Crime Prevention Fund – IGA marks 1st December - the World AIDS Day for another consecutive year by initiating a lot of activities. An event, in which more than 70 boys and girls from Pazardzhik, Rakitovo and Bratsigovo participated, took place yesterday at 13:30 in complex – “Imperial”, Pazardzhik. A presentation, a sending of messages, a theatrical play and a lot of music were provided for the young people. The preparation and the realization of the event are done by the volunteers of “Peer Education” Club. This club has been working in Pazardzhik for 3 years within the framework of the Programme “Prevention and control of HIV / AIDS” of the Ministry of health, Component 7 “Reducing the vulnerability to HIV among young people who are at the greatest risk by increasing the range of services and programmes aimed at adolescents.” Throughout this whole day the volunteers will give out information materials and condoms to the young people of Pazardzhik. The team of IGA which works under Component 4 of the Programme “Prevention and control of HIV / AIDS” – “Outreach work with people injecting drugs” will conduct an informative meeting today with representatives of the aimed group in Peshtera as well as with their relatives. A major topic of the meeting is “Ways for protection from AIDS infection”. Outreach assistants will give out booklets on health and condoms in Pazardzhik, Zvanichevo and the two gipsy neighbourhoods in Peshtera.
This year the campaign is aimed at the popularization of the low risk sexual behaviour, the use of condoms, as well as at the tolerant treatment of people having HIV / AIDS. The campaign motto is “Condomize yourself!” and in this way it tries to provoke and to remind us that the regular and proper use of condoms is an effective way to protect from HIV and other sexually transmitted infections.
The programme “Prevention and control of HIV / AIDS” has been financed by the Global fund for fight against AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. The events are part of the national campaign on the occasion of the World AIDS Day.