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Lakshmish, Master in Social Work is passionate in the area of counselling, has experience of 2.5 years working for people living with HIV, likes to continue the same job by adding skill through the DFP.

Monday, February 23, 2009

HIV Awareness at Boys Hostel

Leaders: Mr.Lakshmish and Mr.Veeresh, Followers: Mr.Shambuling and Mr.Mahantesh

Location: Boys Hostel, Vidya Nagar, Hubli

Date: 22/02/2009

Objective: To provide information on HIV and educate them to become responsible towards HIV.

Strategies:
1. Telecasting of informative movie clip
2. Using PPT
3. Interaction session

Process: The activity focused on providing the information on HIV to the youth students and to develop capability to take the responsibility in decreasing the number of infections, and also reduce the impact on those who are infected. The activity was conducted in a boy’s hostel by informing them one week early. Around 20 student involved in making the activity successful.

The session started with showing the short movie, contributed by BSF, casting famous Bollywood actors that contain information on HIV. This was shown to provoke them to generate some information and ideas about HIV. The movie was shown for 20 mins that followed by an interaction session through the help of an PPT.


Later the discussion went on for half hour, the group members came up with their thoughts, perceptions and the doubts they had related to HIV. The group was so enthusiastic, they all exhibited high quality participation in listening and interacting thought out the activity. The session covered modes of transmission, difference between HIV and AIDS, stages, role of a person towards HIV and brief about treatment.

Each one gave valuable feedback about the session, the overall of it said they got proper information about HIV, and they will be available for the needy.

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