[Viva] World AIDS Conference 2012

[Kath Webster]

I have been lucky enough to attended 5 International conferences over the
years.  4 were with scholarships.  It used to be a lot easier but nowadays
so many people apply and priority goes (rightly so) to people from resource
limited countries.  But still worth applying because you never know!  Last
conference I scraped together funding/support from 5 sources which was a lot
of work but it was an amazing experience.  Even if you just get yourself to
Washington and attend the Global Village alone it's very exciting and
empowering.  See more about global village on the website.  

Time to get outside - I love this chilly invigorating snowy weather! J

 

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Sent: January-14-12 8:34 PM
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Subject: Re: [Viva] World AIDS Conference 2012

 

For anyone who is applying.... on the applications they usually want to know
what your involvement in the HIV community is and how you will bring what
you learn back to share with people in your region.

Just a thought.....

You can send ViVA updates during the conference and/or write an article
about your experience at the conference. Girl Talk, in the Positive Living
magazine would love to have an article from one or more positive women who
attend and that would reach all the members of PL society.

M

ps Kathy I think you will find lots of interesting things in the schedule
regarding mental health. Once the Conference Programme comes out you can do
a search for workshops and seminars on any subject that interest you.

On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 5:59 PM, Denise Becker <dbecker106 at gmail.com> wrote:

Kathy, I totally agree with you, the mental illness aspect is really not
talked about enough and I think it would make a great abstract too!

Denise

 

On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 9:30 AM, kathy G <kathy.grant at telus.net> wrote:


Thanks denise. :-) 

I also would like to bring my extensive personal expeience w mental illness
to the table.  I have noticed that it is a neglected topic in hiv circles
and yet some of us must suffer from one diagnosis or another.  Not to
mention the fact that if you are on any psych meds plus art, there is no
long term effects measured to date.
Any thoughts on  this?

Thanks 

Kathy

 



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Denise Becker <dbecker106 at gmail.com> wrote:
As far as I know, they always are keen on getting women and those with
children/from aboriginal communities/rural areas are probably given extra
points.

 

Denise

 

On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 8:00 AM, kathy G <kathy.grant at telus.net> wrote:

Has anyone been sucessful in the past in getting a scholarship in viva?
Would like to know what are the criteria for a application being accepted!  

Any ideas anyone??? 

Kathy g in north van :-)




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Denise Becker <dbecker106 at gmail.com> wrote:
Are any of you planning on trying to get a scholarship to the World AIDS
Conference this year?  This is the scholarship site.

http://www.aids2012.org/Default.aspx?pageId=376

 

It would be great to see some ViVA members apply.

 

Denise


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