LIVE STRONG - LIVE LONG
The report below has been written in English and Tok Pisin and intended as the key message for PNG people facing HIV/AIDS. It was among the first reports posted on this blog and is the key to the message of family Positive Living.
STAP STRONG - STAP LONGTAIM (Tok Pisin)
NOHO GOADA - NOHO
DAUDAU (Motu)
Sapos yu kisim sik HIV yu no ken pret na guria olgeta. Yu bai inap
stap longtaim tru sapos yu lukautim bodi na spirit. No ken sindaun aninit long
diwai na wet long dai. O stap long bet. O tromwe laip long ol pipia
pasin.
If you become HIV positive, do not be afraid and shake. You will be able to live a very long time if you look after your body and soul. Do not sit under a tree and wait to die. Or stay in bed. Or waste your life on rubbish behaviour.
If you become HIV positive, do not be afraid and shake. You will be able to live a very long time if you look after your body and soul. Do not sit under a tree and wait to die. Or stay in bed. Or waste your life on rubbish behaviour.
Bihainim Positive Living na laip inap stap strong inap long 10 o 12
pela yia o moa. Bodi na spirit bai stap strong wantaim hop na bilip na famili
wantaim klinpela wara na klinpela bodi insait na ausait. Waswas gut wan wan de
wantaim sop na wara. ARV marasin bai halivim yu long stap longtaim moa. Tasol yu
mas bihainim Positive Living wantaim.
Follow Positive Living and your life will stay strong up to 10 or 12
years or more. Your body and spirit will stay strong with hope, faith and family
with clean water and a clean body inside and out. Wash well each day with soap
and water. ARV drugs will help you live longer. But you must follow Positive
Living at the same time.
Stap gut insait long famili. Lukautim ol na gutpela sapos ol i
lukautim yu. Sapos yu yangpela meri, papa i no ken semim yu na kolim yu pamuk.
Em i mas lukautim yu na no ken rausim yu long haus wantaim pikinini bilong
yu.
Live well with your family. Look after them and it would be good if
they looked after you. If you are a young girl, your father should not shame you
and call you a prostitute. He should look after you and not throw you out with
your baby.
Yu ken wok long haus na lukautim ol brata na susa
You can work in the house and look after your brothers, sisters and
grandparents. They should not stop you from cooking food. They will not be able
to be infected with HIV. You can work in the garden or the office and help the
family to earn money. If they kick you out, they will lose a member of the
family very early.
Kisim gutpela na stretpela kaikai. No ken kaikai rabis mit olsem lamb
flaps. Kisim kumu na frut long maket. Kain kaikai i no dia tumas. Kukim pumpkin
na kaukau. Kaikai kumu na no ken kukim strong tumas. Planti kaikai i gutpela
long kukim long stim.
Get good nutritious food. Do not eat rubbish meat like lamb flaps.
Get vegetables and fruit at the market. Such food is not too dear. Cook pumpkin
and potato. Eat greens and do not cook too much. Much food is good to cook in
steam.
Dringim klinpela wara wan wan de. No ken pulim simok long brus o spak
brus. O dringim bia o homebrew. Wasim han bihain yu toilet pinis. I gat planti
binatang i stap long pekpek bilong dok o pik. Nogut sapos ol kiau bilong
binatang i go insait long maus na paulim bel bilong yu. Em problem wantaim ol
gay man i wokim sex long as.
Drink clean water each day. Do not smoke tobacco or marijuana. Or
drink beer or home brew. Wash hands after the toilet. There are many germs and
parasites in the faeces of dogs or pigs. It is bad if eggs go into your mouth
and foul your intestine. This is a problem with gay men involved in anal
sex.
Pulim simok inap sotim laip . Pulim spak brus inap mekim kru bilong
yu i paul na yu inap go longlong maski sapos yu sik long HIV o no
sik.
Smoking can shorten your life. Smoking marijuana can mess up your
brain and you can be mentally affected regardless of whether or not you have
HIV.
Stap amamas na stap gut insait long famili. Pilai spot olsem netball
o touch football. Raun wantaim ol pren. No ken pret na hait. No ken givim sik
long narapela man o meri. Go long sios. Sapos yu bilip putim han long han bilong Papa God.
Stay happy and live well with your family. Play sport like netball or
touch football. Socialize with your friends. Do not be afraid and hide. Do not
infect another man or woman. Go to church. If you have faith, put your hand into
God’s hand.
Sapos yu no inap kisim ARV marasin, yu inap stap gut longtaim tasol
helt bai surik isi isi insait long 10 o 12pela yia. Sapos yu kisim ARV, no ken
stapim-statim. Ol binatang bai kisim strong inap long stap gut na marasin i no
inap kilim. Na helt bai surik strong inap yu dai sapos yu no gat mani inap long
kisim nupela lain marasin ol i kolim second line.
If
unable to get ARV medicine, you can stay healthy for a long time but health will
slowly decline within 10 or 12 years. If you are on ARV, do not stop and start.
The virus will become immune to the drug. Yu will drop strongly in health and die if unable to afford
the second line of drugs.
Bruce Copeland BA BEdSt
Major
Australian Army (retired)
Lecturer in Charge
Pacific Languages Department
RAAF School of Languages
POINT COOK AUSTRALIA
1978-1991
Director
AIDS Holistics
2001 - present
Bruce Copeland BA BEdSt
Major
Australian Army (retired)
Lecturer in Charge
Pacific Languages Department
RAAF School of Languages
POINT COOK AUSTRALIA
1978-1991
Director
AIDS Holistics
2001 - present
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