and engaged in open discussion about the issues confronting
youth and adults in preventing infection. The Press Section
arranged a roundtable discussion with print media and local
TV channels covered the program in La Ceiba and Tela, taking
Ms. Cheetham's message to many thousands more.
D. Evaluation/Impact: Excellent.
Nicole Cheetham, Speaker on HIV/AIDS prevention, takes
message to most vulnerable audiences.
Nicole Cheetham's program enabled Post to reach out to a
diverse group of young people and adults with the message
that HIV/AIDS is here to stay, but that the good news is
that we know how to prevent getting it and Hondurans can
avoid reaching the high infection rates that exist in other
countries. Through this program, the post reached the young
Afro-Honduran (Garifuna) population where the disease is the
major cause of death. Ms. Cheetham's program provided an
opportunity to reiterate the message the entire community
needs to get involved in preventing the disease and the
danger of ignoring its existence. It is evident that people
have the information on how to prevent the disease from
speading, but they need to work on changing social patterns
to avoid spreading it.
Post highly recommends Ms. Cheetham for programs on HIV/AIDS
prevention. She has ample hands-on experience and adapts
her presentations to her audience. Her excellent Spanish,
warmth, and pleasant personality facilitated an immediate
rapport with her audience. Ms. Cheetham conducted an
intensive program with back-to-back presentations from one
community to another, whether in a classroom, a gathering on
a cool spot out in the open, or an air-conditioned municipal
hall, always encouraging the participants to open up and
conducting the participants to an honest information
exchange. She is a true trooper.
E. Quality of U.S. Support and IIP Offices Involved: Very
Good. IIP/T/SV Helen Sebsow proposed an excellent candidate
for this program.
Pierce