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HIV/AIDS
Awareness Workshop, Mauritius
Who's
involved:
Project leader: Qadir Mahamoodally
Main partner: Savanne
Regional Youth Council
Other organisations:
- Ministry of Youth and Sport
- National Youth Council
Timeframe:
November 2006 - July 2007
Theme:
Life and love in islands
Background:
'In Mauritius, we do
not really educate our youth about the problem
of HIV/AIDS. Youngsters are getting so busy in
their educational life that they do not have time
to learn about it. And even parents want their
children to do their best to get good results
in their exams that they are forgeting this dangerous
uncurable disease. So I, together with my youth
group members want to organise a special seminar
for youth leaders in Mauritius so as to make them
aware about this dangerous disease. And through
media and press, we want to show all the people
in Mauritius the importance of life and the effect
of this disease on our island.'
- Qadir
Objectives:
- Preserved
our society from being destroyed by HIV/AIDS;
- Help youngsters to understand
the true meaning of sexuality and the different
causes which might lead to HIV/AIDS;
- Make the young generation
aware of how these diseases are destroying the
whole world;
- Show different ways to
prevent us from being affected by this dangerous
disease.
Activities:
- Organise a 3-day
residential workshop for 50 youth leaders from
different regions of Mauritius to discuss HIV/AIDS,
to create awareness among Mauritian youth and
to plan follow-up activities;
- Invite professionals to
the workshop to discuss and advise the youth leaders
on how to address HIV/AIDS in their region;
- Evaluate the impact of
the activity by asking a minimum of 50 youth to
complete a survey on their knowledge of HIV/AIDS
before and after the workshop;
- Assess the post-workshop
HIV/AIDS activities that are to be undertaken
by the youth leaders in their regions, and document
the results in a report;
- Organise a prize-giving
ceremony for the best HIV/AIDS follow-up activities;
- Publicise all the activities
through local radio, television and newspapers;
- Investigate and report
on ways of continuing this activity in the future;
Progress
Reports:
16 April 2007
"We have found 3 interesting projects [post workshop activities run my partcipants] and there budget also are not that big. So we want to contribute partly in them so as to motivate the youngsters. They are:
- A mini concert regrouping young artists to perform in a village called Souillac. The youngsters are more interested in music. So its more easier to regroup them by organising a mini concert. During the concert itself, a message on HIV/AIDS will be passed to them. We will encourage them to live life in the way it should be and discourage them to do things which might lead them to AIDS.
- A football tournament at Camp-diable. We want to regroup the maximum number of people, both yougsters and adults to play football and then we will pass the message there. We will also seize this opportunity to distribute pamplets regarding HIV/AIDS.
- a community based program in a deprived area known as cite EDC."
-Qadir
18 March 2007
"I am pleased to inform you that today our residential workshop ended with great success. It was a fantastic experience and above all, we are going to make some changes in the program because there were more participants than we expected. We got 85 in all instead of 50. It was a new experience for me and my team as organiser. I will now be working on the report and I will send it to you soon. Thanks a lot for all your support and help."
- Qadir
Downloads:
Final Report [.pdf 283Kb]
Project Proposal
Workplan
For more information:
Contact Qadir Mahamoodally:
qadir614@yahoo.com
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