Living with HIV in Poland' Work and social issues'

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Living with HIV in Poland. Work and social
issues.

• Magdalena Ankiersztejn-Bartczak
• Foundation of Social Education

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Where Im working

• Pedagogic and Sexual Educator
• Doctoral in Warsaw University writing about
  People living with HIV/AIDS in Poland
• Foundation of Social Education- projects
  coordinator
• Coordinator of free and anonymous HIV testing in
  Warsaw. Im a counsellor too
• Counsellor in National AIDS telephone helpline
• Workshops about prophylaxis HIV/AIDS with
  teenagers and social group e.g. policeman, nurses
  teachers
• Volunteer and member of Net Plus PLWHA NGO

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What happened in Poland?
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From 1985 until February 2007, 10 696 new HIV
infections were recorded in Poland. However, the
number of HIV infections estimated by experts is
20 000 to 35 000
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HIV infections detected in February 2007new
detected HIV infections - 59 infections due to
IDU - 8 infections due to risky heterosexual
behaviors - 8 infections due to risky homosexual
behaviors - 3 no data - 37 HIV/AIDS in Poland
from the beginning of the epidemic in 1985 to
the end of February 2007people living with HIV
- 10.696 infections due to IDU 64 - 5.396 AIDS
cases - 1.884 deaths due to AIDS - 847 Every
year weve got 600-650 new HIV people Last year
750
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Situation in Warsaw pre- and post- HIV testing
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Sex our clients
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In this three years
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Orientation new infected person
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Age new infected people in 2006
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Warsaw is specific city, weve got pubs disco's
and organization for homosexual person, but in
Poland new infection person are often
heterosexual people
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But only on first 2 month in 2007

• For 1242 testing
• weve got 10 new HIV infection in Poland 150 new
  cases
• 7 heterosexual
• 3 homosexual
• Sex
• 5 female
• 5 men
• Age
• 9 between 20-29
• 1between 40-49

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What about work with HIV

• Positive people don't have to informed employers
  about their infection, so we say them
• Dont tell and stay in your work
• Weve got few cases when after employer known
  about infected employees his faired them e. g.
  policeman from Gdansk
• Young people afraid taking treatment because they
  afraid about their job

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Project Give yourself a job

• Ecochance

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Project description

• The aim of the project is to include in the
  labour market people suffering from social
  exclusion due to long-term absence from the
  market, resulting from drug addiction and/or stay
  in a treatment and rehabilitation centre, and
  also people living with HIV/AIDS. The programme
  will be extended additionally to the locally
  unemployed living in the region of the treatment
  centers. That will create needed workplaces,
  allow for vocational training of the patients of
  the treatment centers and the unemployed from the
  area, as well as activate cooperation of local
  partners in developing different ways of creating
  new workplaces and in launching new initiatives.

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• The project consists of 16 sub-projects realized
  by the rehab centers (13) and by the Associations
  for PLWHA (3). The rehab centers sub-projects
  (which are located in rural areas) are mainly
  aimed at vocational training of the beneficiaries
  in the field of ecological production and
  services, biomass energy production and
  utilization, horse-breeding, horse-riding and
  hippotherapy. The associations sub-projects
  (which are located in the cities) are focused on
  general and vocational training for PLWHA
  (depending on the specific needs of the
  beneficiaries).

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Objectives

• Creation and testing of the integrated system of
  therapy, education and labour to be replicated by
  other centres.
• Creation of the system of ecological vocational
  training.
• Creation of the internal market of green jobs
• Easy access for patients of rehab centres and
  local community to information system
• Reduction of discrimination of people socially
  excluded due to drug/alcohol addiction, HIV/AIDS
  or long-term unemployment
• Sustainable development aimed at environmental
  protection, and especially protection of
  biodiversity, by traditional fruit trees and
  animal breeds
• Skills useful on the labour market by trainings
  offered in the centres, adjusted to personal
  needs and possibilities of the beneficiaries
  (clients of the centres) and also to the needs of
  a local labour market.

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Partners

• Rehabilitation centres of Solidarni PLUS
  Association (Wandzin, Gajki, Lutynka),
• MONAR Association (Lipianka, Wyszkow, Gaudynki,
  Roznowice, Kraków, Marianowek, Gloskow),
• ROSE Association,
• DOREN-Rozewiec and Grzmiaca rehabilitation
  centres
• Organisations of PLWHA Be with us and Without
  Boundaries Associations and Res Humanae
  Foundation),

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In social issues

• We dont have any special roles for HIV people

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Foundation of Social Education

• Al. Niepodleglosci 151 lok. 16
• 02-555 Warsaw
• tel./fax. [phone]
• E-mail megama_at_poczta.onet.pl
• www.fes.edu.pl