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CII spreads
awareness on Drugs and HIV/AIDS amongst industrial workers in Haryana
The medium used was infotainment to sensitise the industrial workforce. CII’s NGO partners JAGRAN and SAHARA participated in this. JAGRAN presented two plays: Radheshyam ki Kahani and Mela. The first play focused on drugs and how youth gets addicted to it through peer pressure. It was through the first play that a connection was made to the second play where different routes of transmission were shown. Apart from Prevention, issue of Stigma and Discrimination were also addressed.
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Mr. Naveen Kumar from SAHARA, himself a positive person, cleared myths and misconception of the workforce. He addressed different queries of the participants such as: Can mosquito bite make a person HIV+? How does the virus gets transmitted from a woman to a man? He also spoke about Anti- Retroviral Therapy (ART) and emphasised on the need of its regular usage.
Earlier Mr. Surendra Singh, VP Corporate, RICO, in his welcome address emphasised the importance of giving HIV/AIDS information to the workforce especially youth as it is vulnerable, and majority of the youth form part of the industrial workforce. He lauded CII Haryana State Council’s efforts towards working on such a sensitive subject and reaching out to the industrial workforce.
The workshop was very interactive and was attended by over 125 shop floors workers.
CII mainstreaming HIV/AIDS priorities into industry in Himachal Pradesh
With a view to galvanise awareness
and support of youth towards the issue of HIV/AIDS, CII Himachal Pradesh State
Council organised a HIV/AIDS sensitisation programme for Industrial Workforce
of GPI Textiles Ltd and Drish Shoes Ltd at Nalagarh, Himachal Pradesh, on 2 June
2006.
Dr. Sulakshana Puri, Project Director, HP State AIDS Control Society, said, "to make the AIDS Prevention programme effective, all the stakeholders including the government, NGOs and Industry need to join hands." She added that the industrial sector stands the most vulnerable as the HIV virus targets a workforce, which is in its economic prime i.e. 15-49 years.
Dr. Sulakshana Puri, Project Director, HP State AIDS Control Society, said, "to make the AIDS Prevention programme effective, all the stakeholders including the government, NGOs and Industry need to join hands." She added that the industrial sector stands the most vulnerable as the HIV virus targets a workforce, which is in its economic prime i.e. 15-49 years.
Mr. Vishal Acharya, Programme Officer (IEC), HP State AIDS Control Society, in his presentation, exhorted the industrial workforce to lead a responsible life, he advocated the formation of Peer Groups to take the message forward for the prevention of this epidemic. Lauding CII's efforts and initiatives in the crusade against AIDS, he urged one and all to join hands to stem the tide of HIV/AIDS.
The programme was well
attended by over 70 staff members of GPI Textiles and Drish Shoes at Nalagarh.
