The Generation Free of HIV/AIDS Awareness Club (GFHAC) was founded on 5th August 2010 by a group of students and some Staff from the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
The Generation Free of HIV/AIDS Awareness Club (GFHAC) was founded on 5th August 2010 by a group of students and some Staff from the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
The club was founded with the objective of evaluating the impact of the extra curriculum approach and identifying strategies which could be used to institute HIV/AIDS sensitization strategies into the mainstream curriculum in Uganda. This club was founded so as to create a network among University students, Secondary students and Local communities hence promoting a culture of togetherness. Our main focus is to carry out sensitization and research on matters of HIV/AIDS awareness and other related STD’s infections. To create forums for adult education in rural areas to prevent HIV/AIDS
MISSION:
Educate the students of the higher institutions/Secondary Schools and the community on HIV prevention through maintaining an open forum for AIDS discussion throughout the school year by creating monthly AIDS awareness events.
VISION:
Achieve a generation free of HIV/AIDS community and in the fight against the disease in Sub-Saharan Africa.
OBJECTIVES:
- To promote career guidance, counseling among students and Communities in the region about HIV/AIDS
- To build a technical primary, secondary, tertiary and inter-institutional relationships to promote HIV/AIDS education among the youth/ students.
- To publish Magazines, periodicals, books and leaflets the association may think desirable for the promotion of its goals and objectives on HIV/AIDS awareness.
- Writing Proposals to generate funds to run the clubs activities
The Club will officially be launched tomorrow Saturday, March 5, 2011 at the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.(Former Faculty of Agriculture), starting at 9:00am
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Generation Free of HIV/AIDS Awareness Club (GFHAC) profile: MS Word Version, PDF Version, Postscript
GFHAC Launch Program: MS Word Version, PDF Version, Postscript Version
mwamai@admin.mak.ac.ug, Public Relations Office