July 14th thru the 16th a 3 day camp was held at a government center at Erawan. This was an annual aids camp sponsored by Mother of Perpetual Help Center to educate and give an awareness to the youth in schools throughout the Province of Nong Bua Lamphu. This year, 2010, 12 of the larger schools in the city district of Nong Bua Lamphu and several schools from one of the nearby districts took part in the camp - 3 boys and 3 girls as well as 2 teachers represented each of their schools. During the camp sports activities and exercise programs are held to familiarize the participants with each other and to help them feel relaxed with each other. Other activities which bring about a good knowledge about aids and its dangers are a big part of the camp - with small group and large group discussions the students become aware of aids and each group is able to give a report back to the entire group. Our aim is to make the youth more aware about aids and its dangers and to bring about a change in sexual behavior which will hopefully bring about a decrease in the spread of aids.
During the coming months a 2 day follow-up will take place in each of their schools with those having taken part in the camp as resource persons and persons who will help staff from Mother of Perpetual Help Center to impart this knowledge to the rest of each student body in each of their respective schools.
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