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Nada launched a month long Pehchaan HIV Campaign on the occasion of World AIDS Day Ist Dec 2009







Nada India Foundation joined hands with Delhi State AIDS Control Society & DLF laingorourke to promote the cause of HIV/AIDS on the occasion of World AIDS Day that is on the 1st of December 2009 by launching a campaign Pehchaan a series of awareness program in Indira Camp of Begumpur village near Malviya Nagar, Janta Jeewan Camp Tigri Delhi and DLF construction sites in Gurgoan . The audience was treated with a Nukar Natak teaching the people about preventive measures for AIDS and the various notions that are connected with the deadly disease. The theater group - Deep Group a network member of Nada India also performed some dance numbers to entertain the crowds. The people were also shown educational movies on HIV/AIDS and alcohol & drug abuse after the performances. There was also a personal counseling sessions taken by the Mr. Suneel Vatsyayan ,Dr.Ajay Vats & Ms.V.Pallavi during the camp.

The main objective of the program was to establish a relationship with the people of slum and construction workers (the migrant population) in NCR Delhi and to involve them in the fight against HIV and to educate them about preventive measures. Nada India is setting up in collaboration with Indian Temperance Youth Federation (ITYF). Pehchaan, ITYF (Radio Clubs among the young population of slums and urban villages of Delhi & NCR. Radio Clubs voice their concerns and raise issues related to alcohol, HIV & violence by promoting health, life skill and sports. Nada India believes

The Nukar Natak (Street Theater) were performed in different locations in the slums during the evening when the maximum crowds gather. The youth coordinators of Nada India - Vaibhav Nahar and Deepak Singh Manjila answered to the queries of the residents and construction workers related to AIDS& HIV. Women and adolescents did not shy away from the event and were upfront and participative throughout the program. This was a platform for the people to speak out about the various misconceptions they had about the deadly virus and its relation with alcohol which were promptly cleared out in the program. The condoms were also distributed through local volunteers.

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