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REPORT: 25th World AIDS Day

ABSTRACT

Kathmandu University Youth Red Cross Circle (KUYRCC) has been actively working on different programs for the betterment of the society.

This year, on the occasion of 25^thWorld AIDS Day, KUYRCC in collaboration with AIKUYN, DHO, DDC, CAC, FPAN, ARSOW Nepal and Sakriya plus Nepal organized a two day event with the objective of creating awareness about AIDS among the local residents. The Program was scheduled as follows:

1.      Friday, 30 November 2012

a.       Ribbon, condom and pamphlet distribution inside the university.

b.      Friendly football matches among PLHIV and students.

2.      Saturday, 1 December 2012

a.       Marathon and slogan competition

b.      Rally

c.       Short movies show

d.      Talk program

The program was conducted successfully according to the schedule.

 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

We would like to acknowledge and extend our heartfelt gratitude to the District Health Office, Kavrepalanchowk, and all the organizations involved directly or indirectly for their help and support. The event would not have been such a success without them.

We would also like to thank Banepa Municipality for providing space for conducting the program.

INTRODUCTION

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) has emerged as a global problem. The increment in number of infected is a serious issue in the whole world. It is a responsibility of every governmental and non-governmental organization to work on this issue and contribute in the control of the disease. People find it hard to accept People Living with HIV AIDS as a part of our society. Thus, with the objective to create awareness about AIDS among people, we the students of Kathmandu University, working under two clubs – Kathmandu University Youth Red Cross Circle (KUYRCC) and Amnesty International Kathmandu University Youth Network (AIKUYN), organized a two day event focusing on AIDS in collaboration with District Health Office (DHO), District Development Committee, Community Action Center (CAC), ARSOW Nepal, Family Planning Association Nepal (FPAN) and Sakriya Plus Nepal.

The main objectives of the event were:

        i.            To celebrate and mark 25^thWorld AIDS Day

      ii.            To reach out to the people and create awareness about AIDS

    iii.            To discuss about HIV AIDS and generate an overview about the role of society towards PLHIV.

Participants from all of the Red Cross Circles in Kavre, schools, colleges, organizations, governmental institutions and media were invited to participate in the program.

PROGRAMS

The details about the two day event are described below:

)      Football match

On Friday, 30 November 2012, a friendly football match was conducted at Kathmandu University football ground. A red ribbon shape was made in the University Ground to mark the cause for the match.

It was scheduled to start at 2:00pm in the afternoon. Students of Kathmandu University and PLHIV were mixed up to form two teams with 11 players in each. Six PLHIV took part in the game and successfully played for duration of 30 minutes. The match ended up with 2-3 goals. After the match, the players, match officials and volunteers were provided with lunch and refreshments.

     Marathon and slogan competition

Marathon and slogan completion was held on 1^st December, Saturday at Kathmandu University. About 109 participants were involved in the run. Winners of the marathon are:

            Male: Sunil Maharjan (Mechanical Engineering, KU)

            Female: Sujita Giri (Sanjivani School)

Winner of slogan competition is:

            Ramchandra Lama (Nava Ratna secondary school, Panauti)

            Slogan: “तिरस्कारले जलाउछा, सद्भावले जीवन पलाउँछ |”

      Rally

After the marathon, a rally was taken from Kathmandu University gate to Banepa Municipality Office. All the participants from the marathon and others interested joined the rally. Different slogans were written on placards and the rally proceeded with banners of the program and other stakeholders. The rally was successful in attracting people and spreading awareness about ‘World AIDS Day’.

     Short movies show:

Inside the Banepa Municipality hall, two short movies relating to AIDS were shown. The movies were “Retro-V” and “Pariwarthit Pailaharu” made by the students of Kathmandu University Media Studies.

While the short movies were being played inside the hall, pamphlets, ribbons and condoms were being distributed to the pedestrians and travelers at Banepa bus-park.

   Talk program:

Mr. Shyam KC, program coordinator at SakriyaPlus Nepal and also a Media Studies Student in Kathmandu University, prepared the schedule of the interaction program. He undertook the responsibility of running the program. The chief guest of the program was Dr. Arjun Prashad Sapkota District Health Officer, Kavre. Other guests in the program were Mr. Bhoj Raj Timalsina, Mr. Mahesh Poudel, Mr. Yagya Prashad Pandey and other stakeholders.

The program mainly aimed to discuss on the responsibility of governmental and non-governmental organizations in controlling HIV AIDS and in role of civil society towards PLHIV was also discussed in the program.

Certificates of players and marathon runners were distributed at the end of the program. Prizes to the winners of marathon (male and female) and slogan competition were given by the chief guest of the program.

 BUDGET

a)      Total budget:

The District Health Office, District Development Committee, Community Action Center, ARSOW Nepal and Kathmandu University contributed the following amounts for the program:

S.N.	Sponsor	Amount (N.Rs.)
1	Kathmandu University (KUYRCC and AIKUYN)	3500
2	District Health Office	5000
3	District Development Committee	5000
4	ARSOW Nepal	3000
5	CACC	5000
	TOTAL	21500

b)      Expenses:

The details of all expenses in the program have been tabulated as follows:

S. No.	Particulars	Quantity	Amount
1.	Banner Printing	2	1080
2.	Poster Printing (Advertisement)	20	500
3.	Certificates Printing	230	2760
4.	Refreshments for football players	45	1700
5.	Refreshments for marathon runners	-	2000
6.	Lunch packets (talk Program Participants)	172	10320
7.	Juice	60	1200
8.	Glaxose	22	300
9.	Glucose packets	8	280
10.	Water	1box	180
11.	Abir	14 box	210
12.	Ribbon	5 roll	125
13.	White Cement	5 kg	225
14.	Play cards	-	150
15.	Red Cloth	2 m	150
16.	Marathon Winner Prizes (First Aid Kit)	2	1376
17.	Slogan Competition Prize (T-shirt)	1	325
18.	First Aid	-	690
19.	Miscellaneous	-	429
	TOTAL		24000.

All the bills of expenses have been attached with this report.

 CONCLUSION

The program was successfully conducted on the planned date and time. We once again thank all the collaborators for their help.

We look forward to doing more of such programs. We hope to receive help and support from the organizations involved in this program in organizing other similar programs too.

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