Los Angeles Shanti, founded in 1983, is a volunteer driven not-for-profit AIDS service organization providing emotional support and educational services to people infected with and affected by HIV, AIDS and other life-threateing illnesses. Support groups are offered (in English and Spanish) to people with AIDS, HIV-positive individuals, couples, families, significant others, HIV-negative men, women, and the bereaved. One-on-one counseling is provided to individuals to ill to attend a support groups. Additionally, weekend seminars are offered for people impacted by HIV/AIDS. Positive Living for Us (PLUS) for individuals who have recently tested HIV-positive and their loved ones, Women for Positive Living for women affected by AIDS, Vidas Positivas for mono-lingual Spanish-speaking individuals affected by AIDS, Afro-Centric PLUS for African-Americans affected by AIDS, and Positive Living for Life for individuals with long-term HIV disease. These seminars are designed to empower HIV-positive individuals to manage their HIV disease by providing them with the skills, knowledge, and necessary resources within a supportive and safe environment.

All services utilize volunteers. LA Shanti will train individuals in the Shanti model - a non-judgmental, compassionate presence approach to counseling. The word "Shanti" is a Sanskrit word meaning "inner peace". LA Shanti believes that each person can find his or her own resolution for issues which often arise when a person is living with a life-threatening illness. LA Shanti provides its services as tools to be used by its clients in resolving those issues. For information on volunteering contact Cindy Chambers, Volunteer Services Manager, at (213) 962-8197, ext. 331.



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