Caros Companheiros,
Reencaminho-vos
um e-mail da Companheira Claire Tennant, Presidente do Europe Rotaract
Information Center. O mesmo encontra-se em Inglês, mas ao apelo dela
acrescento o meu, na nossa língua, e estou certa que, independentemente
da língua, todos compreenderão a importância da ideia e do projecto.
É
do conhecimento geral que o nosso país é actualmente, no contexto
europeu, dos mais afectados pelo HIV. Nem de propósito, um dos grandes
projectos do ERIC para este ano, à semelhança do que aconteceu em anos
anteriores, é precisamente a sensibilização das populações,
designadamente as mais jovens, para este síndrome.
O
objectivo seria a realização de uma actividade de sensibilização no dia
1 de Dezembro, Dia Mundial de Luta contra a SIDA, como podem ler mais
abaixo. Como todos sabem, por essa altura estaremos todos no nosso
Congresso Nacional, mas isto não deve ser impedimento para agirmos! O
repto que vos lanço é de que, nos vossos clubes, escolas, empresas ou
comunidades, numa data próxima, realizem actividades neste sentido,
como já vem sendo feito por alguns clubes em anos anteriores. A
informação é facilmente conseguida à distância de um clique (por
exemplo em www. Sida.pt) e uma pequena sensibilização pode ser
importante para salvar vidas, porque afinal, não acontece só aos outros…
Fico
a aguardar o vosso feedback, de modo a poder transmiti-lo ao ERIC, e
como habitual encontro-me ao dispor de todos para tudo o que precisarem!
Saudações Rotaractistas,
Ângela Barros
RDR D1970 2009-10
ERIC Country Representative 2009-10
www.rotaract1970.org
+351 961 609 065
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This is the 3rd Year
of running the AIDS Social Awareness Project, this year we want to make
it bigger and better with more countries and clubs participating!!
The primary purpose of the social awareness project is to raise people's awareness. This can be within…
- Your club
- Your district
- Your working environment
- Your local community
- Your family and friends
What we would like you to do is
hold an Awareness Party! This can be any thing from a small party at
home with members of your club or with your friends and family, a
district party with the district working together with club members and
friends, a community based party in a local hall, a black tie ball or a
pub crawl!
So there are lots of options the size and style is entirely up to you and your clubs but please do something!!
What is AIDS?
AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome):
Acquired means you can get infected with it
Immune Deficiency means a weakness in the body's immune system that fights diseases
Syndrome means a group of health problems that make up a single disease
AIDS is caused by a virus called
HIV (the Human Immunodeficiency Virus). If you become infected with
HIV, your body will try to fight the infection. It will make
"antibodies", special molecules to fight HIV.
A blood test for HIV looks for
these antibodies. People who have the HIV antibodies in their blood are
called "HIV-Positive". Being HIV-Positive or having HIV disease is not
the same as having AIDS. You might get infected with HIV
and later you might develop AIDS. You can get infected with HIV from
anyone who's infected, even if they don't look sick and even if they
haven't tested HIV-positive yet.
According to the UNAIDS Report 2007; there are 33.2 million people living with HIV.
To protect yourself and the others from AIDS, you should:
- Avoid risky behaviours and practice safer sexual behaviours.
- Be aware of the risks of sharing needles and other drug equipment.
- Avoid any use of drugs (this includes alcohol) that may affect you judgement. Under
their influence, you may practice unsafe behaviours, putting yourself at risk of HIV
infection.
Resources
Rotaract Great Britain and Ireland
will be working in conjunction with the international charity UNICEF
and will be holding pub crawls up and down the country who have been
kind enough to set up a UNICEF/Rotaract website for us.
On here you can find downloads of UNICEF's AIDS based projects. http://www.unicef.org.uk/rotaract and about what RGBI are up to!
Attached is also a guide for
organising a pub crawl please note this was produced for RGBI only and
you will need to confirm and abide by the laws of your country and if a
permit is needed you must acquire prior to the event.
Other websites:
http://www.worldaidsday.org/
http://www.worldaidscampaign.org/ - You can order materials from here for your aids awareness parties! Very Useful site!
http://www.unaids.org/en/
http://www.globalhealth.org/hiv_aids/?gclid=CMbSobritZYCFQuY1Qod03MJLg
http://latinoaids.org/
N.B. Although the
aim and purpose of the project is to raise awareness if you would like
to raise money for AIDS projects, please choose one of the many AIDS
charities within your own country and arrange directly with the
charity. Your club should manage all financial aspects!
Online registration will be opening soon!
And you will be able to see all the participating clubs all over Europe on the ERIC websitte
Afterwards…
- Send us your pictures and tell us
about you event! We will be writing an article for the Newsletter –
make sure your club is featured!
- If you did raise money for an AIDS project please let us know which ones and how much!
- Let us know how we could improve participation next year!
- Let us know if you think we could have provided anything which would have helped you!
Don't worry if you can't arrange anything on the 1st Dec due to work commitments please hold on the weekend before or after!
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Warm Regards
Claire
Claire Tennant
European Rotaract Information Center(E.R.I.C.) President 09/10
tel: + 44 (0) 7930 505516
e-mail:
president@rotaracteurope.org
Past E.R.I.C. Social Officer 08/09
Past District Chair 1080 08/09
Past RGBI International Officer 07/09
Member Deben Rotaract Club
