HIV Information Base Cum Counseling

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Saturday , April 14 & April 28, 2007, 3.00pm - 7.00pm, at Open Space
Do you have questions about HIV? Do you need an informed opinion on how to avoid transmission of HIV, or what tests and treatments are available and where they are available? What are the rights of people living with HIV/AIDS and how can the law be used to address discrimination against the HIV-positive? Do you want to know how to address the subject of HIV with your children/students?

A young team of human rights lawyers and counselors from Sahyog Trust, Pune, will address your queries on April 14th and April 28th from 3pm to 7pm at Open Space.

The Sahyog Trust strives to break the culture of silence surrounding HIV, works to protect the rights of people living with HIV/AIDS, and provides legal intervention for those whose rights have been violated.

THE TEAM COMPRISES:

Advocate Asim Sarode, whose innovative work with HIV/AIDS and the law won him recognition from BBC as a 'Yuva Star'. He is also a member of the Community Advisory Board of the National AIDS Research Institute.

Advocate Rama Sarode, who has been a trainer with organisations working with HIV, and has been working with legal issues related to women's rights and the rights of people living with HIV/AIDS

Rasika Kulkarni: Former HIV/AIDS counselor with Sassoon Hospital, Pune, and the PMC's Pune City AIDS Control Society.

Please walk in with your queries. Confidentiality of personal information is assured. Questions will also be taken on the telephone during these hours. Call 020-25457371.

THE LIVING WORD: FOLK TALES REDISCOVERED

Tuesday, April 10, 2007, 5.30pm - 7.00pm, at Open Space
Open Space, in collaboration with poet, writer and visual artist Randhir Khare, invite you to the 2nd round of a series of storytelling sessions titled 'The Living Word: Folk Tales Rediscovered Through the Magical Art of Storytelling'.

This is an engaging series of live storytelling sessions which aim to rediscover folk tales, myths and legends from traditional communities in India, connecting them to other similar tales from all over the world in an effort to reveal the common narrative and thematic web that connects people and cultures. In the process of engaging listeners, the storyteller will keep alive the age-old art of telling a story by stimulating, entertaining, informing and confronting listeners. Each session will present tales and trigger reflection and discussion, often enlivened by traditional music, images and artefacts.

The purpose of the series is three-fold: To revitalise the age-old art of storytelling, to create an awareness of the vibrant life of traditional communities, and to stimulate discourse on the values of folkways and rich cultural diversity that make up human civilization.

The storyteller, Randhir Khare, is the award-winning author of sixteen volumes of prose and poetry and a critically acclaimed book 'The Singing Bow: Song Poems Of The Bhil'. He has spent decades interacting with and writing about tribal and other traditional communities in the throes of change. His poetry has been set to music by A.R.Rahman and has been used in national and international puppet theatre performances. He has performed his own work in Bulgaria, (the former) Czechoslovakia, London, at the Jazz Caf‰ in Bali (Indonesia) and in India along with classical musicians and a choir. He brings to his storytelling sessions years of theatre experience.

Day & Date: Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Time: 5.30pm - 7.00pm
Venue: Open Space
Entry free on a first come first served basis only
The Open Space/CCDS office has shifted to the following address:
301, 2nd floor, Kanchanjunga, Kanchan Lane, Near Krishna Dining Hall (Off Law College Road) Pune - 411 004

For further information on any of these programs call Arshia or Renu at 25457371

Open Space encourages debate and action on rights, justice and sustainable development. Open Space is an initiative of the Centre for Communication & Development Studies (CCDS) aimed at strengthening civil society and mobilizing citizen's action.