For younger children, HIV/AIDS is still equal to syringe
By, The Imphal Free Press, August 19, 2007
Imphal: In spite of the remarkable decrease in the spread of HIV/AIDS among the IDUs, awareness among the younger children about the mode of transmission is still very low.
Class V student Apanba Paonam of Shishu Nistha Niketan said that his dad told him about HIV/AIDS. He said that as per his understanding, HIV/AIDS spread through injecting drug use, sharing of syringes and transfusion of contaminated blood. He quickly added, "But it is ok to eat together and share other things like clothes, combs, etc." Apanba said that he does not know whether HIV/AIDS is curable or not. He said that he had seen an HIV/AIDS poster at home but none at school.
Class VI student Sonan of Christ Jyoti said, "I painted a person in hospital bed being given glucose with the doctor standing nearby." He said that he heard about HIV/AIDS from elders and from TV. Explaining the condition, he said, "HIV/AIDS cannot be cured by medicines and it is one of the most difficult illness."
Rohan of Shishu Nistha Niketan said that he heard about HIV/AIDS from his parents. He said that HIV/AIDS is a virus that spreads a highly communicable disease which takes time to recover. He painted the map of Manipur below a big syringe.
For Priya Khuraijam, class VI student of RK Sanatombi Devi School, her father told her about HIV/AIDS and said that syringes should never be shared and one should be careful all the time to not get HIV.
Her classmate Sonalika painted skeletal, syringes and blood testing as her vision of HIV/AIDS. She said that the skeletal shows the harmful effects of using drugs.
N Christina of Class VI from Universal Students` Academy said that HIV/AIDS is a virus and it spread through sharing of syringes. She said that her painting described the destruction of the world by HIV/AIDS by showing skeletal of those lost to AIDS, injecting drug use, tablets and chaos.
These children were taking part in a state level spot painting competition for children from class IV-X. The competition, held today at Manipur Press Club, was aimed at assessing their vision of HIV/AIDS.
The competition was organised by Nawa Leikol, a forum for HIV/AIDS infected and affected children. The competition was held in two categories ? A comprising students from class IV-VI and B comprising students from class VII-X. There were altogether 250 students from 12 schools.
L Elena, general secretary Nawa leikol said, "The main objective of this painting competition is to check the awareness level among the school children and find out their visions on HIV/AIDS."
As told by the theme expert judge, A Arjun, secretary SASO, to IFP, "Most of the children lack a clear vision and understanding of HIV/AIDS. At least 70-80% of the children did not have a clear vision of what HIV/AIDS is. Their main focus was on syringes. Maybe this could be due to failure in the awareness programme, especially among the young children."
The other judge, the art expert, was Tombi, principal Imphal College. The toppers in category A were Ricardo of Maria Montessori, Krishna of Shishu Nistha Niketan and Tulsitra of Kiddies Corner High School and that of category B were Rimeeta of Brighter Academy, Amarjeet and Chelsea of Maria Montessori. The prizes will be distributed on 30th August, the 2nd anniversary of Nawa Leikol, at GM Hall Imphal.
Source: http://www.kanglaonline.com/index.php?template=headline&newsid=38977&typeid=1
Imphal: In spite of the remarkable decrease in the spread of HIV/AIDS among the IDUs, awareness among the younger children about the mode of transmission is still very low.
Class V student Apanba Paonam of Shishu Nistha Niketan said that his dad told him about HIV/AIDS. He said that as per his understanding, HIV/AIDS spread through injecting drug use, sharing of syringes and transfusion of contaminated blood. He quickly added, "But it is ok to eat together and share other things like clothes, combs, etc." Apanba said that he does not know whether HIV/AIDS is curable or not. He said that he had seen an HIV/AIDS poster at home but none at school.
Class VI student Sonan of Christ Jyoti said, "I painted a person in hospital bed being given glucose with the doctor standing nearby." He said that he heard about HIV/AIDS from elders and from TV. Explaining the condition, he said, "HIV/AIDS cannot be cured by medicines and it is one of the most difficult illness."
Rohan of Shishu Nistha Niketan said that he heard about HIV/AIDS from his parents. He said that HIV/AIDS is a virus that spreads a highly communicable disease which takes time to recover. He painted the map of Manipur below a big syringe.
For Priya Khuraijam, class VI student of RK Sanatombi Devi School, her father told her about HIV/AIDS and said that syringes should never be shared and one should be careful all the time to not get HIV.
Her classmate Sonalika painted skeletal, syringes and blood testing as her vision of HIV/AIDS. She said that the skeletal shows the harmful effects of using drugs.
N Christina of Class VI from Universal Students` Academy said that HIV/AIDS is a virus and it spread through sharing of syringes. She said that her painting described the destruction of the world by HIV/AIDS by showing skeletal of those lost to AIDS, injecting drug use, tablets and chaos.
These children were taking part in a state level spot painting competition for children from class IV-X. The competition, held today at Manipur Press Club, was aimed at assessing their vision of HIV/AIDS.
The competition was organised by Nawa Leikol, a forum for HIV/AIDS infected and affected children. The competition was held in two categories ? A comprising students from class IV-VI and B comprising students from class VII-X. There were altogether 250 students from 12 schools.
L Elena, general secretary Nawa leikol said, "The main objective of this painting competition is to check the awareness level among the school children and find out their visions on HIV/AIDS."
As told by the theme expert judge, A Arjun, secretary SASO, to IFP, "Most of the children lack a clear vision and understanding of HIV/AIDS. At least 70-80% of the children did not have a clear vision of what HIV/AIDS is. Their main focus was on syringes. Maybe this could be due to failure in the awareness programme, especially among the young children."
The other judge, the art expert, was Tombi, principal Imphal College. The toppers in category A were Ricardo of Maria Montessori, Krishna of Shishu Nistha Niketan and Tulsitra of Kiddies Corner High School and that of category B were Rimeeta of Brighter Academy, Amarjeet and Chelsea of Maria Montessori. The prizes will be distributed on 30th August, the 2nd anniversary of Nawa Leikol, at GM Hall Imphal.
Source: http://www.kanglaonline.com/index.php?template=headline&newsid=38977&typeid=1
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