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!!

"HIVentureHIVenture – Tour de Life

                   

A Road trip is planned!! Take Responsibility – Take Action

 

Support this HIV & AIDS Awareness Initiative – What can you do?

  • Companies and individuals lend your name to creating awareness!

 

  • Scheduled date TBC

 

  • We invite companies that are interested in the health and well-being of South Africa to join the venture that is already in motion.

 

  • Maximum media exposure.

 

  • By lending your name to a serious concern in South Africa you are invited to join forces with HIVenture – Tour de Life.

 

  • The organization will create awareness which will in turn assist in limiting the HIV infection in our nation.

 

  • By targeting Education and Business institutions the HIV & AIDS message will get to the public.

 

CREATE 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.

 

As an optimistically positive person living with HIV & AIDS since November 2004, (AID My Journey-Support NPO 093-243) I, Cindy Pivacic choose to share my journey and alert others to the hazards of exposure to the virus.

 

Also along for the ride; will be a Social Media/Events coordinator guru to assist in coordinating the tour and affiliated to AID My Journey-Support, contributing to the message.

 

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

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

 #TakeCareBeAware

 

Follow the link and ‘like’ the page to stay on track with the journey!

 

Facebook link      https://www.facebook.com/HIVentureTourdeLife

 

Email:                    cindy@cindypivacic.co.za

 

Thank you for your consideration. Please feel free to contact me should you require any further information.

 

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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.

 

 

 

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.

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Hi All,

I am giving a talk on the 4th October 2012 and would like to address some of the issues you have experienced around stigma.

If you can give me something in about two hundred (200) words or a very short paragraph, that I can bring this to the attention of the forum I am presenting to.

It is local government, mining, corporates and other institutions that need to hear these ongoing issues.

Secondly, I would also like some feedback from those of you that this concerns, if, how and what AID My Journey-Support may have done to enhance your life; just a brief statement.

I would like your permission to use it so feel free to sign (anon, pseudonym or any other ‘name’ you wish to use, be creative) 😉

I am going to use this as a marketing tool to encourage support and sponsorships from corporates, individuals and other institutions as I need funding to maintain the centre.

Use my email address if you wish: cindy@cindypivacic.co.za

Spring has arrived and I wish you a fantastic final quarter for 2012.

AID My Journey-Support is a Non-Profit Organisation (NPO 093-243) with offices based in Pinetown but not limited to region.

A proposal indicating the NPO’s initiatives and project plans of the organisation is available on request. I trust that you will consider this proposal as part of your CSI (Corporate Social Investment) Programme in support and empowerment of our community.

PLEASE NOTE: I am a Speaker and IEC (Information-Education-Communication) Facilitator on HIV & AIDS. Quotations are available on request.

If you have Health & Wellness Days planned and need my services, kindly contact me.

WORLD AIDS DAY 1st DECEMBER falls on a Saturday. If you are planning an event for this day, please keep this in mind.

This year the talk topic is:

a) ‘Take Responsibility’ which covers not only responsibility for yourself but in the workplace and the community.

b) What you as a company or individual can do to assist in making changes.

c) Talk content negotiable.

Please feel free to share/forward to the relevant person as well as with other companies that you may feel will consider supporting this initiative.