Last year on the 14 January we launched the web site of the OneLove regional campaign, making it a full year since we’ve been online.

Since that day, we’ve had a great time hanging out together on this portal, learning more about  multiple concurrent partnerships, their impact on the spread of HIV and AIDS in Southern Africa and what we can do to protect ourselves and our loved ones from HIV.

We have shared our stories, shared our views on a number of issues regarding MCP, given each other tips on how to develop and keep loving and sexually fulfilling relationships and to work together to reduce the rate of HIV infection in the region.

Some of the comments and letters from readers we received were heartbreaking, because while we all understood that having multiple concurrent partners is not a healthy choice for us, our partners, children and community, sometimes it is hard to let a relationship go.

Sometimes our interaction on the site was fun. At all times, your input in this conversation was appreciated, and we’d like to thank you for spending the year with us.

Below is the monthly breakdown of the traffic from January2009 till the end of November 2009. We hope that you will stay with us through 2010 and continue to share your news and views.

Month                       Page  Views                     Visits
January, 2009           23,209                              1,779
February, 2009        18,380                                 5,278
March, 2009              33,641                                10,283
April, 2009                31,240                                18,886
May, 2009                  39,868                                27,940
June, 2009                 44,459                             32,801
July, 2009                 46,378                                31,344
August, 2009           45,681                                 34,685
September, 2009    49, 924                                 49,304
October ,2009          67,876                                32,728
November,2009     70,772                                33,884

Talk about it

Please remember that we’d like to hear from you. Tell us what issues you’d like to see us explore more comprehensively; share your views regarding multiple concurrent partners; tell us your story of how having multiple concurrent partners affected your life/why you choose not to have multiple concurrent partners.

You can join the conversation by leaving a comment at the end of this post, or you can email admin@onelovesouthernafrica.org