Eswatini for Positive Living explained

ESWAPOL
Location Country:	Eswatini
Full Name:	Eswatini for Positive Living
Founded:	2001
Headquarters:	Manzini, Eswatini
Key People:	Siphiwe Hlophe, National Director

Eswatini for Positive Living (ESWAPOL) is a Swazi NGO that was formed in 2001^[1] by Siphiwe Hlophe and four other HIV-positive women.^[2] ESWAPOL provides counselling and education, and seeks to improve the living conditions of people who are affected by or infected with HIV in the rural areas, many of whom are women. The organisation has over 1000 members, mostly women,^{[3] [4]} and is highly active in e.g. challenging the policies of the Swazi government on its AIDS and Women's Rights policies.^{[5] [6] [7] [8] [9]}

It is a partner of the UK Charity Positive Women.^[10]

Objectives of ESWAPOL

• To provide training and education in HIV/AIDS to rural communities
• To promote positive living and good nutrition to rural communities
• To provide services of counselling to the grieving families (affected)
• To establish income generating projects in rural communities
• To take care of the terminally ill patients in rural communities
• To take care of the orphans and vulnerable children^{[4] [11]}

External links

• SWAPOL website
• New ESWAPOL website (under construction)

Notes and References

1. Book: Kaori Izumi. Reclaiming Our Lives: HIV and AIDS, Women's Land and Property Rights, and Livelihoods in Southern and East Africa : Narratives and Responses. 2006. HSRC Press. 978-0-7969-2136-9. 56.
2. Web site: IRIN In-Depth SWAZILAND: All about hope Swaziland HIV/AIDS (PlusNews). dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110611190418/http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportID=71155. 2011-06-11.
3. Web site: ARASA. www.arasa.info. 2019-06-26.
4. News: HIV-positive in Swaziland | World news | Guardian Weekly . The Guardian . UK . 25 October 2011 . 16 June 2010.
5. http://ww.ipsnews.net/africa/nota.asp?idnews=43695
6. Web site: Swazi women challenge King Mswati – News – Mail & Guardian Online . Mg.co.za . 28 August 2008 . 25 October 2011.
7. Web site: The Swazi Observer . Observer.org.sz . 18 February 2009 . 25 October 2011.
8. Web site: Norway . Swaziland: NGOs and government on a collision course – Norwegian Council for Africa . Afrika.no . 1 October 2009 . 25 October 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110927085800/http://www.afrika.no/Detailed/18760.html . 27 September 2011 . dead .
9. News: Grandmother to grandmother: Thousands march in Swaziland – Citizen Bytes . CBC . Canada . 8 May 2010 . 25 October 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111013050205/http://www.cbc.ca/news/citizenbytes/2010/05/grandmother-to-grandmother-thousands-march-in-swaziland.html . 13 October 2011 .
10. Web site: works with communities in Africa and the UK to support them to live informed, productive and empowered lives . Positive Women . 25 October 2011.
11. Web site: Swazliand For Positive Living – Home . SWAPOL . 25 October 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111026172413/http://www.swapol.net/ . 26 October 2011.