2005 year“HIV – I have my plans for the future”
The year 1999 is considered the beginning of the HIV-epidemic in Chelyabinsk and Sverdlovsk regions. On the whole, about 40000 HIV positive people have been registered lately. Today the overall stability is observed though due to the creation of the city programs of HIV/AIDS prevention, and the activities of a number of noncommercial AIDS-service organizations.
However today the society is facing another problem: a large number of PLWHA face the discrimination, stigma, misunderstanding, alienation from the rest of the population. The society is not ready for such a rapid growth of a number of HIV-positive people and has generated a number of gossips and myths about the illness itself. PLWHA are often stressed and depressed concerning their diagnosis. This way the hostile attitude of the society only aggravates their condition and shortens their lives.
Thus, the conduction of the vast informational campaign in two of the major cities of the Ural Region aimed at prevention of the PLWHA discrimination, and increasing of the population’s HIV/AIDS awareness, is highly crucial today.
Aim – forming the adequate and tolerant public attitude among the population of Chelyabinsk and Yekaterinburg towards the PLWHA, and increasing the awareness of the population in such matters.
Area – Chelyabinsk and Yekaterinburg
Activities:
1. Facilitating the press-conference devoted to the beginning of the “HIV – I have my plans for the future” campaign in Chelyabinsk with the specialists of NGOs, state organizations, media and representatives of the British Consulate.
2. Printing and placing the socially oriented billboards in the streets of Chelyabinsk and Yekaterinburg.
3. Presentation of the audio and video clips on the tolerant attitude towards the HIV-positive people in the local media.
4. Printing and public distribution of the socially-oriented postcards and stickers.
5. Printing and distribution of the brochures and booklets with information about HIV/AIDS.
6. Summing up the results of the “HIV-I have my plans for the future” informational campaign in Yekaterinburg with the specialists of NGOs, state organizations, media and representatives of the British Consulate
“ChelJr.ru: Youth infosite on HIV/IDU prevention”, IREX Project aim: informing the youth and teenagers of Chelyabinsk on the principles of the healthy life, HIV/STD prevention and IDU by means of the informational website. Project goals:
1. to evaluate the needs of the youth and teenagers concerning the informational Internet resources on the healthy way of life.
2. to create the informational website providing the additional services on the healthy life.
3. to promote the website among the target groups.
4. to provide the constant functioning of the website (newsticker, online counseling, forum administration) Expected result:
The basic result of the project must be the full scale, stable functioning website on HIV/STD/IDU prevention, leading to the increase of the teenage awareness about these issues and reduction of the risky behavior among the target groups.
“Informational and psychological support of the PLWHA women of Chelyabinsk region”, UNICEF
Project goal: Improvement of the psychological and informational help, provided to the women and children, concerned by the HIV/AIDS problem thru creation and setup of the effective work of the PLWHA mutual support groups network.
Major activity – providing the social and psychological support of the PLWHA and development of the mutual support groups in the area of Chelyabinsk region.
“Life Line” project, IREX, AID Atlanta.
Target: improvement of the service provided to the people concerned by the HIV/AIDS (PLWHA and their relations) thru creation and development of the hotline system.
Goals”
1. to create the dedicated telephone service at “There is an opinion” centre
2. to teach the hotline crisis counseling skills to the counselors of the Centre.
3. to provide the stable functioning of the hotline service.
4. to promote the new service
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