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12 economist suntribune world issues saturday may 18 2002 previewing now new homes fabulous location 99000 j id uo deposit 0 total o down payment family planning condoms unheard of in ethiopia frontpage ii family planning or the use of condoms as a westernized evil children secure food for them the more workers they have the better they are taken care of when theyre old children are weak here many die so the more children they have the more prosperous they are family planning condoms these are foreign concepts to what theyve known all their lives were dealing with peoples mindset and the ethiopian cul ture is far more binding than others more than 30 per cent of the country is muslim and the prac tice of polygamy is widespread in that community increasing the risk of contracting hiv if a muslim man has four wives he has likely infected all sslislifl fc kuleni berhanu ethiopian men often see family planning or trie use of condoms as a westernized evil four plus the children ms berhanu said prostitution is by far the overriding factor in the spread of hivaids prostitution is legal in ethiopia its an accepted prac tice men are not shunned for using prostitutes and selling sex is often the only way a woman has to earn money to feed her children when your children are cry ing with hunger contracting aids seems a faroff threat ms berhanu said aid organi zations are trying to help but its a slow costly process securing basic health services to treat aidsrelated infections pneumonia and diarrhea is important and will help thou sands of people she said but reaching prostitutes remains a necessary challenging goal people go out at night talk ing to women one at a time inviting them to rehabilitation centres for counselling and skills training she said one person at a time takes forever but at the moment its the most effective way we have york region an association of families who have lost a child through death bereaved families of ontario founded in 1978 under the auspices of the hospital for sick children bereaved families is a selfhelp organization staffed by bereaved persons specialists in the area of grief and bereavement from the professional community serve as a resource both in the development of ongoing programmes and in the supervisioti and training of selfhelp group leaders this cooperation between lay and professionals has enabled bereaved families to better respond to the needs of the bereaved and has helped guarantee that the best support is provided 0 qci aqal this message brought to you as a community service of the economist suntribune last years modelnext years money rauner 1438gs sabre lawn tractor 145hp engine 38inch mowing deck 5speed shiftonthego transmission only l 949 or 5419 a month sabre sold exclusively by your john deere dealer no payments no interest v v v t vi for 90 days 1438hs sabre lawn tractor 145hp engine 38inch mowing deck hydrostatic transmission only 2299 or 6363 a month wwwjohndeerecom stouffville hutchinson farm supply inc 14183 highway 48 9056402692 jqxmtkehe- nrthifia rums like a desie offer ends may 31 2002 subectlo aglmox approval and john amount financed at 19 75 per annum on the first fay following i ily payment required ami 2 lor eligible purchases of goods balances minimum purchase required see dealer fnr detai finance charge