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AIDS Candlelight Memorial 2013

AIDS CANDLE MEMORIAL

The International AIDS Candlelight Memorial is one of the world’s oldest and largest grassroots mobilization campaigns for HIV awareness in the world. Started in 1983, the Candlelight Memorial takes place every third Sunday in May. The Memorial is led by a coalition of 1,200 community, health and faith organizations in 115 countries. In 2012 over 200,000 people worldwide participated in the event. At the global level the Memorial is coordinated by the Global Network of People living with HIV.

When the AIDS Candlelight Memorial was held first in 1983, no-one could have predicted the scale of the global epidemic. With millions of lives lost and around 33 million people currently living with HIV, HIV remains a challenging reality. While for many people HIV has become a chronic disease, many others lack access to treatment and experience HIV-related stigma, discrimination and human rights violations on a daily basis. The International AIDS Candlelight Memorial reminds us of the impact that HIV has on our lives locally and globally.

Yoga for Life

If I have the opportunity to attend and cover a health event as a blogger, I’d like it to be the activity spearheaded by Yoga for Life (YFL). YFL is a community assisting people with HIV through yoga and meditation. The community will lead the mass yoga practice to commemorate the 30th International AIDS Candlelight Memorial in the Philippines on Sunday (May 26, 2013).

Yoga for Life spearheads advocates and health and wellness practitioners to flex, breathe, and meditate in joint advocacy for a more effective response to HIV and AIDS.

On a personal note, I’d like to be able to learn and practice yoga and be updated with the local development on HIV and AIDS prevention campaign. There’ll be a lot of familiar faces in the event and I’d be happy to catch up with them.

The yoga instructor will surely provide easy-to-follow yoga steps for the elders using a sound system like universal audio apollo so she can be heard clearly by participants.

YFL is an activity to look forward to. I really hope to be a part of it.