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Changing children's lives: experiences from memory work in Africa

Changing children's lives shares learning from the memory work that Healthlink Worldwide and six other non-governmental organisations across sub-Saharan Africa, have developed in response to the HIV epidemic.

The International Memory Project (IMP) has been running since 2004, although some partners have been using the process for 10 years. The focus is on learning and analysis in the theory and practice of memory work as well as demonstrating its effectiveness as an HIV response.

Changing children's lives is aimed at international and national level policy makers who design or support HIV initiatives, as well as practitioners, who implement responses to the HIV epidemic directly at a local and national level.

The publication is divided into four parts:

Background
Introduction to memory work and the International Memory Project.

Partners
Find out about the community based organisations using memory work in sub-Saharan Africa.

Learning on process and impact
Insights from the practice of memory work in Africa, and the impact at an individual, family and community level.

Key issues and potential tensions
Analysis of the key challenges that have arisen at community and national level, and the ongoing debates within the IMP project on how to deal with these issues.

Recommendations for policy and practice
Considerations for those involved in HIV-related policy and programming on the implications of memory work for HIV responses.

You can order a printed copy from us, please fill out the order form and return it to Healthlink Worldwide.

This publication is free but a £3.00 donation towards postage is requested from Northern-based organisations so that a copy can also be sent to a Southern-based organisation.

For more information about Changing children's Lives or the International Memory Project please contact us at: info@healthlink.org.uk