Opening PBOX HIV AIDS

Bandung, 26 July 2008- Opening PBOX HIV AIDS was a fabulous breakthrough for AIESEC LC Bandung PBOX Event in 08/09 term. Held in D3 Fisip Bukit Dago Utara, Opening PBOX HIV AIDS offered extra complete information about HIV AIDS through talkshow, “Stand Up for Challenge”.

The speakers are dr. Ronald Jonathan Msc, Mas Irwan from Rumah Cemara, Mas Ricky from PKBI and AIESEC LC Bandung exchange participants, Claudia from Canada, Isabelle from Switzerland and Sunny from China . There’s also special guest, Mas Resa, an ODHA who bravely share his experience with AIESEC members.

PBOX HIV AIDS is the first PBOX held in 08/09 term. The objective is to bring up the issue of HIV AIDS in Indonesia, especially Bandung city. It’s an important issue; because, like dr. Ronald Jonathan said, until now HIV AIDS still a complicated social issue in Indonesia. There’s still a lot of Indonesian people misinterpret HIV phenomenon it self. According to PKBI and Rumah Cemara experience; people tend to see HIV AIDS as sinful and really easy spread disease, and they see ODHA as dangerous people. Alienation is not something new for them.

The key message of this seminar is that people with HIV AIDS are just ordinary human being; they still able to live normal life, and they should not be avoided. The session also emphasized the relation between drugs usage and HIV AIDS, whereas the first thing often leads to the second.

It’s a really inspiring PBOX Opening!