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The need for transitional housing for persons living with HIV/AIDS is considerable.  Many women living with HIV not only need a place to call home, but also need a kind of support that only comes from those who understand the challenges of living with HIV/AIDS.

SisterLove's housing program provides safe, affordable and supportive living for single women living with HIV, HIV positive mothers and their children.  

Two comfortable homes , located on slightly less than two acres in SW Atlanta, serve as residence for those in transition.  LoveHouse I is dedicated for women living with HIV, while LoveHouse II is home for HIV positive mothers and their children.

Women at LoveHouse receive invaluable peer support and services that reinforce their personal strengths and broaden their perspectives.  While living at LoveHouse, women participate in workshops, meetings and leadership trainings that encourage personal development and augment life management skills.

HIV+ women participate fully in our housing program by serving as mentors and role models for each other.  SisterLove recognizes and celebrates the wisdom and skills each woman brings to the Program.  We could not do, what we do, without their gifts.

Following are brief descriptions of the transitional housing and support services provided by SisterLove. For more information please contact Dazon Dixon Diallo at 404-753-7733 or by E-mail.

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Residents of LoveHouse work with an assigned case manager to identify and reach individual goals like acquiring permanent housing, stable employment, medical care and other services that support their desire to change their lives for the better.

For more information contact Dazon Dixon Diallo at 404-753-7733 or by E-mail.

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I N D I V I D U A L   C O U N S E L I N G

Individual counseling provides LoveHouse residents an opportunity to express themselves in a supportive and confidential relationship with a mental health therapist.  Professional therapists support women as they address personal issues, gain awareness and expand their self-esteem.

For more information contact Dazon Dixon Diallo at 404-753-7733 or by E-mail.

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W I T H   H I V / A I D S

The weekly facilitated support groups held at LoveHouse are an opportunity for women to learn from each other, support each other's personal growth and encourage their peers to move beyond limits set by themselves and by others.

Nutritionists, motivational speakers and other professionals are often invited to present information and resources that are of interest to women living at LoveHouse.  

For more information contact Dazon Dixon Diallo at 404-753-7733 or by E-mail.

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S U P P O R T   G R O U P S   F O R   C H I L D R E N

SisterLove provides weekly support groups children residing at LoveHouse II.  This special structured time provides children an opportunity for focused sharing and play.  Support group meetings are designed to help children explore their feelings  with children who share many of their own experiences.

Through structured play therapy and focused intervention, children gain inner strength and learn invaluable coping skills.  They learn that they are not alone and that being a child who is affected by HIV does not diminish who they are or limit what they can achieve.

The lessons learned from peers and therapists encourages and supports children as they try to make sense of a world that isn't always kind or easy.  These lessons serve the children of SisterLove long after they leave LoveHouse II. 

For more information contact Dazon Dixon Diallo at 404-753-7733 or by E-mail.

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P O S I T I V E   W O M E N ' S   L E A D E R S H I P   P R O J E C T  (PWLP):
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The Positive Women's Leadership Project (PWLP), builds upon SisterLove's demonstrated commitment to HIV+ women by providing women of color the training, guidance and support needed to move beyond "awareness and understanding" to "leadership and activism". PWLP's mission is to support the development of low income HIV+ women of color in their effort to become leaders and/or activists in the reproductive health and rights movement. 

Project participants commit to an intensive training program intended to a) expand their knowledge of reproductive health concerns that are of particular importance to women of color, b) provide a deeper understanding of the reproductive health movement's social and political history and it's particular relevance to women of color, and  c) prepare women to serve as activists in the reproductive health and rights movement. 

In addition to the opportunity to form mentoring relationships with community leaders and activists, Project participants receive training in self-help theory and practice, community organizing, HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases, group facilitation, human rights and the reproductive health and rights movement.

Low-income, HIV-positive women of color interested in this challenging and powerful opportunity are invited to contact Dazon Dixon Diallo, Chief Executive Officer, at 404-753-7733.  Agencies and organizations working with HIV-positive women of color are asked to contact Dazon regarding recruiting women for this special Project.

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