World Aids Day Armenia
“Brain ring” - a popular intellectual contest among school children was initiated by World Vision Armenia for some 40 students to “break the silence around HIV and AIDS and let children speak out around the issue”, said Anush Sahakyan, World Vision Armenia Health Programmes Coordinator.
While Armenia is currently a low prevalence country, there are worrying signs of rapidly spreading infection due to increasing seasonal migration.
Involving children in HIV education is the best way to secure the future of Armenia without AIDS “Involving children in HIV education is the best way to secure the future of Armenia without AIDS. Through such initiatives we can also radically reduce the level of HIV-related stigma and discrimination”, continued Anush Sahakyan.
Over the past six years World Vision has been conducting peer-to-peer educational sessions on HIV prevention in regions throughout Armenia. The ‘Brain Ring’ contest aimed to bring together all the work undertaken together with partner organisations and community members.
Among the judges were representatives of local and international Non-Government Organisations, the National AIDS centre, and the Armenian Apostolic Church.
We want to call for youth to protect themselves and take responsibility for their actions. “We want to call for youth to protect themselves and take responsibility for their actions. Accurate information on the modes of transmission is necessary to keep us away from the epidemic and face the future without AIDS”, were the opinions of school students from Talin School who were among the winners of the contest.
An enthusiasm and determination to be part of the fight against HIV and AIDS spread not only among participant teams but also their friends who came to support them, providing a firm ground to make this kind of competition an annual event.
While Armenia is currently a low prevalence country, there are worrying signs of rapidly spreading infection due to increasing seasonal migration.
Involving children in HIV education is the best way to secure the future of Armenia without AIDS “Involving children in HIV education is the best way to secure the future of Armenia without AIDS. Through such initiatives we can also radically reduce the level of HIV-related stigma and discrimination”, continued Anush Sahakyan.
Over the past six years World Vision has been conducting peer-to-peer educational sessions on HIV prevention in regions throughout Armenia. The ‘Brain Ring’ contest aimed to bring together all the work undertaken together with partner organisations and community members.
Among the judges were representatives of local and international Non-Government Organisations, the National AIDS centre, and the Armenian Apostolic Church.
We want to call for youth to protect themselves and take responsibility for their actions. “We want to call for youth to protect themselves and take responsibility for their actions. Accurate information on the modes of transmission is necessary to keep us away from the epidemic and face the future without AIDS”, were the opinions of school students from Talin School who were among the winners of the contest.
An enthusiasm and determination to be part of the fight against HIV and AIDS spread not only among participant teams but also their friends who came to support them, providing a firm ground to make this kind of competition an annual event.
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