Invitation to Show your skills, Art and Expertise at the Networking Zone in Toronto

[Guest guest]

An Open Invitation to Show your skills, Art and Expertise at Toronto

Dear Delegates of 16th Intl. AIDS Conf., Toronto and Accompanying Persons,

It is my pleasure to inform you that Peoples Health Organisation (India) has

been assigned the task of Managing the South Asia Networking Zone in the Global

Village at the Toronto Conference, with other two NGOs: Alliance for South Asian

AIDS Prevention from Canada and the Global Youth Coalition on HIV/AIDS from

Nepal. PHO is one of the first NGOs from India that started the fight against

AIDS since 1985 and known for its innovative strategies in HIV awareness

globally.

You are most welcome to be part of this Networking Zone formally and

non-formally. If you did not get any chance from the Toronto Conference to show

your skills and talents, please do not be disheartened. There are ample

opportunities to portray your art, skills and expertise at the Global village in

general and our Networking Zone in particular.

Objectives of the NETWORKING ZONE:

• Encourage networking between and among various stakeholders (including

delegates, Conference speakers, general public, community-based sector and

media);

• Provide you with a platform to get your key messages across to a wider

audience throughout the Conference week;

• Provide you and your colleagues a space in which to mobilize yourselves, to

plan around your Conference and post-Conference activities.

Activities:

Small discussions/workshops, information displays, video screenings,

performances, educational demonstrations are some activities you could think of

performing.

We’ll have a dedicated lounge/seating area for more informal discussions in our

zone.

The following Workshops are already planned:

1) People with HIV/AIDS (PHA) SPEAKERS BUREAU

2) IMMIGRATION & HIV

3) MSM Health

4) COMPLIMENTARY/ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES

5) Prevention Education Strategies on HIV for the youth by the youth

6) Women & HIV: Mother & Child transmission female, microbicides, targetting

women in HIV responses etc.

Some more India specific, ART specific workshops can be added.

SOCIAL EVENTS and Other Activiti/es:

1) SOCIAL EVENT – Indian Delegates meeting/get-together

2) THEATRE NIGHT

3) Thematic Exhibition/Exhibits

4) FILM NIGHT

5) Bring your favourite Hindi songs and play in a foreign land with a bang

6) Graffiti Board – to express yourself

7) Expression Corner

8) Meet your Heroes

9) Organise Demonstration on certain key issues constructively

10) The Hot Topic of the Day

Highlights:

1) Entry to Global Village is Free of Charge – both for registered delegates and

others (No registration is required to participate in the activities of

Networking zone)

2) Wide range of Time slot: 8 am to 8 pm from 14th to 17th August, 8am to 5 pm

on 13th August and 8 am to 1 pm on 18th August.

3) You can enter and leave the area anytime

4) You can make our zone as your meeting point to catch hold of each others from

your areas/groups at this Mega-Conference

If you have any suggestions, comments, ideas to make the South Asia Networking

Zone worthy, please do contact me at the earliest possible. The least you can

do, is re-directing this announcement to those who will be at Toronto.

Trupti Gilada (Student - III year MBBS, Mumbai)

Coordinator, South Asia Networking Zone, Toronto and

Convener of Youth Wing, People’s Health Organization (India)

T: +91-9819112122

e-mail: trupti_gilada@...; ihoaids@...