Red Ribbon Awards Deadline February 29

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Dear all,

The Red Ribbon Awards is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate outstanding

grassroots initiatives and smaller community organizations like yours. Please

consider to apply. The deadline is February 29.

Information is available at www.redribbonaward.org, redribbonaward@... or

+1 212 906 6184. Nominations can be made on-line, by email, fax or mail until

February 29, 2008

On-line directions for applying are also available in Spanish, French and

perhaps Arabic. I will try to get the information below in other languages.

Please see ENglish below. Cheers, Philippa

2008 Red Ribbon Awards

The Red Ribbon Awards, presented every two years at the International AIDS

Conference, celebrate outstanding grassroots initiatives and smaller community

organizations that show leadership and action in reducing the impact of

HIV/AIDS. The Award is a joint initiative of the UNAIDS family together with the

Leadership and Community Programme Committees of the XVIIth International AIDS

Conference to be held in Mexico City.

Twenty-five community groups will receive an award through a community-led

selection process. Two representatives of each winning group will be brought to

AIDS2008 in Mexico City, August 3-8, 2008. They will showcase their work at the

conference through the Community Dialogue Space in the Global Village, plus all

25 communities will receive $5000 and 5 of these will receive special

recognition and an additional $15,000.

Grassroots initiatives, community organizations, and small NGO’s will be

eligible in one of 5 categories:

Providing access to care, treatment and support for people living with HIV

Promoting human rights and addressing social injustice such as homophobia,

sexism and any other form of stigma and discrimination related to HIV

Empowering women and girls and addressing gender inequalities that fuel the

spread of HIV

Providing support to children orphaned by AIDS and other vulnerable children

Promoting HIV prevention programs and services

Further information is available at www.redribbonaward.org,

redribbonaward@... or +1 212 906 6184. Nominations can be made on-line, by

email, fax or mail until February 29, 2008

Anandi Yuvaraj

Member, Community Programme Committe,

IAS Conference 2008, Mexico

New Delhi

e-mail: <anandiy@...>