DARE TO CARE - HUMSAFAR ON WORLD AIDS DAY

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DARE TO CARE

World Aids Day Commemoration on December 1st,2001

This year on the occasion of World Aids Day, The Humsafar Trust is putting up

three stalls at different venues in Bombay and the slogan all over for the World

Aids Day is DARE TO CARE.

The first stall is at the Kalina University Campus and will be attended by

Humsafar Volunteers and Doctors from Sion Hospital. We will be providing basic

information on HIV issues and the kind of help being provided by Humsafar to the

MSM ( Men having sex with Men )

The second stall is at Dadar Railway Station (Central) on the overbridge near

the ticket booking counter. This stall will be attended by Humsafar Volunteers,

Doctors and Counselors from Sion Hospital and much detailed information about

HIV and STI's will be provided. We will be equipped with all sorts of IEC

materials and any help needed on gay issues can also be discussed with the

counselor present on the stall.

The stall will remain open to everyone from 10.00 am to 9.00 pm.

Finally the third stall will be put up at the Gateway of India where MDACS (

Mumbai District Aids Control Society )

is holding a MELA on the World Aids Day where stalls by around 15 NGO's funded

by them will be presenting their work over the last three years.

The Humsafar stall will be a high camp gay stall where the whole thing is being

done up in Pink. Pink Cloth, Pink Paper materials and Pink Flower decorations

will highlight the gay culture in it's full splendor. The stall will be attended

by Humsafar Volunteers and Humsafar counselors and we will be open to the idea

of discussing any and every gay issue under the sun.

We shall also be keeping IEC material imparting information about various

STI's and HIV issues and emphasizing the need to use condoms.

The stall will remain open from 10.00 am to 8.00pm

We invite everyone to visit these stalls, especially at the Gateway of India as

this is one more opportunity for gay men of the city to come out in the open and

make their presence felt.

This is our chance to let the world know that WE DARE and WE CARE !!

Humsafar

E-mail: humsafar@...

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