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A USAID mechanism, the Caribbean
HIV/AIDS Grants Solicitation and Management (CGSM) Program, has funded a
partnership of the Bahamas Red Cross and the nonprofit organization World
Learning for outreach to Bahamian residents who were most likely to transmit or
acquire HIV. Primary target markets included Harbour Island and Eleuthera.
John Ronald Darville, Bahamas Red
Cross Project Coordinator with the HIV Prevention Education Unit, conducted a
series of stakeholder meetings with government and civic agencies in July to
assist with planning for the outreach effort. On August 9th, Darville joined
Jolton Johnson, North Eleuthera Administrator; Ruth Jankee, CGSM Project
Director; and Caroline Turnquest, Director General, Bahamas Red Cross Society,
at a press conference announcing the project launch. Johnson pledged the
support of his district and council members.
Planned program elements included an
anonymous hotline residents could call to ask trained professionals questions
about sexual health. The project also planned the formal launch of a new Web
site, http://watusayin.com/, on World AIDS Day, December 1, 2013, to extend the
project’s reach through social media.
Individuals desiring more
information, could contact John Ronald Darville via telephone (242)
322-9451/52, fax (242) 323-7875, or email jrdarville@bahamasredcross.com.
The Friends of AIDS Foundation is
dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for HIV positive individuals and
empowering people to make healthy choices to prevent the spread of the HIV
virus.
To learn more about The Friends of
AIDS Foundation, please visit: http://www.friendsofaids.org.
TOGETHER WE REMAIN STRONG!
