Bhopal, Aug 20 (IBNS) ’Red Ribbon Express’, an exhibition on train which aims to spread awareness about HIV/ AIDS in the country, is now in Madhya Pradesh.
About 40,000 people already visited the train in the 7 stations it has travelled. It entered Madhya Pradesh via Harda district on August 5, where about 6000 people including young people visited the train and interacted with the volunteers on the train. It entered Madhya Pradesh from Chhattisgarh and will leave for Uttar Pradesh from here. The train will be covering 11 stations in the State of Madhya Pradesh. It will be reaching Katni district on Aug 21, and following which the train will travel to Shahdol, Jabalpur and Satna.
Till date it has been to Harda, Bhopal, Sujalpur, Ujjain, Ratlam, Mandsore, Shivpuri. The eight coach train is attracting attention of young ones particularly in smaller stations and has variety of multimedia and interactive displays, which aim to provide information and answers to many queries on the issue of HIV/AIDS.
Madhya Pradesh State Aids Control Society, volunteers of Nehru Yuva Kendra, National Service Scheme and UNICEF are supporting mobilisation of people and are providing counsellors at the stations to help discussion on the issue like HIV/AIDS. Local civil society partners are supporting at the district level to help make it a popular affair. Network of positive people in Madhya Pradesh are supporting the train and a team is travelling with the train to educate the people about their issues and interacting with people to help reduce stigma.
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