Day 3: Friday, February 9, 2007
During this short visit to South Africa, I’ve heard over and over again that many South Africans are feeling that they need to unify and mobilize themselves in the fight against HIV/AIDS in the same way they waged the battle against apartheid.
Today, I was honored and privileged to observe the National Executive Committee meeting of the Treatment Action Campaign. TAC’s leadership, including Sipho Mthathi and Zackie Achmat, met with provincial-level leaders and key partners to develop their 2007 strategy. It was amazing to see the strategy for action being discussed and defined based on front-line challenges identified at the community and clinic levels. Drug shortages, test kit stock-outs, the emergence of extremely drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB), the crisis of violence, and the shortage of health care workers were among the key issues discussed and debated. TAC combines community mobilization and education with street protests and high-level policy advocacy. They work closely with the AIDS Law Project, which challenges the government, the AIDS denialists, and pharmaceutical companies that block action. The combined impact of the work of these people is truly historic. They are breaking down the walls of silence, indifference, and greed, and they are saving lives!
As the morning wore on, there was a bit of a lull in the meeting, and a young woman from the Eastern Cape province started singing a South African mobilization song. Soon the whole room was singing and dancing in what seemed like a ritual of solidarity for the people needlessly suffering from HIV/AIDS whom TAC serves. My soul shook from their voices as I tried to absorb every note. I learned so much today from the women and men of the Treatment Action Campaign. I am so inspired, it is hard to leave. However, I fly out at 6:00 am tomorrow for a long day's journey to Kigali, Rwanda.
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Paul, Thanks for bringing us with you. It's very powerful to read your words and be transported back to a place a hold sacredly in my heart. You need a portable recorder to capture the singing. The singing will eventually cure all.
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