1. INTERSECTIONS A LEARNING & SHARING EVENT ASCOT CONFERENCE CENTRE BY D.E. MALWANE 28 OCTOBER 2009

2. BALANCING ACTS Participation: the main ingredient for good development (Joseph Francis) Integrating HIV and food security (Joseph Francis) When is it welfare and when is it development (Julian May) Short term support for long term gain: meeting the gender agenda (Glynis Rhodes) Sustainable agriculture, food security and income generation (Maxwell Mudhara)

3. Participation: the main ingredient for good development A call needed for dev. practitioners to sit down, listen and learn and empower those who are weak and vulnerable IF THIS IS THE SITUATION, SO WHAT? Enhance beneficiaries involvement in local development efforts Build bridges and linkages for collective action Promote self-discovery within communities Amplify community voices and decision making

4. Integrating HIV and food security Do we have clear strategies, expertise, comprehensive policy framework, systems, programs and a direction to integrate HIV and food security? Limited resources – funding is either for HIV or food security Training in silos – e.g. agricultural interventions Stigma related to HIV still an obstacle Lack of consideration of other issues such as drought, water supply which end up impacting the integration.

5. When is it welfare and when is it development? There is a strong concern that food security programs cannot exist alone without linking to other programs HIV programs with food security need a holistic approach Social security is development RedistributionGrowth

6. Short term support for long term gain: meeting the gender agenda Culture and tradition, patriarchal social system, religion and the church determine women priorities The difference between men and women are expresses in the form of gender inequality Men tend to see themselves superior and women inferior Total women emancipation and transformation is possible (social relations can change)

7. Sustainable agriculture, food security and income generation Limited of access to land Water scarcity Climate change Markets are not properly developed for the small community sectors Limited resources (funding) Crime (stealing of equipment and farm produce) Low literacy levels

8. Emerging issues Are we applying correct skills to document our experiences? How do we deal with donor dictatorship? How do we takle with conspiracy of silence? How do we takle with conspiracy of silence? Lack of belief by practitioners in community’s ability to champion local development efforts