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12ª Conferencia Mundial del VIH/SIDA

'A condom a day, a doctor away': Volunteer David distributing apples and condoms during the 12th World AIDS Conference for the Swiss national prevention campaign.
'A condom a day, a doctor away': Volunteer David distributing apples and condoms during the 12th World AIDS Conference for the Swiss national prevention campaign.

Resumen del proyecto

Fecha y lugar

28 Junio - 03 Julio 1998, Ginebra, Suiza
Palexpo

Organizadores

International AIDS Society (IAS), Le Programme des Nations Unies du VIH/SIDS, Women with HIV/AIDS, Global Mouvement against AIDS, la Ville et l'Etat de Genève ; la Conférence a été soutenu par des pharmaceutiques et des sponsors privés.

Participantes

12000 delegates

Detalles del proyecto

Le Matin, Sunday 28 June 1998Volunteers come out in force (Mitchell Beer)

With 13,000 participants gathered for the 12th World AIDS Conference, organisers have assembled a group of more than 800 volunteers to help with virtually every aspect of the event.

"It goes from putting names into the database, to making schedules and helping to organise training sessions," explains Volunteer Coordinator Viola Krebs. "They're involved with the scientific and community programmes, working on reception and transportation, and staffing information desks on-site and in the city."

In a call for volunteers published earlier this year, the Conference promised a "unique opportunity to make a very personal contribution... to the fight against AIDS." The posting stressed that "the rewards of being a conference volunteer are many, including a deep sense of solidarity with participants and the exciting opportunity to meet interesting people form all over the world." Volunteers with no prior work experience will also receive a certificate to help them in their future job searches.

Marie-Hélène Saba, the very first volunteer to show up at the AIDS 98 Secretariat in downtown Geneva, says her involvement with the Conference was part of a long-term commitment.

"I see AIDS as a universal problem," she states. "A lot of progress has been made, but not enough. It's important to me to see progress made, so that we can find solutions and eventually develop an vaccine that will put the epidemic behind us."

As a public health nurse with HIV counseling experience in KIgali, Rwanda, Saba is particularly concerned about the impact of the virus in developing countries. People in the industrialised world tend to forget about diseases that don't affect them directly, she says, but "we can't say it's over when it's on the rise in so many countries. We have to give this our time and work on it with all our hearts until the epidemic is over.

External links

http://www.medinter.ch/aids98/index.html and http://www.medinter.ch/aids98/archive/special/060798_volunteers.html

Oportunidades de voluntariado

Accueillir, enregistrer et transporter les délégués, s'occuper de la gestion de sous-projets, administration, centre de diapositives, du centre de presse et du programme du logement chez l'habitant, etc.



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