emily rowe, phd 1 and ni kadek astiti muliantari, s.km 2 kerti praja foundation

Emily Rowe, PhD1 and Ni Kadek Astiti Muliantari, S.KM2

Kerti Praja FoundationJalan Raya Sesetan No. 270 Denpasar

1rudisquish@yahoo.com

2astiti.muliantari@gmail.com

THE “RELIFE” RECYCLING CRAFT PROJECT: A PLWH COMMUNITY-BASED INITIATIVE

FOSTERINGINCREASED SELF-ESTEEM

AND SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS

Cumulative 98390 cases

Cumulative 8235 cases

Resource : Indonesia Health of Ministry, 2012

Resource : Indonesia Health of Ministry, 2012

Resource : Indonesia Health of Ministry, 2012

No. YearGender

TotalMale (%) Female (%)

1. 2008 6,797 65.6 3,565 34.4 10,362

2. 2009 6,334 64.7 3,459 35.3 9,793

3. 2010 13,231 61.3 8,360 38.7 21,591

4. 2011 11,766 55.9 9,265 44.1 21,031

5. 2012 12,193 56.7 9,318 43.3 21,511

Resource : Indonesia Health of Ministry, 2012

Resource : Indonesia Health of Ministry, 2012

Stigma/discrimination: lose jobs, lose social activities in the community, some discriminated by their own family

the majority of PLWH : underprivileged backgrounds, distanced from urban centres, limited vocational opportunities to support themselves and their families

MDGs: empowering women, combating HIV-AIDS

Relife Project

• positive living for PLWH• live healthier lives• reducing the negative social/economic affects of HIV

2009

Kerti Praja Foundation

I II

WORKSHOP : KPF, 2nd floor

19 type of products 107

2998 products have been manufactured

2759 products have been sold (92%)

Dec 2009 July 2013

YKPConrad HotelFair TradeLibidoStreet DogsZabaglione

Monkey-monkeyKafe Kares Ubud

Desa Seni VillasYoga ShopPameran

Relife currently supports a solid staff of 5 and dozens have already undergone training.

Even so, Relife still understaffed, the increased number of orders is not comparable with the existing manpower.

Relife enable to provide new skills and opened an alternative jobs for PLWH

Relife project also an alternative way to disseminated HIV-AIDS information by introducting the products of PLWH

Later, Relife can be mediated an acceptance of PLWH in the community and change people's perceptions of PLWHA.

As HIV affects the livelihoods of PLWH and commonly undermines the ability to support themselves, projects such as Relife provide sustainable livelihoods options for PLWH, and are particularly empowering for women.

Activities such as Relife greatly help to improve PLWH self-esteem and address the issue of stigma as they demonstrate to the general public how PLWH can work as functioning, positive community contributors, particularly when addressing environmental issues.

Although already sustainable, funding assistance for staff would greatly improve Relife’s capacity to grow as a competitive, self-sufficient home industry.