YMCA Conducts Voluntary Counselling And Testing In Bazungua Payam The Young Men Christian Association (YMCA) in collaboration with International HIV/AIDS Alliance have conducted a voluntary counselling and testing outreach in Bazungua Payam. 05 October 2013
*By Joseph Nashion* *YAMBIO, 05 October 2013 [Gurtong] - *The outreach brought hundreds of young people, elderly and children together with the aim of bringing services closer to the community at the grassroots. Mr. Justin AgustinoKirima the director of YMCA mentioned that the purpose of conducting the HIV Voluntary Counselling and Testing outreach in Bazungua is to bring services closer to the community because there is complains of distance in accessing services in the town which always cause frustration to the community. He said it is good to bring services to the people in Bazungua Payam as a new Payam because many citizens do not have access to Yambio. He said the benefit is that those who did not get chance of accessing Voluntary Counselling and Testing and learning more information about HIV/AIDS will come and access the service which is provided closer to them as the services will help the residents to know their HIV status. Ms. Rebecca Richard one of the client who got tested appreciated YMCA for bringing services closer to them in Bazungua Payam adding that they were having challenge of long distance to come and access services in the town. She further mentioned that YMCA should keep on conducting this HIV Voluntary Counselling and Testing in Bazungua Payam in order to help people know their HIV Status. She further encourages Bazungua Citizens to go to school and protect themselves from the deadly disease. However Mr. Hennery Keliopa another client who came with his partner for VCT expressed gratitude towards the effort done by YMCA and he urged YMCA group to continue with the good spirit because transport to access services in the town has been one of their main challenges. Hundreds of people gathered in Bazungua main market to learn more information about HIV/AIDS and learn how to use condoms correctly among others and many people got tested. Posted in: Home<http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/CategoryView/mid/519/categoryId/1/Home.aspx>, Governance<http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/CategoryView/mid/519/categoryId/6/Governance.aspx>, Health<http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/CategoryView/mid/519/categoryId/7/Health.aspx>, Foreign Aid/Assistance<http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/CategoryView/mid/519/categoryId/30/Foreign-AidAssistance.aspx> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14oq8YkmL5bCXKuG%2Bfc7DzXMtkPNT3n5eqZx%3DX0RUg2Cq_A%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
