A Hale and Hearty Greeting,

 

How do you feel? Great!!!

 

I am quite sure you think you don’t know anyone who is HIV Positive…Wrong!

 

Continue reading if you have a concern for your fellow human.

 

Your neighbour, best friend, aunt, brother, cousin, colleague, parent and even YOUR partner may be HIV+, true story. The fact of the matter is you do know someone, they just may not have disclosed their status as yet because of the prejudice surrounding the virus.

 

You think it may not affect you but it does and it will. Isn’t it nice to know that someone out there living with the virus, that will be me, put their fear in their pocket and went public so that others may benefit with the knowledge and talks presented, sometimes for a fee but mostly not and that includes individual counselling and presentations to corporates who have access to do so.

 

I am not pointing fingers as most of these individuals do not have the funds to cover a consultation and I can’t allow them to go back into the world misinformed or uneducated either living positively or negatively without pre or post counselling.

 

‘Black and gay people have AIDS’ REALLY!!! I hear this still, how sad Mr & Mrs X. The HI virus is widespread throughout the human race. HIV does not discriminate. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor, Rich, Poor, middle-class, White, Black, Indian, coloured and the rest of humanity, the virus doesn’t care. I didn’t go out purposely to get infected, trust me! Nor did most people, it happens, Deal With It’.

 

Take heed, it could be someone close to you next if the message is not continued out there, with a 1000 new infections daily, it’s a possibility/probability. Prevention can only be achieved with the support of the community and nation at large.

 

Show some empathy and assist in maintaining the counselling centre as the projects that are in progress are paramount to the wellbeing and survival of many people.

 

The time has come for the lease to be renewed at the counselling centre and I am deliberating as to whether to sign for another 12 months or not.

 

The centre has been sustained purely out of my own pocket and that of my family and close friends….no more!

 

Harsh, yes, that’s me……I hope that you have got the message loud and clear as it is not something you want or wish on anyone.

 

Lastly, feel free to share what you comfortably are able to. Consider contributing to the organisation as it will be most appreciated by many.

 

By way of contributing, please find attached Debit Order Form (R50 – R100 or much much, more) 😉 and banking details should you wish to make an EFT contribution.

 

Many thanks, yours in sharing.

SHARE THIS MESSAGE – I DARE YOU TO CARE

Regards

 

Cindy

 

Cell: 073 73 96 044

Fax: 086 56 46 935

P.O. Box 763

Pinetown

3600

NPO 093-243

 

Email:                                    cindy@cindypivacic.co.za

Website:                               www.cindypivacic.co.za

Facebook Bus Page:        http://www.facebook.com/CindyPivacicSpeakerHIVAIDS

Skype:                                    cindy.pivacic

Twitter:                                 @cindypivacic

 

SSETA Accredited HIV Skills Training (US 13915) –  IEC Facilitator – Speaker – Counselling – Trauma Debriefing – HIV Activist – HIV Skills Project Management – Workshop Facilitation

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Account Number                 6233 080 2712

Universal Br Code               250655

 

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Account Name                     AID My Journey-Support

Account Type                       Savings – (non-profit)

Account Number                 9266 809 550

Branch Code                        632005 (Pinetown)

 

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A mere R10.00 could help a rape, transfusion or unintentional condom mishap to receive support – not all incidents is self inflicted

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2 Years today – Thanks to All

On 22 January, 2013, in Health and Wellness, Uncategorized, by Cindy Pivacic
I went public with my HIV+ status exactly 2 years ago today…… looked away, pressed that button and launched myself into the world of cyber 🙂
Ironically I hit 200 followers on this page yesterday!!
My website http://cindypivacic.co….za/ has 370 followers and the site has had a total of 9,781 hits. Many thanks to all my supporters, you know who you are.
An extra special thanks to the following people and companies who have really gone the extra mile.
Charlotte Kemp
Shawn Fouche
William Vincent
Colleen Bruce
Zowrae Muller
Robyn Norman
To my family who have been my biggest ‘fans’, thank you!
Lindsay Heydenrych (Mom)
Danya Botha (daughter)
Shane Botha (Son)
Clive Heydenrych and Elsa Mann (Brother)
Keith and Piera Heydenrych (Brother)
Colin and Lolo Heydenrych (Brother)
Those are just some of the remarkable people who have been EXTRA supportive.
I look forward to a special year in 2013 as all the ground work has been carefully and busily laid. To all you others that have been my local, distant and foreign support, I salute you!
THANK YOU!!

 

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 ‘Take Responsibility – Take Action’

Do YOU Support this initiative? – What can YOU do?

Companies and individuals lend your name to creating awareness!

 

‘HIVenture-Tour de Life’ aims to spread the word not the virus by promoting change in the lifestyle of South Africans to rapidly decrease the rate of infections.

 

The disease is still spreading with 1000 new infection daily in South Africa.

 

HIV and AIDS awareness has been neglected in the media over the past months adding to the decline of in-house awareness within the South African workplace.

 

Access to information for employers and employees is inadequate.

 

Focus will be on the corporate as well as public sector to increase information and dispel misconceptions by give personal testimony and mentorship.

 

“To mobilise and empower the South African business sector as well as the population at large to take effective action on HIV and AIDS”.

•Create an understanding of how HIV is transmitted in an attempt to curb the ongoing spread of the disease.

 

•Educate through experience and personal testimony of living with HIV and AIDS.

 

•Create awareness on how HIV and AIDS affects us all as a global community, infected or affected.

 

•Promote the view that those living with HIV and AIDS require understanding and consideration rather than judgment with a stigma attached to it as no one ‘deserves’ this disease.

 

Having counselled individuals and facilitated support groups living with HIV & AIDS, Cindy realises that more needs to be done to eradicate the stigma still attached to the virus.

 

This issue is preventing individuals from ‘coming out’ about their status and securing essential treatment and support.

The planned tour route.

 

Ø Pretoria
Ø Johannesburg
Ø Bloemfontein
Ø Kimberley
Ø Cape Town
Ø George
Ø Port Elizabeth
Ø Umtata
Ø Pietermaritzburg
Ø Durban
Contact me for more details.

 

 

AID My Journey-Support a Non-Profit Organisation (NPO 093-243) based in KwaZulu Natal aims to assist individuals living with the HI virus to empower themselves by generating an ongoing income to sustain their wellbeing.

 

Support our Skills Initiative Projects – sms the word ‘THINK’ to 38665 to donate R10.00

 

The Projects are namely;

 

1)      Computer Skills Initiative

2)      Training Support Group Facilitator

 

Many Thanks

 

Networking forum for Service Providers and Company Executives dealing with Health and Wellness.

 Please feel free to share if this is not relevant to you, thank-you.

RED ALERT!!

World AIDS Day is on the 1st December each year.

Let us admire the persons living with the virus and celebrate their wellbeing.           

Join us in support this month!   

 Mission and Vision

The objective in founding Balance & Bounce – ‘Through the Circles of Life’

Is to play a major role in the implementation by providing valuable access to Companies with Service  Providers in the Health & Wellness industry.

Create health & wellness awareness events throughout the year

Offer sustainable information for the wellbeing of your valued staff members and their families by putting their Balance & Bounce back on track.

What about the other 364 days of the year!!!

 

How can YOU support AID My Journey-Support’s World AIDS Day initiative, 365 days of the year?

 

AID My Journey-Support a Non-Profit Organisation (NPO 093-243) based in KwaZulu Natal aims to assist individuals living with the HI virus to empower themselves by generating  an ongoing income to sustain their wellbeing.

 

Support our Skills Initiative Projects – sms the word THINK to 38665 to donate R10.00

 

The Projects are namely;

1)         Computer Skills Initiative

2)         Training Support Group Facilitator

 

If you would like to DONATE directly into the bank account, details below.

 

FNB – Westville

 

Account Name                        AID My Journey Support

Account Type                         Cheque Account – (non-profit)

Account Number                    6233 080 2712

Universal Br Code                  250655

ABSA

 

Account Name                        AID My Journey-Support

Account Type                         Savings – (non-profit)

Account Number                    9266 809 550

Branch Code                          632005 (Pinetown)