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Edition 45 - 5th Aug 2008
Attitude Matters
How we think affects what we say and do - so standing up for better attitudes towards people living with HIV is at the heart of George House Trust’s message for Manchester Pride
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Volunteers’ Big Impact
Volunteers led the first response to the HIV epidemic. Laura Hamilton, Volunteer and Development Manager, looks at how volunteers’ support is still changing living with HIV
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George House Trust is currently expanding its Positive Speakers
Programme as part of our wider campaign to challenge HIV related stigma and prejudice.
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GHT Homepage  News Am I Safe Yet? Women Asylum Seekers Write
17th Jul 2008
Women Asylum Seekers Together (WAST) launched their book Am I safe yet? - the true life experiences of women seeking asylum in Britain.
Sharing their experiences, empowering and supporting each other, fighting for their rights, raising awarness about the issues that force women to seek international proctection and the effects of the injustices of the UK immigration system, are what WAST women are all about.
In October 2007, WAST Manchester received a lottery grant of £10,000 to run the WAST Book Project. 11 members dictated their life histories to a local writer.
“The narratives are horrific and can be difficult reading but there is no gentle way to describe the terrible reality that forces these women to flee from their home countries to seek international protection, and the often inhumane way in which they are treated while passing through the asylum system in the UK. Some of these stories have been told over and over again as the story teller bares her very soul."
The book
• Gives the reader an insight into the personal nightmare world from which women escaped from and the subsequent treatment they received in this country when they come to in hope of protection and security.
• Gains support from readers for the women in their fight to stay in the UK.
• Educates the reader, giving them a wider awareness about the persecution faced by women in countries the British government declares are safe for women asylum seekers to be returned to.
• Serves as part of Womens Healing and Peace Process … to hope that in telling their stories they will begin the long and difficult process of healing the deep wounds each one of them carries on her soul.
more information http://www.wast.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7&Itemid=13
and a 10-page booklet all about WAST Manchester WAST Manchester http://www.wast.org.uk/images/stories/wastmanchestera5bookletr.pdf
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