| 1) | UNDERSTAND PROBLEMS OF RURAL INDIA | |
| 2) | PROVIDE AWARENESS ON STDs, HIV/AIDS, HEPATITIS B, HEPATITIS C AND TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO PROTECT THEMSELVES. | |
| 3) | PROVIDE AWARENESS ON ADDICTIONS -- ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, DRUGS -- AND THEIR EFFECTS ON THE INDIVIDUAL, FAMILY, AND SOCIETY. |
LECTURES TO STUDENTS; My experience with giving HIV/AIDS lectures to students/youth is that the message should reach, and be acceptable to, students, teachers and the principal. Otherwise the school will not sponsor follow ups. Format and outline of my talk
SUMMARY OF THE TALK ON REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH:
| 1) | The female reproductive system | |
| 2) | Maturity, Mensturation, conception, pregnancy and child birth | |
| 3) | How germs enter the reproductive system | |
| 4) | Sexual hygiene | |
| 5) | Sexually transmitted diseases. HIV/AIDS | |
| 6) | How to protect oneself from STDs |
The following is a brief description of the audience and an outline of the lectures that I gave. I have also briefly listed my perception of the response and the contact person. Hopefully, institutions that showed interest are approached by other activists for follow up.
| Feb. 2: | TIME: | 9:00 - 2:00 pm |
| PLACE: | Arpana Trust and Hospital , Madhuban, on GT Road near Karnal | |
| AGENDA: | How to develop Arpana's Rural Programs | |
| PARTICIPENTS: | Mr. Ratti Sabharwal, Dr. Ela Anand, Ms. Aruna Dayal, Ms Mamta, Mark, Anne | |
| HOST: | Arpana Research and Charities Trust | |
| OUTLINE: | How to accelerate rural development. How to deal with the menace of alcoholism? How to develop income generation schemes for men. How to improve schools and opportunities for children? | |
| IMPACT: | A number of issues were analyzed and key needs were identified. | |
| FUTURE: | Arpana board members to reassess programs and priorities | |
| Feb. 3-5: | PLACE: | Hero DMC Heart Institute |
| HOST: | Dr. Gurpreet Wander (Head, Cardiology) and Dr. Bisam | |
| AGENDA: | Develop health education programs | |
| Feb. 3-5: | PLACE: | Kundan Vidya Mandir, Civil Lines, Ludhiana |
| HOST: | Mrs I. Kumar Principal and Ms Sonia Shroff, Computer teacher | |
| AGENDA: | Developing "Students as agents of change" Multimedia Project and worked with students developing multimedia projects | |
| Feb. 4: | TIME: | 2:00 - 4:00 pm |
| PLACE: | Punjab State Narcotics Control Bureau, Chandigarh | |
| AGENDA: | To understand issues of illegal drug traffic in Punjab | |
| Feb. 4: | TIME: | 5:00 - 7:00 pm |
| HOSTS: | Mrs. P. Singh Principal Vivek High School and Ms. Manjeet Kaur | |
| AGENDA: | Developing "Students as agents of change" Multimedia Project | |
| Feb. 6: | TIME: | 2:00 - 6:00 pm |
| PLACE: | Arpana Trust and Hospital , Madhuban, on GT Road near Karnal | |
| AGENDA: | How to develop Arpana's Rural Programs (continuation of 2/2/02) | |
| PARTICIPENTS: | Mr. Ratti Sabharwal, Dr. Ela Anand, Ms. Aruna Dayal, Ms Mamta, Mark, Anne | |
| HOST: | Arpana Research and Charities Trust | |
| AGENDA: | Continuation of discussions of 2/2/02 | |
| FUTURE: | To spend 5 days in Sept 2002 at Arpana and work in villages | |
| Feb. 7: | TIME: | 11:00 - 2:00 pm |
| PLACE: | The office of Dr. Pradeep Seth, AIIMS, New Delhi | |
| PURPOSE: | To develop a collaboration on phylogetic analysis of Indian sequences of HIV/AIDS | |
| HOST: | Dr. Pradeep Seth | |
| Feb. 8: | TIME: | 9:00 - 2:00 pm |
| PLACE: | The office of Prof. S. Rai Choudhury, Delhi University | |
| PURPOSE: | Issues of health and education in India | |
| HOST: | Dr. Rai Choudhury | |
| Feb. 9: | TIME: | 8:00 - 10:00 am |
| PLACE: | House of Shri R. K. Agarwal | |
| PARTICIPENTS: | Dr. V. Subramanium Vridhachalem | |
| AGENDA: | To develop the program "Students as agents of change" in schools run by the A.M.M. Foundation in Chennai | |
| FUTURE: | Dr. V. Subramanium would spearhead the project | |
| Feb. 10: | TIME: | 2:00 - 5:00 pm |
| PLACE: | The premisis of the NGO SWAM, Chennai | |
| PURPOSE: | To understand issues of male and female sex workers that make them vulnerable to HIV/AIDS | |
| TALK: | Why self-respect and awareness are key to better and healthier life even within sex worker community | |
| HOST: | Dr. Venkatesan and Mr Sekar | |
| IMPACT: | A better understanding of the role of self-respect in day to day life | |
| Feb. 11: | TIME: | 11:00 - 2:00 pm |
| PLACE: | The office of Dr. Pradeep Seth, AIIMS, New Delhi | |
| PURPOSE: | To develop a collaboration on phylogetic analysis of Indian sequences of HIV/AIDS | |
| HOST: | Dr. Pradeep Seth |
Dr. Pradeep Seth for facilitating meetings with doctors at AIIMS.
Mr. Ratti Sabharwal, Aruna Dayal, Mark, Anne, Ela Anand, and the rest of the Arpana members for spending time with me to explain the various programs of the Arpana trust and for their hospitality.
Dr. V. Subramanium Vridhachalem for taking the lead in developing the Multimedia project in schools in Chennai
Alice Chapman, Neel and Nevin for their constant support
Rajan Gupta