Diversity House and HACO, two organisations out of three that make up the East Kent African Health Project held an assertive outreach on Saturday, 28 November 2009 in the Town Centre of Sittingbourne as part of the World AIDS Day event. Some volunteers from both organisations used the opportunity to reach out to people and engage them to talk about HIV and also distributed many bags with some relevant literature as well as red ribbons.
We thank the many people who took time to listen to us and wore Red ribbon - the red ribbon is an international symbol of AIDS awareness that is worn by people all year round and particularly around World AIDS Day to demonstrate care and concern about HIV and AIDS, and to remind others of the need for their support and commitment.
The World AIDS Day theme for 2009 is 'Universal Access and Human Rights'. We would like to encourage people to help implement equal access and human rights for all people living with HIV. Again, World AIDS Day is important in reminding people that HIV has not gone away, and that there are many things still to be done.
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