“10 DAYS OF ACTIVISM”:1-10 DECEMBER 2010

Increasing the involvement of youth in programmes based on peer-to-peer approach and focused on human rights, HIV/AIDS prevention, healthy life style

Strengthening capacity of young people maintenance health

Advocacy of the youth peer-to-peer approach

Objectives

• “Siberian initiative” (Barnaul)• “Est’ mnenie” / “Kompas” (Chelyabinsk)• “Svetlana Izambaeva Fund” (Kazan)• “Youth theater Light” (Samara)• “Stimul” (Stavropol)• “Kuzbass against AIDS” (Kemerovo)• Irkutsk Red Cross

Implementing NGOs Joint Funding

• UBW • UNFPA Russia CO cor-funds

• UHCHR Russia• Local NGOs recourses

Key December’s Decade

In main universities students were photographed with Red Ribbon. By these photos young people expressed their support of HIV prevention activities and willingness to take part in it. All photos were loaded on NGO’s web-sites, most popular social network Vkontakte.ru, mass-media recourses. Flash mobs and actions in night clubs were conducted as well.

http://vkontakte.ru/topic-21599956_23686713http://vkontakte.ru/album-21599956_121586864

http://www.vkonline.ru/article/61382.htmlhttp://www.mnenie.org/10_dnej_aktivizma.html

http://www.nevkadre.ru/album_664_1.htmlforum.tltrock.ru/index.php?showtopic=20011

samlife.ru/category/teatr

World AIDS Day

Totally about 13,000 young people were covered, all of them received information materials on HIV/AIDS prevention published under this activity. It’s important to highlight that all of young people could load their photos from web-sites that contained information on HIV/AIDS as well.

The special postcards and banners with the photos of young people with Red Ribbon were published and disseminated among youth on 1st December. Banners were put up on the streets at the informal meeting points of young people.

World AIDS Day

In all regions volunteers conducted special performances for abandon children in orphanages, including children living with HIV. Abandon children were provided with presents that had been collected by young people in universities.

http://www.mnenie.org/eto_deti_-_ih_ne_nuzhno_boyatsya.html

International Volunteer Day

Produced and shown on local TV and web-sites videos with youth opinions on youth rights.

Conducted round tables on youth rights with participation of young people, local decision makers and mass-media.

Published and disseminated information material on youth rights.

International Human Rights Day

http://www.kompas-chel.ru/files/prava_cheloveka.wmvhttp://www.kompas-chel.ru/files/osobennie_prava_molodezhi.wmv

http://www.kompas-chel.ru/files/narushenie_prav.wmvhttp://vkontakte.ru/video.php?gid=21599956

http://vkontakte.ru/events.php?act=s&gid=22690771http://vkontakte.ru/album-21599956_122958384

http://www.infohome-altai.ru/node/3209 http://www.infohome-altai.ru/node/3234

http://www.asi.org.ru/ASI3/rws_asi.nsf/va_WebPages/AC82CF18A06EF457C32577EA0044CBC6Rus

Network training on organizational development was conducted by Y-Peer recourse center “Siberian initiative” in Barnaul for 19 participants (youth volunteers and youth coordinators) from Y-Peer NGOs from 9 regions.

Special Activities

The Art project “Right for the health” was launched in Irkutsk by Irkutsk Red Cross. This additional initiative was co-financed by UNHCR and is focused on advocacy of human rights of vulnerable populations. One of the most famous local photographer made photos in prisons, streets, etc of Irkutsk. 90 people (including city Government, Police Department, Health Department, Federal Drug Service, mass-media, etc) were participating at the launch of the exhibition. Till May 2011 the exhibition will be presented in different regions of Irkutsk oblast. 2,000.00 US $ were fundraised at the launch – these funds will be spent to buy additional equipment for the crisis flat service (stitching machine that will be used by women to sew clothes for themselves, and for sale as well).

http://www.redcross-irkutsk.org/ru/news/news-174/full.html http://www.redcross-irkutsk.org/ru/gallery/gallery-58/showGallery.html

About 50 publications in mass-media on youth rights, HIV/AIDS and volunteers approach were published. More than 70 young people have becoming leaders – managers and coordinators of implemented activities. “10 days of activism” facilitated other comprehensive volunteers and civil society activities in the regions – for example forum of volunteers organizations “Active 74” in Chelyabinsk.

Other Results