No AIDS, No Cry : An HIV/AIDS awareness initiative of GX team 79
HIV/AIDS is the one of the diseases that is yet to be conquered by the present medical science. With that
consequence, an estimated 97,423 people were living with HIV in the UK and 12,000 Bangladeshis were
living with HIV ( .1% of adult population) at the end of 2008, of whom a third were unaware of their infection.
Living with this fact Global Xchange UK – Bangladesh Team took an initiative to make an awareness
program in 1st December in World AIDS day.
Wick Carnegie Library
This HIV/AIDS campeign is started with the slogan No AIDS, No Cry. Team started the promotion, first
from Libraries ( i.e. Thurso library , Wick Carnegie Library ) tergeting teenagers and adult . With
continuation to that , on their journey from Caithness toward Edinburgh by train in the very next day, they
planned to distribute leaflet in different places to aware people about HIV/AIDS.
As the event is recognized as international event by worldaidsday.org and World Aids Campaign,
Netherlands; Glasgow based radio station Awaz FM 107.2 and Mtv of UK highlighted this event and gave
media coverage by their own medium. As an event organizer of this campaign, Muhhammad Umar
Khaiyam is interviewed by the journalist on behalf of GX team 79. World Aids Campaign, with
collaboration of UNAIDS and Ford Foundation, provided logistic support by granting toolkits for this
campaign.
In extension to this campaigning program, GX Team 79 successfully continued awareness agenda in
London among China, India, Philippine, Nigeria and South-Africa global exchange program with UK .
with this connection, Indian YMCA, London, facilitated the team to distribute the awareness leaflet and
help to know about this more.
Resources
Useful links to know more about it
http://www2.mtv.co.uk/channel/mtvuk/news/464678-world-aids-day
http://www.worldaidsday.org/Events/Events-listings/02-Dec-2008/No-AIDS---no-cry.aspx
http://www.worldaidscampaign.org/en/Key-events/World-AIDS-Day/World-AIDS-Day-2008/WAD2008-Events-Calendar/No-AIDS-no-cry
www.ypsa.org
http://gxteam79.wordpress.com/
The interview
[ Interview can be heard downloading it and using quick time player ]
Leaflet