Transcript for Disability and HIV
Video starts with soft guitar music with moody vocals and a photo of Richard Musisi, the executive director of MADIPHA. Richard smiles into the camera and is wearing a blue MADIPHA polo shirt. “Musisi Richard is my name,” he says. “I am the executive director of MADIPHA, of Masaka Association of Persons with Disabilities Who are Living with HIV and AIDS.” Video cuts to a photo of Richard gesturing to a small group of people outside. Cut to another photo of Richard posing with a person in a wheelchair. They are at a marathon event. People appear to be warming up in the background. Richard continues, “It started in 2009.”
Video cuts to a photo of a large group of MADIPHA members holding up a white MADIPHA banner. A second photo shows MADIPHA members gathered inside, listening to someone speak. A MADIPHA banner hangs across a long, side window.
Video cuts to an interview setup with Wanyana Cate, co-founder of MADIPHA. She has short, dark hair and is wearing a beige dress patterned with diamonds. “We started as five people, and we decided to start MADIPHA with the aim of showing people that there is a possibility that PWDs can get infected with HIV/AIDS and still live long lives,” she says.
Video cuts to a photo of a large group of people outside with MADIPHA banner behind them. A second photo shows an audience from behind listening to someone speak at the front of the room. A third photo shows MADIPHA members sitting on benches. One person is standing up. “As MADIPHA, so far in those 10 years we’ve done quite a lot of work,” says Richard. Video cuts to people with disabilities gathering outside at an annual forum for World AIDS Day and International Day of Persons with Disabilities. Several people are holding crutches and talking in a circle. Video cuts to a different scene at the forum – a man in a wheelchair and two government officials next to him, with people gathered at tables behind them. “One, sensitizing and mobilizing PWDs to seek for HIV and AIDS services within their nearby local health facilities,” says Richard. “We have also supported them to live positively through those peer-supported groups they are organized in.”
Video shows more photos. The first is a group of MADIPHA members looking at a whiteboard with notes written on it. The words “Masaka Association of Persons with Disabilities Who are Living with HIV and AIDS” are at the top of the whiteboard. A boy in a wheelchair reaches for something on the floor. In the second photo, a man is sitting at a table, holding a piece of bread and laughing. A woman in a purple dress sits next to him.
The video cuts to a photo of a man walking outside and carrying a large, green thermos. He is wearing a red, checked cap and a sports coat with a MADIPHA polo shirt underneath. He is smiling broadly. The video cuts to another photo of MADIPHA members posing for the camera outside a building. “We have also done a lot of work around advocacy to ensure that the rights for PWDs who are with living with HIV and AIDS are respected, especially at the service delivery centers but also even the policymakers themselves to ensure that people with disabilities can access those services without any form of discrimination,” says Richard. Brief transition to Richard and other people gathered at the Annual Forum for World AIDS Day and International Day of Persons with Disabilities. Video cuts to a photo of a boy in a wheelchair speaking into a microphone he’s holding. A second photo shows an older woman sitting next to a young girl. They are peeling the eggs they’re about to eat. A third photo shows a woman in a light pink and grey headscarf smiling next to a window.
“We try to work with other stakeholders, the National Union for People with Disabilities, the National HIV and AIDS service organizations,” says Richard. Video cuts to a photo of MADIPHA members listening to a woman speak at the front of the room. A second photo shows MADIPHA members listening to a man speak at the front of the aforementioned room. A third photo shows a woman in a white suit smiling at the camera.
Video cuts to a photo of a rural village. “In the past 10 years since MADIPHA was established PWDs have been motivated to live longer and have gained more self-esteem,” says Wanyana. Video shows a man wearing a checked shirt looking contemplative. Light shines on his face through a side window. A second photo shows a woman holding a baby. A third photo shows people gathered around tables, eating.
“They have been given startup capital to enable them to run small businesses from their homes depending on their abilities and knowledge and understand that they have to work hard in order to sustain their lives,” says Wanyana. A woman in a pink, knit cap and yellow T-shirt unlocks a cage. In a second shot, she bends down and tends to her chickens.
Video cuts to a young boy in a long-sleeved, light green T-shirt staring into the camera. A second photo shows three MADIPHA members – a man and two women – talking with a MADIPHA banner behind them. One of the women hands the man what looks like a certificate. A third video shows Richard and other MADIPHA members in MADIPHA polo shirts, posing for the camera outside. The video then cuts to a photo of Richard standing next to a woman with red hair and a multicolored pink scarf. They’re both holding microphones. “Because of the need of our work countrywide we are trying to change our registration status to say that we can fit within the national status. Soon will be called something like Association of Persons with Disabilities Who are Living with HIV and AIDS Uganda,” says Richard.
Video ends on soft trumpet music and a series of photos of MADIPHA members. The first is of a woman signing, and the second is a closeup of a woman with a white and pink headscarf, looking contemplative. A third photo is another gathering of MADIPHA members, with Richard talking into a microphone. The last photo is a closer shot of Richard talking into a microphone. At the end of the video, a black title card comes up that says, “Copyright @2021 MADIPHA. All rights reserved.
