World AIDs Day 2015
By Title Sakulborrirug (Student Coordinator), Wednesday 2nd December 2015
Worlds AIDs Day is one of the 8 global public health campaigns marked by the world health organization (WHO). Since 1998, it has been designated to the 1st of December every year. It is dedicated to spreading awareness of AIDs prevention, mourning the loss of those who died and looking towards a cure.
DWBI hosted World AIDs at NIST International School on the 1st of December this year. We would do our annual ribbon sale which would both bring in donations and spread the symbol of HIV/AIDs. In addition, we had music performances on the oval to bring attention of our cause to the wider school community. Our proudest achievement was the sale of the photo frames which were made by no other than the children from baan gerda when they came over to NIST for Mercy Fun Day. It was great to see how the NIST community and Baan Gerda connected, even though they weren’t physically together, every time a member of the NIST community bought a frame it felt like they were directly connecting to a kid from Baan Gerda.
We were able to raise awareness in the NIST community, and should aim to do so with even greater effectiveness in the next and following years to come. The money raised from this event will go towards organizing a trip for the kids at baan gerda as well as other projects for their well-being.
By Title Sakulborrirug (Student Coordinator), Wednesday 2nd December 2015
Worlds AIDs Day is one of the 8 global public health campaigns marked by the world health organization (WHO). Since 1998, it has been designated to the 1st of December every year. It is dedicated to spreading awareness of AIDs prevention, mourning the loss of those who died and looking towards a cure.
DWBI hosted World AIDs at NIST International School on the 1st of December this year. We would do our annual ribbon sale which would both bring in donations and spread the symbol of HIV/AIDs. In addition, we had music performances on the oval to bring attention of our cause to the wider school community. Our proudest achievement was the sale of the photo frames which were made by no other than the children from baan gerda when they came over to NIST for Mercy Fun Day. It was great to see how the NIST community and Baan Gerda connected, even though they weren’t physically together, every time a member of the NIST community bought a frame it felt like they were directly connecting to a kid from Baan Gerda.
We were able to raise awareness in the NIST community, and should aim to do so with even greater effectiveness in the next and following years to come. The money raised from this event will go towards organizing a trip for the kids at baan gerda as well as other projects for their well-being.
World AIDs Day 2014
1st December 2014
1st December 2014
The World Aids Day Event was held on the 1st of December 2014. This is a one-day event, which has the purpose of raising awareness and also to raise funds for the children living with HIV at Baan Gerda in Lopburi. The Dreams We Believe In members gave out World Aids Day stickers at the school gate to students and staff walking into school. The stickers have the DWBI logo and the message “Fight HIV not People with HIV” on them. This helps to raise awareness about HIV with the message that people living with HIV are part of the society. Ribbons symbolizing the Aids symbol are also given out to people in exchange for a small donation.
The arts and craft items made by the kids during the Mercy Fun Day Event in November were sold during lunchtime to raise more funds for the children. For this year, we sold sack packs that were decorated and painted by the children. The funds raised during World Aids Day were used to take the children on a one-day trip to an amusement/water park in Bangkok in May.
Afterschool there is a screening of the Living with the Tiger documentary about the life of the children living at Baan Gerda. Apart from this, there are boards, posters and notices placed up to help raise awareness and educate the NIST community about people living with HIV. World Aids Day event is one of the most important awareness events for the people living with HIV/aids.