P.G. women build awareness about HIV/AIDS
With HIV/AIDS reaching epidemic proportions, the Alliance Against AIDS has been working around the clock to promote awareness. One organisation that is doing its share to keep the disease under raps is Maya Women’s Council from Toledo, the district that has the lowest percentage of the deadly disease. The group, led by Senator Pulcheria Teul, visited AAA’s office in Belize City this afternoon to get information on HIV/AIDS.
Oneyda Flores
“What is the level of participation that Alliance Against AIDS has with the Maya Women’s Council?”
Rodel Beltran Perera, Exec. Dir., Alliance Against AIDS
“We’re very supportive of the TMWC. We have been working with the TMWC for a while now especially in the area of education. We’ve begun with educating the leaders of the group. I think that recently we had a training workshop and so we’re working first with those women that can do the work in their communities.”
Senator Pulcheria Teul, Maya Women’s Council
“What we want to say to other women in this country is that we’re looking out for opportunities to work with them and it doesn’t matter what area that is. The Maya women we know are far out of reach; access to communication, information is very limited in the Toledo district and we believe that this is a good opportunity for them to grasp the different opportunities to information.”
Oneyda Flores
“Currently, what resources does the Toledo community have or Maya community has in regard to HIV/AIDS awareness?”
Senator Pulcheria Teul
“There’s very little, very little in the sense that the Ministry of Health provides information but not in a detailed manner. We are looking forward to do workshops with women in the community and not just a one hour presentation. We want this to become programme; an education programme for women, for youth, for men in the communities so that HIV cases can be prevented.”
The materials provided included educational posters, pamphlets, along with male and female condoms. The Council hopes that their efforts will help to reduce the spread of AIDS within the community. The P.G. workshops will be conducted in Maya.
