Help spread the word on AIDS
By Steven Patrick
Over 40 celebrities have delivered their own messages on AIDS and want you to do the same!
Celebrities such as Daphne Iking, Datuk Sheila Majid, Jehan Miskin, Amber Chia, Sazzy Falak, Asha Gill and others got together to explain the AIDSAware program.
Watch the video here.
Actress/show-host Daphne told The Daily Chilli that AIDS is a subject that is close to her heart.
"I have two friends who have contracted HIV. One has passed away while the other lives shunned, in silence. They are neither druggies or lead actiive sex lives," she said.
"Aids does not discriminate against gender, race or sexual preferences or the level of sexual activity. We need to be aware of this," she added.
Actress Sazzy said a lot of people are still not aware of the disease.
"So, it's great to see a collective group of people spreading the world about AIDS. Imagine a society that is aware about AIDS and sensitive to the needs of people who do have the disease. That's what the AIDSAware project is all about," she said.
The AIDSAware program hopes to collect 13,000 photo messages on AIDS/HIV prevention and non-discrimination from the public by year-end.
These photo messages involve taking pictures of yourself, friends or family, holding AIDS-related written messages on pieces of cardboard, and posting it on Twitter or Facebook.
The project hopes not only to create more awareness on HIV and AIDS prevention, but also to make it less taboo to discuss and talk about HIV and AIDS.
AIDSAware advocates safer sex, being responsible for our own and other people's health, being accountable for our actions and not discriminating against people living with HIV.
Over 13,000 Malaysians have died to date from AIDS in Malaysia.
The "photo messages" collected up to Dec 31 will be printed and displayed in one of the largest social photographic exhibitions ever attempted in terms of exhibits in Malaysia, in Jan 2011.
For more info, go to www.aidsaware.ruumz.com.
Source: www.aidsaware.ruumz.com
Published Nov 14 2010
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