Blowing Wind Civic Community Messages

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Action For AIDS Community Banner

Blowing Wind has decided to increase our civic responsibilities by highlighting the good works and activities run by civic/charitable organisations.

We are proud to announce the first organisation we wish to highlight is AFA (Action For AIDS). To quote from their website:

Formed in 1988, Action for AIDS (AfA) is a voluntary community based organization and a registered charity since 7 October 1994. We are also a registered IPC under the Ministry of Health from 15 December 2004. Our objectives are to provide support and assistance to persons living with HIV and AIDS (PWAs); to increase awareness, education and understanding of AIDS and HIV infection; to combat discrimination and stigmatisation of (PWAs) and their loved ones; and to encourage AIDS-related research activities in Singapore.

The organization is run for the most part by volunteers. Various support and welfare programmes are run for people living with HIV/AIDS and their loved ones.

Our educational activities range from telephone counselling, public talks and exhibitions, and outreach to the community and target groups, which includes the development and distribution of educational materials and publications.

We also operate the only anonymous HIV-testing facility in the Singapore.

In the research field we have been involved in behavioral research and intervention programmes for human resource managers, sex workers and other communities. Action for AIDS is funded through donations from various agencies, private individuals, foundations, and businesses both large and small.

Our forum will randomly highlight the AFA banner in the advertisement portion of our some of our web pages. The AFA banner looks like this:

WE hope the readers will visit AFA website and fully acquaint themselves with the wide range of services they provide not only for PLUs but also for the public. Donations to AFA is encouraged and will be greatly appreciated.

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In the future, we are looking out for other worthy non-profit charitable organisations that we can highlight as well. They should preferably be gay-related but we can consider non-gay related charitable organisations as well. Readers are welcome to suggest what are other civic organisations we can publicise in the future. We thank you for your suggestions.