ACET Jersey Marks World AIDS Day by Encouraging Islanders to ‘Act Aware'
Local charity AIDS Care Education and Training (ACET) and
students from a number of schools will be marking World AIDS Day (
December 1st ) next week with a range of initiatives
designed to raise awareness of HIV in Jersey and increase
understanding about living with HIV and AIDS.
To launch the week-long programme of activity, ACET
volunteers will be in St Helier (outside BHS) to offer information
and collect donations, with the team returning to King Street to
mark World AIDS Day itself.
Rosemary Ruddy, a Trustee of ACET Jersey, said of
The World AIDS Day 2010.
"In 2010 the national theme for World AIDS
Day was 'Act Aware', which is about pledging to help improve
understanding surrounding HIV, prevent transmission and stop
prejudice, and we will be supporting these messages through our
activity in Jersey. Our team reached as many Islanders as possible
throughout the week by building on our local campaign: 'HIV in
Jersey: It is real, it is here. Take responsibility'.
"It is particularly pleasing that so many schools and
youth projects will be undertaking their own initiatives to get
students thinking about HIV and understand how they can protect
themselves. This is a really important week for ACET Jersey, both
in terms of allowing us to fulfil our educational objectives and
giving us an opportunity to undertake fundraising."
Revised September 2011