Salakniban SGI

Salakniban SGI SALAKNIBAN Support Group SALAKNIBAN Support Group Inc.

(SSGI) is a non-stock, non-profit organization dedicated to providing compassionate psycho-social and peer support to People Living with HIV (PLHIV) and those with Advanced HIV Disease (AHD) in Baguio City and neighboring communities within the Cordillera region. Guided by our mission to advocate, empower, and enlighten, we strive to break stigma, raise awareness, and offer hope. Through solidarity and shared strength, we create a safe space for healing, support, and lasting change. ๐ŸŒฟโค๏ธ

โ€œ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐  ๐๐š๐ -๐š๐ฌ๐š - ๐“๐š๐ฒ๐จโ€™๐ฒ ๐๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ๐š: ๐„๐ฆ๐›๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐‡๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐‡๐จ๐ฉ๐žโ€๐Ž๐ง ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“, ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐š๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฌ ...
22/06/2025

โ€œ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐  ๐๐š๐ -๐š๐ฌ๐š - ๐“๐š๐ฒ๐จโ€™๐ฒ ๐๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ๐š: ๐„๐ฆ๐›๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐‡๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐‡๐จ๐ฉ๐žโ€

๐Ž๐ง ๐‰๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ, ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ“, ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐š๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐ญ. ๐‚๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐๐š๐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐จ ๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐ฆ๐š-๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐›๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ก ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐š๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ก ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ค๐ง๐ข๐›๐š๐ง'๐ฌ ๐Ž๐๐‹๐€๐ ๐๐€๐‹๐€๐˜ โ€” โ€œ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐€ ๐‹๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง๐ ๐€๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ.โ€

Rooted in love, compassion, and the commitment to rebuild families and lives affected by HIV and AIDS, the program opened with inspiring and heartfelt remarks from ๐…๐ซ. ๐‘๐จ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐Ÿ๐จ ๐•๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ž ๐‚๐š๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ง๐จ ๐‰๐ซ., ๐Œ๐ˆ, ๐•๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ง ๐…๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ, whose words served as a spiritual anchor and a reminder that faith and service go hand in hand. This was followed by messages of hope and solidarity from ๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‰๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐จ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‰๐‚๐ˆ ๐๐š๐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐จ, representing our advocacy partners whose support has been instrumental in this journey.

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐๐š๐ฒโ€™๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง, โ€œ๐๐”๐‹๐€๐๐† ๐๐€๐†-๐€๐’๐€ โ€“ ๐“๐š๐ฒ๐จโ€™๐ฒ ๐๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ๐šโ€, ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง ๐š๐ง ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒโ€”๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.

The heart of the empowerment began with ๐Œ๐ฌ. ๐‚๐ฒ๐ซ๐š ๐. ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ฉ๐ข๐จ, ๐‘๐, ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญ, who led the Family Support and Empowerment session, shining a vital light on the role of mental health support in the HIV journey. Her compassionate facilitation, assisted by the dedicated Psychology Interns from Saint Louis University, created a safe and nurturing space for participants. Their empathy, warmth, and presence helped ease the burdens carried by families, offering relief, connection, and strength.

Following this, ๐๐š๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐š๐ง ๐๐š๐ฅ๐๐จ๐ณ๐š, ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐€๐๐ฏ๐จ๐œ๐š๐œ๐ฒ ๐‚๐จ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ค๐ง๐ข๐›๐š๐ง ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐†๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ, ๐ญ๐จ๐ ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐‚๐š๐ฌ๐ž ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ซ ๐„๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐†๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ข๐š, facilitated a psychosocial reflection and peer support activity that centered on the healing power of sharing, listening, and affirming. It emphasized the importance of a support system not only for emotional resilience but also as a medical and mental health intervention.

๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐›๐ž๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ ๐›๐ฒ ๐š๐ง ๐š๐œ๐œ๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐ข๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ.

โ€œ๐˜š๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ,โ€ ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ. โ€œ๐˜๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฑ๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜๐˜๐˜ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆโ€”๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข.โ€

๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ž๐ž๐, ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐›๐ž๐ ๐š๐ง ๐š๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ ๐จ๐ง ๐ฉ๐š๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ ๐œ๐š๐ฆ๐ž ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ, ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐š๐Ÿ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.

๐Ž๐๐‹๐€๐ ๐๐€๐‹๐€๐˜ is not just a project.
It is a promise to rebuild not just homes, but hope.
To nurture not just individuals, but families.
To create not just safe spaces, but belonging.

We express our deepest gratitude to the institutions and individuals who stood with us:

Department of Health - CHD - CAR

Fr. Rodolfo Vicente Cancino Jr., MI and St. Camillus Novitiate, Baguio City

Dra. Celia Flor Brillantes, City Health Officer II โ€“ HSO Baguio

Mr. Ricky Ducas Jr., Learning Service Provider โ€“ Anxiety and Depression Support Group

Ms. Cyra P. Policarpio, RN โ€“ Mental Health Program Assistant

President James Carino, JCI Baguio

Psychology Interns from Saint Louis University

And the passionate team behind Salakniban Support Group Inc.

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