| KangGURU
and AusAID
in Indonesia
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HIV/AIDS
Project in Papua |
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Dewi Wulandari is the Media Relation Officers for Komisi Penanggulangan
AIDS Propinsi Papua. Together with other members of her team she is
working to better educate people in the Jayapura area about HIV/AIDS.
Current activities include a weekly radio program called Mari Kitorang
Bertanggung Jawab (MKBJ - Let Us Be Responsible) at RRI Jayapura. The
program began in May 2005 and is broadcast once a week - every Monday
morning for 20 minutes from 6.10am to 6.30am. Its main aim is to provide
information about HIV/AIDS, to improve people's awareness and to ask
people to be responsible about HIV/AIDS. HIV/AIDS is not only a government
problem or a problem for certain people, but HIV/AIDS is everyone's
problem and all people in Papua should be responsible for trying to
prevent HIV/AIDS.
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The program attracts many interactive callers and many,
many questions about HIV/AIDS. One special activity was to ask questions
about HIV/AIDS and invite listeners to answer via SMS messages. The
program received hundreds and hundreds of SMS messages with the correct
answers, so that was a job well done, don't you agree? People in the
Jayapura area are finding out a lot of information about HIV/AIDS thanks
to the activities of Komisi Penanggulangan AIDS Propinsi Papua,
AusAID and RRI Jayapura.
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included cooperation with the Panitia Pelaksana (Implementing
Committee) of the Indonesian Football League. Every match played by
Persipura - the Jayapura Football Team - is broadcast live on RRI.
Volunteers distribute information about HIV/AIDS and the football
commentators announce HIV/AIDS information to the spectators. |
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On the 6th August, Iwan Fals held an
AIDS Awareness Concert in Jayapura supported by the Papuan
Provincial AIDS Prevention Commission. The title of the concert was Iwan
Fals Is Concerned about AIDS 2005. It was very successful with
about 10 thousand people attending the concert at the Mandala
Stadium. Iwan Fals appeared for two hours and he sang 17 songs. One
of them was 'Cendrawasih', a song which he specially composed for
the Papuan people. Iwan had a special message for the people in
Papua. If they don't want the number of HIV cases to keep
increasing, they have to make changes in their behaviour and be more
responsible for themselves, their families and their community. |
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