Transcript Bonny Island: Ibanise Partnership

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Bonny Island: IBANISE Partnership
• $ 30 Billion investment in oil
terminals and natural liquid gas
production
• Large industrial sites and
construction works with many
permanent and temporary staff
• 30,000 indigenous people plus 50
to 150,000 immigrants and mobile
populations
• Major development issues
(poverty, unemployment, education,
water, sanitation, etc.)
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General findings of
rapid needs assessment
• Medical records and reports are unavailable or incomplete.
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Some evidence suggests that 1 in 10 adults may be HIV+
An “invisible” epidemic; evidence of denial, silence and
stigma
No PLWA groups
High risk behaviours, much commercial sex
Many “outside” or temporary residents without families
Traditional beliefs about illness
Ineffective prevention measures (esp. condoms)
Inadequate HIV testing; AIDS treatment is costly and
difficult
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HIV testing results at the
Bonny Island General Hospital
HIV+
27%
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HIV73%
30
25
men
20
HIV+
19%
15
10
5
0
Qtr 1 03
Qtr 2 03
Qtr 3 03
Qtr 4 03
Qtr 1 04
Qtr 2 04
Qtr 3 04
HIV positives
Qtr 4 04
Qtr 1 05
Qtr 2 05
HIV81%
women
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Target groups in community
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Indigenous population
Teachers
Youth (in –and out of school)
Clergy
Vulnerable trades
– Commercial sex workers
– Okada drivers
– Boat drivers
• Women’s groups
• Uniformed forces
• Expatriate and Nigerian workforces
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Guiding Principles of the
IBANISE Partnership
• Local leadership and accountability
• Inclusion of all stakeholders
• Sustainability and financial
independence of communities and
individuals
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Proposed structure of the
IBANISE Partnership
Technical
Advisory
Team
Board of Trustees
(BKDC, JIC,
other stakeholders)
Donors
IBANISE HIV AIDS Partnership
Finance
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Administration
Informal
sector
NGOs
Monitoring
&
Evaluation
Health care
sector
Program
management
Youth
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education
Industry
Facilities
Strategy of the
IBANISE Partnership
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• Establish coordinating and operational structure
and processes
• Fundraising
– Industry
– Bilateral and multi-lateral arrangements
• In-depth needs assessment
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Epidemiology
Health care
Schools
Community groups
Industrial sites
• Quick wins
• Medium-term ideas
• Long-term ideas
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Mutual Dependency in partnerships
Interdependence
Seek to understand
Synergize
…Then to be
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Understood Public
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Victory
Think
Win/Win
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Independence
3
Put First
Things First
Private
Victory
1
Be Proactive
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Begin with
the End in Mind
Dependence
Source: “The 7 habits of highly effective people, Powerful lessons in personal change”, Stephen R. Covey, pg. 53
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Challenges
• Getting the private partners engaged
• Overcoming skepticism and
disillusionment in the community vis à vis
the private sector and of the private
sector vis à vis government
• Mainstreaming HIV/AIDS within the
private sector