On the 1st of December 2015, Soul City as a member of the Eastern Cape AIDS Council (ECAC), participated in the official Provincial programme for World AIDS Day (WAD). The event was hosted by ECAC and Chris Hani District Municipality. The event took place at Ecwecweni village near Ngcobo.
Hashtag Gals Rise Young Women’s Club from an informal settlement near in Amalinda, East London stood up for 16 Days of Activism against Women and Child Abuse.
On the 1st of December 2015, 4 x Rise Young Women’s Clubs from the Dimbaza area near King Williams Town in the Eastern Cape came together to host an event to mark World AIDS Day (WAD). Clubs involved were Dream Bells, Bottom Liners, New Generation and Sisters of Strength Rise Young Women’s Clubs.
North Eastern Tribune, 4 December 2015
The 2015 theme for World AIDS Day is “Shared Responsibility: Community Action, Strengthening Results for an AIDS-Free Generation: Zero new HIV Infections. Zero Discrimination. Zero AIDS Related Deaths.”
Last night we attended the official switch-on of GoodLife Network at The Venue in Melrose Arch and the MC for the evening was the comedian Joey Rasdien who had all in stiches with his humorous comments.
Five Rise Young women Clubs (Young Stars, Arise, Shine, Hot Divas & Cool girls) in collaboration with the local SAPS office and CPF took the Ntha community in Lindley by storm with the 16 Days of Activism Campaign that they have launched on 30 November and the World Aids Day- Know your status Campaign on 01 December 2015.
Mehaladitwe and Unlimited Rise Clubs (QwaQwa) were planning to work together in order to organise a World Aids day as well as 16 Days of Activism campaign on 01 December 2015 in QwaQwa. They invited the local clinic to give presentations to the public about HIV/AIDS and SAPS to educate the participants about the types of domestic violence that are occurring in their community.
This year the Motheo District Soul City Rise Young Women Clubs and FS Working on Fire Teams decided to take hands in order to mark these two important days through the “When I see something that’s not okay, I will say it’s’# Not Okay Campaign – an effort to motivate communities to take a stand towards victimisation, discrimination and abuse.
Young people have relationships and engage in sex; but sometimes this is risky for any number of reasons; risky sex is unprotected sex; sometimes though young girls particularly can also be strong and not be pressured into sex; it is not easy testing positive for HIV; but it is also not a death sentence.
South African viewers will for the first time on 1 December, 2015 tune in to gripping, entertaining and informative dedicated health and lifestyle channel The Good Life Network (GLN) on DStv channel 199.
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has told EWN an increase in infections is the result of numerous factors.