Nowadays, HIV/AIDS has become a serious social issue. Every day, there're 192 newly affected cases happening in China and 8000 people die from AIDS related diseases. However, the discromonation in the society still exists. "It's not the disease but the coldness when meeting those eyes makes my heart bleed." A patient said.
Through AIESEC's HIV/AIDS Learning Network we aim to address the issue of stigma and discrimination, corporate response in work place, and the role of youth in prevention and education through engaging with leaders, providing information, and creating internships for youth interested to work around the issue.
Highlights
q Deliver learning opportunities (workshops, working groups, exercises) that will help to increase understanding of HIV/AIDS prevention.
q Offer open spaces for discussion and sharing around HIV/AIDS issues between people from different nationalities and Chinese students of higher and secondary education.
qIncrease the ability and skills to prevent HIV/AIDS in the Chinese youth by exposing them to case studies and experience guided by international university students.
Projcet Impact
AIESEC Mainland China has actively pursued and searched out ways to promote our program with a positive impact on the society. As to HIV/AIDS issues, knowledge about HIV/AIDS has been popularized through getting people involved in our various activities. Therefore we have finally achieved our goal of creating awareness and enhancing learning among AIESEC members and society on HIV/AIDS issues and we received a positive reply.
“At Regional Induction Conference is the first time for me to think about my future plan, what I want to do in AIESEC as well how many opportunities I have in this organization. Thanks to this conference I started to think about global issues and think about my responsibility towards this society. I had opportunity to talk to another 70 people in the workshop, discuss different ideas and talk to the speaker personally and ask him for his opinions and suggestions towards particular issues.”
---Zhejiang University student, Hangzhou
l To Chinese Students:
o Get international exposure
o Learn about HIV/AIDS issues in China and in the world
o Improve English
o Improve skills (presentations, projects, etc)
o Gain opportunities to make an impace on the society
o ……
l To International Students:
o Develop sense of responsibility on HIV/AIDS issues and projects provide opportunity for them to do something to help China
o Help to expose Chinese students to international cultures, accents and ideas
o Learn more about Chinese culture and perspectives
o Make contributions to the society on HIV/AIDS issues.
o ……
In addition, we work hand-in-hand with corporations, adopting business of corporate social responsibility to make our project sustainable. Together we make benefits for both enterprises and AIESEC with a positive impact on the society.
Project Partner
q Has a history of over 150 years in banking and operates in many of the world's fastest-growing markets with an extensive global network of over 1,400 branches over 50 countries in the Asia Pacific Region, South Asia, the Middle East, Africa, the United Kingdom and the Americas.
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Takes a long term view of the consequences of its actions to ensure that the Bank builds a sustainable business through social inclusion, environmental protection and good governance.
q Commenced a local program to educate their workforce and raise awareness about HIV in 1999 and has been a global program called “Living with HIV” since 2003, aiming to educate one million people in 3 years.
Contact
Jose Carlos Feliciano Nishikawa
Vice President of Project
AIESEC Mainland China
Telephone: +86-153 1173 3905
E-mail: felinishikawa@gmail.com
Miki Yu
Vice President of External Relations
AIESEC Mainland China
Telephone:|+86-152 0121 2592|
E-mail: mikiyue@gmail.com
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