JAZAS

SUCCESSFUL PREVENTION at Belgrade Sport Fest

Yugoslav youth association against Aids – JAZAS youth – is a non-governmental, non for profit, humanitarian organization founded in 1994 with an aim of organizing the projects of AIDS prevention and providing psycho-social help for the people who live with this disease. JAZAS youth team developed out of the idea of the young enthusiasts and today it has 11 regional offices all over the Republic of Serbia and over 3000 members.

This year, by favour of the "Durex" company, Jazas youth organization will present oneself at the Sport Fest.

Primary goal of this action is to draw attention of the young people both to the risks caused by unconscientiously behaviour, and to the importance of healthy lifestyle. Our stands will be located by the Main stage, right next to the "Jezero" restaurant. Our teams will distribute 15000 condoms along with educational material with the all relevant information. In addition to that, we are prepared to answer to every question regarding the reproductive health.

Through this campaign we will give our best in order to:

• to decrease level of risk behaviour regarding AIDS and sexually transmitted infections among the young people through the counselling and informing,
• to increase the condom usage among the young ones, by making them attainable.

JAZAS youth team is composing and carrying out its actions through fun and conversation, and they are presenting the world of new information about AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections to the young people always in a new and different way. While doing that they give their best in order to change the following two, widely spread opinions: negative opinion about the HIV positive people and the firm belief "No, that is not going to happen to me".

If you visit one of our stands, you can always talk to some of our educators. Our educators are mostly young people (15 to 24 years old) able to hand over their knowledge in a very easy and acceptable way. Sex is a pleasure, but also a responsibility to our and other people's health. Nevertheless, it is not always that easy to talk about it. Thanks to these kinds of manifestations you always have the opportunity to talk to our educators, who will share their information about safe sex with you at any time.

At this moment there are 30 million people in the world living with HIV, and Serbia is one of the regional countries with the largest number of the infected. Every 5 seconds somewhere in the world a one person gets infected, and every 15 seconds one life ends because of the AIDS. Even though, we all have heard about the sexually transmitted diseases and HIV, a great number of us do not practice safe sex. Therefore, JAZAS is using every opportunity and every manifestation where the young people gather to prevent another person from infection.

Come, ask and find out! Defend yourself successfully!