It is over, all the 24 hours, he has done IT!

The 24 hour Marathon Broadcast is over. To God be the glory

half an hour to go

half an hour to go. playing music. playing Willom Tight's upcoming album, 2gthr with Tuku

we are getting there

dzakutokwana 12midnyte

SMS|A single moment can change a million

A single moment can change a million after it-so lets all b careful about our MOMENTS.
Keith BIG-daddie-St Mary's

SMS|Mr Lee u hav outdone urslf

Mr Lee, ths time u hav outdone yoself , u r just too inspiring, I have a 14yr old nephew, an AIDS orphan. Thanking 4 lettin him know he is every1's biz. Supporting u till midnight.
TT, Tynwald

NO TESTING NO SEX, NO TESTING NO PREGMANCY

NO TESTING NO SEX, NO TESTING NO PREGMANCY...mhcw

SMS|With u all e way

Hey Leander, im chinho and had to say,Thanx man 4 the love, im wit u al the way.
God bless

SMS| Tidzidzisei kunamata

Hi Mr Lee thanx 4 ur programme, can u play tidzdzisei kunamata by Amai Suluma coz we really need the power of prayerif we are to forge ahead.
I am Muza from Parirenyatwa

SMS|Program touching

Lee, this program is touching and i have faith that lives are changing right now and God is healing our land, i am praying 4 u thru out this broadcast. God bless u
uf
harare

SMS| Way to go Dj

Way 2 go Dj, u sound lyk,u just started e broadcastam im sure u will push thru
Taffy Thru
Harare

SMS|Inspirational

We as a nation myt b going thru a tough tym bt w shld at least count our blessings, i figured u r one! as an 18yr old i rily don knw wt i cn do but hey t al e yuts out there abstinence z e best prevention . bt fo otherwise then they will just have to enjoy their swit wth the paper on!

t h-town

Summary of interview with Medeline Dube on whta happened in Bindura

below is a summary of Leander's interview the Communications director of the National AIDS Council


COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR INTERVIEW
Medeline Dube
What happened in Bindura?
I want to appreciate your efforts, it is the first time that we have done, hope it will motivate more young people to change behavior. I would have wished more people would have come in the open to show that they are fasting with you. Also to all those who have fasted to donate the food that they were supposed to it.

National Aids Council coordinate the commemoration of the World Aids Day. The emphasis was on Leadership. Looking at everybody to take a lead, to do someintiative to prevent HIV/AIDS. Some or most people feel they are not immune to HIV/AIDS, we should take steps to avoid being emotional and consider protection to avoid infection in the process of caring for those who are infected. Some of our relatives who are positive do not expose their status and that exposes those taking care of them. So this year as Zimbabwe we have done well, there is a decline in the number of people infected by HIV, we have managed to translate the message into practice.
We need to know such information as relating to the window period after testing so that we avoid spreading the virus out of ignorance. We are hoping that we will see the prevalence rate going down. We were grateful to the Chipadze/Bindura community that they came in their numbers, we also appreciate the entertainment which carried messages of hope. For now we are want leadership to scale up support and treatment to all those who are infected.
The guest speaker baba namai Charamba was also present, belting out the hit song Mhinduro Iripo. Vice President Msika who was also present talked about our culture and how by observing some of its aspects we can prevent HIV/AIDS spreading. The governer also welcomed us into the Mashonaland Central province. The chairperson for an organization for people living with HIV/AIDS was also there sharing his testimony. The likes of Pastor Kapachawo were also present sharing testimonies.

There are other things which spread HIV/AIDS besides sexual intercourse, so we also need to know these and prevent its spreading.
We also the opportunity to hear the Deputy Minister of Health explaining the ministry’s position on ART and issues related to access to treatment.

The guest of honor has very encouraging words, he brought all the leaders who were there, who he indicated to them that if they adopt a multi-sectoral approach it will really help the nation...more coming

SMS| Thanks 4 ur initiative

Mr Kandiero, m a widower aged 34 residing in Harare.your initiative 4 this 24hr one man broadcast alone shows sympath and giv hope to the nation-infected and affected, this is great love.tks man. may God heal everyone affected now and evermore. Everything is possible with God. let us all support the cause and eradicate stigma and segregation. words like shuramatongo and mukondombera must be stop to b abused now.
Behaviour change now
LG

SMS| I am going 2 e New Start now

I am going to e New Start center like now. I want 2 get real and know mu status.
anonymous

SMS| May e gud Lord further bless u

e show is kicking and may God further bless and give u more ENERGY such that the MISSION will be DONE ACCORDINGLY.
anonymous

SMS| Inspirational

X The love
XXXXXX of God
X within
X you,
is greater than the pressures around you. Keep going, Know and Believe GOD IS WITH YOUR.
Rufaro hre

SMS| Take ARVs

May e gud God continue 2 bless u 4 serving/saving Zimbabwe. My mother was affected and she first refused 2 tek ARVs vachiti chirwere chacho vakachiwanepi but by e tym yavakazobvuma it was 2late. Mapiritsi akavaramba-she is dead.
Getting HIV is not dying u can be helped 2 live long.
anonymous

SMS| 2gthr we wil overcome

Together we will overcome. lets all strive to help the less privilleged.
Natham Gutu(Dputy Director of the Winners Forum-Calvary Family Church)

SMS|Stigmatisation

Stigmatisation in its worst forms should be classified under punishable offences like any other forms of abuse. The structures of HIV/AIDS organisations like NAC should have a qouta system for HIV+. Some minnimum diet levels should be maintained at national level to reduce the rate of deterioration. Access to money in the banks by those living with HIV/AIDS require sprucing up to ensure people would afford drugs and be on level terms with others.
anonymous

SMS| Fasting with u

I want to thank you Lee 4 e commtment u made, may the LORD bless you. im fasting wit u. my mom is HIV+ but she didn't tell me, how do i let her know that i know
anonymous

SMS| Fasting

They r ryt Leander its gud wat u r doin, wel done r rily n inspiration 2 a lot of pple including myself its actually my 1st tym 2 fast.
Clarice

SMS| Be Strong

hi bra,
m pray 4u b strong. God will be with u.
talent from Harare

SMS| Thanx 4ur courage Leander

I admire yo courage man.Indeed you are proving all things are possible... a first for Zim. Wait n see e Lord BLESS YOU.
With u in Prayers
Kisimisi
Harare

SMS| Thank you

Gud day to u thank u for giving me hope. faith wil move the mountain of HIV/AIDS.
mai chiedza

SMS| U make us proud

u r strong my bro, keep it up we r sprtng u 100%. u make us proud.
L.K

SMS|Keep up the good work Leander

Keep up the good work Leander. all the best.
Dr Mupambo

SMS| Encouragement

Hi Mr Lee, howz been your day so far. just feeling the power of God working within you. chimboridza Handidzokeri Shure yaIvy Kombo.
MN

SMS| Encouragement

Gud-day,
Keep going with the marathon we are behind u. my message for you today, i would like to encourage those who haven't tested(mostlt teenagers) to go and get tested so that they can plan for the future.
i am leonard in highfield.

Kuzvibata mushonga-Diana Samkange

Kuzvibata mushonga, thats Diana's message

Urban Grooves Messages

Great messages coming from urban groovers like Stunner, Kelvin and Eddie weBoyz Dzangu and Nitready Studios sending in solidarity messages on abstnence and protection

Blame Game Won't Change a Thing

This is the story, make your comments

Harare, 4 october 2008 (allAfrica) - She is young and very striking. That type of girl that would give most of my male colleagues' ideas; if she ever looked their way. She is very pretty, what my male colleagues term the "typical African queen." However when you look deeply into her eyes, you can tell she is sad.

But what would make such a pretty and young lady sad? Mutsa (not her real name) is living with HIV. It is not that knowledge however that is responsible for the sadness that surrounds her very being.It is anger and a sense of betrayal.

Anger and betrayal, that she feels towards her former lover, a medical doctor, who she says infected her with HIV.

When Mutsa got in touch with me about her story, I felt very betrayed on her behalf.

There she was, going out with a medical doctor, someone who has all the knowledge about HIV transmission. This was the first man she had ever been with and he had the nerve to infect her with HIV, I felt.

But then, I began to wonder!

Did he even know that he was HIV positive?

Yes, he may have slept with other women before or besides Mutsa but this does not mean he knew his status and therefore willingly infected his girlfriend.

And why did Mutsa have unprotected sex with him when she did not know his status?

I am a woman; I champion the women's cause as much as I can because I sincerely believe that life has not been very kind to woman-kind.

However, I am a journalist and must look at both sides of the coin. I must be objective.

There are many women who are living angry lives unnecessarily. They are filled with so much bitterness at the fact that their husbands and partners have infected them with HIV.

This anger in some cases, is so intense that it eats up one's very passion for life.

They wish these men could just be thrown into jail for committing such heinous crimes.

Is this necessarily fair to the men in question and the women themselves?

A cursory glance shows that most women who are living with HIV blame a man for their status and this is understandable.

It is a fact that most men sleep with several women at the same time. How many women can safely say they have never been played?

Definitely not me!

But if we know we are or have been played, should we not begin to look out for ourselves?

Another interesting truth is that even women, who have had other sexual encounters before marriage, are quick to point a finger to the man when they test positive.

This is despite the fact that some of them would not have tested before entering this relationship.

Ever think for a moment that you could actually have been positive before, sisters?

If the truth be told, there are some men who have also been infected by women. But how many times do you hear people sympathising with a man?

Is this because men do admit to having been around and done that, unlike their female counterparts?

Multiple concurrent partnerships, especially the "small house" syndrome, are very popular in southern Africa and this is a documented fact.

Such partnerships have been identified as a key driver of HIV in the region.

Because men keep the majority of small houses, whenever transmission occurs, a finger is pointed at them and quite rightly so, mostly.

But what does just blaming them achieve if women do not stand up and begin to look out for themselves.

MORE ABOUT THE BLAME GAME

Who is to blame if one sleeps with someone unprotected when he/she really knows that he/she is positive? Who takes the blame? The SafAids representive is in the studio discussing this issue with Leander.
More information SafAIds here: http://www.safaids.org.zw

This year they have worked on the development of a children's tool kit on AIDS, also involved in culture, gender and policy dialogue .

According to Fungai, SafAids rep, culture is not but there is a certain areas that need to be worked in order to accomodate HIV and AIDS issues.

Why do young people hide our status:
Yound pple have the invincible feeling, that nothing can happen to them, that HIV/AIDS is for older people, so they do not go for testing or even use protection.

Who then should take the blame(Man or Woman?)
?????????????

Dr Mashaire talking about HIV and AIDS Issues

1615 to 1645hrs

Dr Stanford Mashaire, HIV/AIDS Program Manager with the Harare City Health Department a medical doctor who specialise in HIV/AIDS issues is talking about HIV/AIDS testing and information in relation to ARVs. His main advise is take the tests early so that you start ARV treatment when your immune system is not yet severly damaged. Issues he discussed relate to ARVs, counselling (pre and post testing). Positive living and medical attention works when you know your status. Positive living information, nutritious foods, planning for the future all that is available from trained counsillors and HIV/AIDS once you are tested. If you know your status early, you will even know about planning on children etc

He talked about the clinics the City operate which includes two OI Hospitals and 57 polyclinics. The two OIs are a gateway to ARVs. He aslo talked about the WHO staging, CD4 counts and the various ARVs available.

Dr Stanford Mashaire's Message to Zimbabwe
DON'T GET INFECTED BUT IF YOU DO, DO NOT HIDE IT, GO AND GET TESTED, GET ALL THE HELP THAT YOU NEED. PREVENTION THOUGH IS THE MAIN SOLUTION.
INITIATE SEXUAL ACTIVITY AT A DELAYED STAGE.

The Program So Far

The story goes on...

Midnight to 0500hrs

Music and important HIV and AIDS messages

0500 to 0600hrs

Reflections/Ndangariro/Siyakhumbula

There was a compilation of music in memory of those who have died as a result of AIDS. Leander was taking calls from those who lost their relatives to AIDS related illnesses, the he also gave a brief backgound of HIV and AIDS in Zimbabwe over the years dating back to 1984 when the first case was reported, bringing ot ow HIV was considered a death sentence, unavailabilty of ARVs, stigmatisation and discrimination

The Power Breakfast Show - 0600 to 0900hrs

The story continue with sharing of info relating to the key drivers of Zimbabwe's epidemic issues like multiple concurrent partnerships(like small houese, intergenerational sex etc)

0900 to 1000hrs

The hour focused on "Zimbabwe Decline" highlighting some of the success stories resulting in the decline in HIV prevalence. There were also highlights on behavioural change, delaye sexual debut by young girls, uptake in VCT etc.

1000 o 1100hrs

Focus was on men and their responsibilty in the face of HIV and AIDS. Professor Ezra Chitando helped explore this area.

1100 to 1200 hrs

The session highlighted the role of women in society as well as human rights for women versus tradition and culture.Also explored important role played by women in the fight against HIV and AIDS.

1200 to 1300hrs

The Voiceless Heard:
During the session there were testimonies given by listeners who are living with HIV and AIDS. Listeners were also phoning in.

1300 to 1400 hrs

There were pre-recorded messages and live messages from Zimbabwe's best known personalities on the World Aids Day

1400 to 1500hrs

There was a discussion on HIV and AIDS in relation to migration...IOM (International Organisation for Migration) representatives talked so much about initiatives they are working on to help Zimbabweans.

1500 to 1600hrs

The Harare Junior council rpresentatives are currently in the studio discussing HIV/AIDS and the youth.

Theme for World Aids Day 2008 set

Features Editor Sarah Tikiwa - Sunday Mail

"ZIMBABWE-Proven Leadership in HIV Prevention: Scale Up Treatment, Care and Support Now" is the country’s theme for the 2008 World Aids Day commemorations.Zimbabwe joins the rest of the world tomorrow in commemorating World Aids Day amid calls for increased efforts in improving treatment, care and support for people infected and affected with HIV.

This year’s theme was adopted following consultations, and seeks to acknowledge the positive gains the country has achieved in the area of HIV and Aids. Zimbabwe registered a significant decline in the HIV prevalence rate from 33 percent in 1999 to the current 15,6 percent.

At a Press briefing in Harare recently, the chairperson of the World Aids Day planning committee, Pastor Maxwell Kapachawo, said while acknowledging Zimbabwe’s proven leadership in HIV prevention there were still gaps in the provision of treatment, care and support for those infected and affected."Our call for action is for all stakeholders to take the lead in issues of treatment, care and support," he said.This year’s main event will be held at Chipadze Stadium in Bindura where about 5 000 people are expected to witness various activities to mark World Aids Day.

Meanwhile, Power FM presenter, Leander Kandiero, will tomorrow take the lead in line with the global HIV and Aids leadership, as he embarks on a non-stop 24-hour broadcast in solidarity with all those infected and affected by the virus.Kandiero — who will be fasting throughout the day — said he hoped that the information carried throughout the day-long broadcast would help counter the stigma and discrimination against people living with HIV.His initiative is the first of its kind and demonstrates how being innovative can significantly contribute towards addressing HIV and Aids.

The broadcast which will start at midnight, will feature interviews with people living with HIV, officials in Aids service organisations, phone-ins by members of the public, and highlights on key facts on HIV in Zimbabwe.

One-Man 24-Hour Marathon Broadcast on HIV & AIDS - WAD 2008: Take the Lead

For the first time ever in Zimbabwe, and indeed in world history, a 24-hour marathon broadcast on HIV and AIDS!

The brainchild of POWER FM, a musical station wholly owned by the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Holdings, the 24-Hour marathon broadcast to be aired on Power FM presents Zimbabweans with an opportunity to reflect, talk about, question as well as map the way forward regarding the country's responses to HIV and AIDS.

Twenty four years since the first HIV case was detected in Zimbabwe, Power FM and SAfAIDS have partnered on this initiative due to their firm belief that, despite the progress Zimbabwe has made in the past 10 years, there is need to constantly go back to the drawing table and come up with new ways of dealing with the epidemic, still one of the leading causes of death in Zimbabwe, and the whole of southern Africa.

Zimbabwe has managed to record a decline in HIV prevalence from over 30 percent, 10 years ago, to the current 15,6 percent.

"This One-Man 24-Hour marathon broadcast is a brilliant and innovative way of keeping HIV and AIDS issues on the agenda. We can only applaud POWER FM and Leander Kandiero, the 24-Hour man show presenter, for coming up with such an excellent idea said SAfAIDS deputy director, Ms Sara Page. "As SAfAIDS, we are proud to be associated with the whole idea and look forward to providing accurate and relevant information on HIV and AIDS and TB during the broadcast."

"What this shows is that each and every one of us can do something to make a difference. We can all take the lead to make a difference in our homes, workplaces, communities and even in our country," she added.

This year, World AIDS Day is being commemorated under the theme of leadership, which Kandiero says was one of the reasons he decided to take the lead and commit himself to being on air throughout the 1st of December with the aim of raising the profile of HIV and AIDS issues and providing a platform for people living with HIV and AIDS to have their voices heard.

"It is just about using your talent and your space to make a difference. If each and every one of us in this country contributes something, be it time, or money, or even knowledge and information, Zimbabwe can only continue to record declines in HIV incidence while people living with HIV can also become more positive about themselves and as a result, live longer," he said.

It is hoped that corporates, individuals, opinion leaders and all Zimbabweans will tune in to the broadcast and participate in various ways, even if it is to buy medicines for those in need of them.

POWER FM says it firmly believes in its moral obligation to give back to the communities that make up its listenership by supporting such innovative and worthwhile initiatives like the One-Man 24 Hour Marathon Broadcast.

So come World AIDS Day on the 1st of December 2008, you are advised to "Take the Lead and be the first to tune in to Power FM."

For more information please contact:
Beatrice Tonhodzayi
SAfAIDS
Tel: + 263-4- 336193/4 or 307898
Email: beatrice@safaids.org.zw

Or

Tinashe Chiname
POWER FM
Tel: + 263- 54- 226000