MILES LEADS MEDIA IN MARCH AGAINST HIV/AIDS |
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The march against HIV/AIDS, which has been proclaimed by MILES as Media practitioners' contribution towards national fight against the HIV/AIDS pandemic, started at the United Nations House and ended at the MILES resource center at Happy Villa in Maseru. The procession was lead by a banner bearing the message "History has it that Basotho were so resilient that their country was never conquered. It is therefore up to today's Basotho to be resilient enough to win the 3rd World War against HIV/AIDS", while the media personnel wore T-shirts bearing anti- HIV/AIDS messages to the youth to join the fight against the pandemic. The MILES Information Officer Mr. Tom Mapesela said the event was organized to fulfill MILES's wishes to comply with the government of Lesotho, the Lesotho development partners as well as the United Nations in curbing the spread of HIV/AIDS among the Basotho nation as a national disaster, adding that the media has the power and capacity to change people's attitude as well as behaviour with regard to the pandemic. Journalists who joined the march commended MILES for its initiative to incorporate media personnel to contribute positively to the struggle against the pandemic, adding that they wish to take even further steps in assisting government and its cooperating partners to curb the spread of the pandemic among the Basotho nation. In the meantime, at the seventh press club meeting on Monday, the messages of world aids day will be marked. Among others, the messages will be from the Secretary General of the United Nations Mr. Kofi Annan were supplied to the media, while a presentation on orphaned and vulnerable children with direct bearing to HIV/AIDS was conducted by the United Nations Children's fund. The
procession was a media initiative as part of resolutions of the recently
held editor's forum, to assist in curbing the adverse impact of HIV/AIDS in
Lesotho. |
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| SOURCE: LENA |