Aids Awareness And Leadership Concert
Care of the Estranged foundation held an Aids Awareness and leadership concert with theme: “You
and HIV/AIDS strengthening the participation and empowerment strategies for women and youth against the pandemic in Nigeria”,
on Saturday 25th November at the conference/banquet hall of National theatre Iganmu, Lagos.
The concert was a package of fun for all participants. The messages of the recently concluded
World Aids Conference delivered through the seminar sessions, choreography drama, songs presentation by artistes, cultural
dances, and the raffle draw.
The gifts won during the raffle draw include: -
1. Generator Set - First Price
2. An LG DVD player with 5 games - 2nd Price
3. An LG Standing Fan - 3rd Price
4. 10 Consolation prices of a book on “Sustainability” produced b DFID & British
Council and an alternative light source (uses batteries) were also given to the runner –us.
The occasion paraded special guests and events speakers like:
- Chief Segun Olusola - Founder/ Patron African Refuges Foundation
- Dr. E. I. B. Okechukwu - Director General, Action Family Foundation
- Barr. Ndidi Bowei - Executive Director, international Centre for Environment Halth and Development.
- Mrs. Ekoh - Teens Health Initiative
- Mrs. Chinwe Agbakoba - Reach the Children, Coordinator
The Core messages passed includes:
1.A-Stands for Abstinence
B-Stands for be faithful to an uninfected spouse
C-Stands for Conduct
D-Stands for Desist from sharing sharp objects, toothbrushes & getting transfused
with unscreened blood.
E-Stands for Empowerment of women and youth
All participants were encouraged to adopt the above strategies in order to empower themselves
and others against the pandemic spread in Nigeria.
