By Teresa Rugg | Director
"I am so glad that I made that phone call to the TB Voices Project. It has totally changed the part that my TB experience played in my life. I no longer feel the stigma that I associated with my TB experience. It had always been a part of my life from which I tried to disassociate myself. It was so ingrained in me to not speak of it, to forget it, and go on with my life. But now, I can embrace it and complete that part of my life. Thank you, again." Jeannette, TB Voices Project participant
These are the words of Jeannette, a TB Voices participant in Washington state. Jeannette was confined to a TB sanatorium in Seattle from the time she was 6 years of age until she was 10. That was 67 years ago and never, even to those most close to her, had she spoken of her experience. The TB Voices Project, managed by TB Photovoice, gave her the platform and assistance to tell her truth.
During the last year, we have been honored to hear stories like Jeannette's and over 25 other persons who have been impacted by TB in Washington State. Through the TB Voices Project, we have created a new TB Voices Project website ; produced a 13-minute inspiring and educational video ; created a traveling TB Voices exhibition; and reached out to the local community to increase TB knowledge and compassion for those impacted by TB. You can also find weekly conversations on our TB Voices Project Facebook page .
Until the end of 2014, we will be presenting the successes of our TB Voices Project at conferences across the country, including Atlanta and Washington, DC. We will be sharing how to replicate this project, scaling it based upon the resources available in a given community, and encourage TB health care workers and policy makers to continue to support and provide resources for innovative projects that allow the true voices of persons impacted by TB to rise to the top.
We encourage you to continue to support TB Photovoice. It takes financial resources to conduct the level of outreach we are committed to accomplishing throughout the country.
If all of our GlobalGiving donors reached out today with a donation of $10, our TB Voices exhibition transportation costs would be covered for the summer months and we could free up our time to connect and share more TB stories.
Thank you for considering to take these expenses off our plate!
Thank you for your support and encouragement!
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