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Football action at the sports gala. (Photos by: Annika McGinnis/Reach Out Mbuya)

By: Paul Mugume

Stigma and discrimination are among the leading barriers to HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, care andsupport among youths in Africa and Uganda in particular.

The practice undermines HIV prevention efforts by making people afraid to seek information, servicesand modalities to reduce their risk of infection and to adopt safer behaviors lest these actions raisesuspicion about their HIV status.

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The fear of stigma and discrimination discourages people living with HIV from disclosing their statuseven to family members and sexual partners and undermines their ability and willingness to accessand adhere to treatment.

Despite efforts made by government and Non-Governmental Orgarnisations (NGOs) to curb thepractice, people living with HIV/AIDS continue to be stigmatized at different levels and societies.

In a bid to combat stigmatization, different NGOs have taken a different approach of buildingconfidence and capacity in the positive living youths who are faced with such cases.

One of the initiatives undertaken in Uganda by over 10 NGOs, coordinated by Reach Out Mbuya, aCommunity Faith-Based NGO, was through a sports gala held on Saturday September 17 , at theMandela National Stadium, Namboole.

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The games were meant to boost self esteem and fight HIV stigma

The gala gathered over 500 adolescents living with HIV/AIDS and supported by the partneringorganizations who participated in different sports activities including Athletics, Football, Sack racesamong many others.

Also at the gala, were Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) services which were offered to the allthe people who were in attendance.

According to Dr. Betty Nsangi Kintu, the Executive Director Reach Out Mbuya, the gala, aside fromidentifying talent and boosting self confidence among the positive living youths was also a platform toreach out to other adolescents in the community to raise HIV/AIDS awareness.

“Globally, HIV kills more adolescents than any other disease. Adolescents love sports and we hope touse sports since it’s a unifying game, to reach out to them,” she said.

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Dr. Betty Nsangi Kintu, the Executive Director Reach Out Mbuya (C) addressing journalists at thegala

“In Uganda, we have over 110,000 adolescents living with HIV though only 20,000 are on treatmentright now. Many don’t want to test and many don’t have access to information. We hope to reach out toyoung people through events like this,” Dr. Nsangi added.

During the gala, the adolescents who were teamed up according to the different organisationssupporting them faced each other in the respective sports disciplines, competing for bragging rightssince there was no trophy and no overall winner would be declared.


Athletes getting ready to take off.

The energy and talent showcased during the games proved how much potential these adolescentshave to become great sports personalities although Fifa maintains that players undergo a medicalscreening exercise before they are allowed to play for a country or a club.

Godfrey Lubangakene, 21, one of the footballers living with HIV says he had a dream of ‘putting on aUganda Cranes jersey’ but it was shuttered when he learnt that he couldn’t be allowed to, due to hisHIV status.

He however said that this didn’t stop him from doing sports and dreams of being a football coach,building the biggest orphanage centre and being a great agriculturalist.

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“Sports makes me forget my status and increases my hope; it makes me feel that I am part of the teamand I can contribute to Reach Out,” he said.

“Because of the counseling I get, I am no longer bothered by what people say and I am competitive. Ieven know that I can live longer than my HIV-negative counterparts.”

“What I want is for equality between the positives and the negatives in our society; just like the femalesgot equality, positives too deserve equality.”


Lubangakene (L) speaking to journalists at the gala.

Lubangakene is one of the adolescents supported by Reach Out Mbuya where he has been a clientsince 2007.

He says he was bullied by school mates due to the fact that he was HIV-positive, which pushed him tojoin sports and even go as far as becoming the team captain. He has played for Butabika SoccerAcademy for over 5 years.

Catherine Byamuka, 18, one of the HIV-negative adolescents who attended the sports gala says thegalas have been so influential in her relationships with her HIV-positive counterparts.

“There is no segregation and we interact freely despite the status; sports is fun because we forget whatone is, and even if you come with a negative view about HIV, atleast you will leave with a value added.”


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Byamuka is also one of the adolescents supported by Reach Out Mbuya under their Orphans andVulnerable Children Program.

She says she wants to study law, become a teacher and do performing arts, vocations which she saysbring out the best of who she is.

The gala was graced by CEOs of the different participating organizations which included Informationfor Better Health, Makerere University Joint AIDS Program (MJAP), Kampala Area Federation ofCommunities (KAFOC), Action for Fundamental Change and Development (AFFCAD), MildMayUganda, Marie Stopes Uganda, Naguru Youth Health Network among others.

Nakawa Division Mayor, Eng. Ronald Balimwenzo Nsubuga who was the guest of honour lauded theorganizations involved in the gala saying that such events as those will empower the youth and keepthem engaged to prevent them from indulging in risky behaviors and activities.

“There is no country that fails to depend on the youth and thrives. I want to thank you for engaging ouryouths and keeping them busy, doing sports instead of being out there smelling drugs and drinkingthemselves silly,” he said.


Nakawa Division Mayor, Nsubuga speaking at the gala

He decried the state under which youths in Uganda are living saying that most of them are being usedto do ‘non beneficial’ things like demonstrations to push political agendas.

The event which started at around 9:00 am ended with recognition of outstanding sports personalitiesin the evening.

Tyson Tugume from Naguru Teenage and Information Health Centre, was named the best footballplayer while MildMay’s Angel Lunkuse was the best netballer.

There were no official winners as the gala was to promote a friendly competitive environment andhealthy behaviors for adolescents.

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