13/12/2010

Gap Year Volunteer Abroad: HIV / AIDS Work Programs

BUNAC offers opportunities to work in HIV / AIDS awareness gap year projects in some of the countries that need help most, and quickly. The gap year volunteer programmes are far from easy and can, at times, be difficult to deal with emotionally. But if you have a genuine interest in raising awareness of this global problem and want to support people living with the condition, the gap year programmes give you a real opportunity to get involved in the fight against AIDS.

December 1st 2010 marked World AIDS Day, and people all over the world are being urged to ‘Act Aware’ to help stop the spread of HIV and tackle prejudice surrounding it. Over 25 million people have died of AIDS since 1981, and what better time than today for BUNAC to remind anyone looking for a volunteer gap year programme of the huge value of BUNAC’s HIV/AIDS gap year awareness programmes in Ghana, India, and South Africa.

A little bit about the HIV/ AIDS gap year programmes:

Gap Year Volunteer Ghana

HIV/AIDS is a widespread problem in Ghana. The aim of this gap year programme is to educate local communities about the risks of HIV infection. Gap year volunteers assist with local workshops, organise and conduct seminars, and produce educational material.

Gap Year Volunteer India

This gap year programme is located in Goa. You’ll be working with the Community Care and Support Centre (CCSO), which does invaluable work in bridging health care institutions with patients’ families, and your role will be to create awareness of HIV/AIDS in the community.

Gap year volunteers help care for the patients who have been neglected from social circles due to their condition, assist the local nurses and contribute to the maintenance and decoration of the centre, as well as undertaking small-scale awareness programmes in the local communities.

Gap Year Volunteer South Africa

The aim of this gap year project is to educate local communities about the risks of HIV infection. You might be working in workshops, conducting seminars or assisting with the production of desperately needed educational material. South Africa has one of the highest rates of HIV infection in the world, so volunteers really are needed.

World AIDS Day draws the attention of the world to this global problem, and is without doubt a fantastic campaign. But HIV/AIDS does not disappear once the day is done. It’s a 365 days a year problem and your help is desperately needed whenever, and wherever, you can give it.

BUNAC

Volunteer Ghana

Volunteer South Africa