Tanzania: Reducing drug-related stigma in music
21 November 2012
This song was made by a group of drugs users who form a Participatory Video Program that utilizes video as a social and community based tool for individual and group development. It is a group-based activity that revolves around the needs of the participants. It is based in Tanzania. The project is funded by Medecins du Monde and managed by Openair Media Communications.
Name: It is possible
Verse 1 (Merali)
- Drugs the cause for abandonment (left alone)
- I was sick of fever, thinking that, I have been witched
- But my expectation was wrong
- Sharing the same syringe, spreading the virus.
- Let not boast, for treatment that we are given
- Let find the cause, so that we completely stop the disease
Chorus
Tanzania without HIV is possible!
To reduce the risks associated from drug use is possible!
Verse 2 (man dili)
- Let pay attention on this issue
- Even parliament should discuss it
- The nation’s assets(active people are dying) is being destroyed
- Youth, we are getting nowhere (getting in the hole)
- Because of this HIV
- Youth, we are in danger
- There is a lot of risks associated from using drug
- Sometime the lever, sometime the lung
- Without Heroine in my head
- Health wise normally I don’t care
- Government-prepare the institutions
- To assist in this situation
- Without HIV it is possible
- Reducing the risks associated from drugs is possible
- This one can’t fail
Chorus (same)
Masha and man dili
- Sharing the syringe
- I don’t like
- But I just found myself doing
- Cheated by being a youth
- We buried fellows
- Because of exchanging the syringe
- Better to use it in a safe way
- To avoid spreading to each other
- Mdm what you are doing
- I just see it superb
- Ignorance is not good
- Not only for sexual intercourse
- I just see that we lov each other
- One syringe we share
- Without knowing
- Our health status
(Man dili)
- Let not take it easy
- Especially female drug users
- Don’t do bribe sexually
- Just to get the drugs
- Believe that we will win this battle
- If we don’t share the syringes
- Blood born disease, the main one
- We will escape HIV
Chorus (same)
Last verse (Banza)
- Truly! We need the services that MdM is providing
- Government shall allow such institutions to operate
- We ask the government to provided employment to the youth
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