Dalian Friends<br>
Volume 1, Jan-April,2005<br>
Secretary office of Dalian Rainbow work group May 5th, 2005-<br>
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Content<br>
1.Introduction <br>
2.Health promotion----condom distributions <br>
3.The training of organization ability strengthened <br>
4.AIDS prevention and controlling education aimed at MB <br>
5.Popularizing the STD and AIDS knowledge in the divided group <br>
6.Hotline training program<br>
7.Peer education in college students concerning their health <br>
8.Dalian—Anshan Mutual activities in gay health and friends seeking <br>
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1. Introduction<br>
Dalian Rainbow work group was one of the earliest gay organizations in China, which was founded in the spring of 1999. During the last six years, DRW has made great efforts on reducing the hazard of venereal diseases and AIDS, going in for facilitating the health education and injustice decreasing, focusing on humanity care and helping to get the necessary social support and medical treatment around the gay community in Dalian. Our motto is “ Equity, happy, humanity and healthy”.<br>
After six years development, the group has been growing maturely to prevent and control the AIDS spreading. Therefore, the hierarchy of the group followed Secretary office, Personnel Management Office, Coordination Liaison Office: Publicizing Office: Finance Office: Project Conducting Office and Supervising Office further guarantees our work reliable and valid. <br>
Moreover, Dalian Rainbow work group has joined their hands with the local authorities and institutions to launch its campaign educating the vulnerable to prevent them from being affected, conducting the anonymous HIV test, and cooperating with the overseas non-profit organizations. It has been reported by the local mass media many times for the health care and AIDS prevention. <br>
During the last 6 years, Dalian Rainbow work group has launched many both indoor and outdoor activities promoting gay’s health including peer education and free HIV blood test cooperated with the government.<br>
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2. Health promotion----condom distributions<br>
Firstly, the DRW has established health centers in Dalian urban area and the counties around, taking charge of health consultation and free-condom distribution. Rather than distributing condoms by volunteers, more gay people came to health centres to get them and also accepted health consultation, which introduce the prevention of ADIS and STD. The advantages derived from the above implementation are obvious for the combination of physical treatment and psychological education not only reducing the disease infectious rate but also providing the gay community with more support. On the contrary, the questionnaires from the consulters provide us with some reliable and quantities data related to the health of the gay community in Dalian.( see the attachment 1.health stations lists )<br>
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3.The training of organization ability strengthened<br>
Secondly, the DRW was divided into several specified sections, and absorb more new members.<br>
Last but not least, in Jan 29,2005, the training classes for the organizing capability construction of DRW were launched, which offered the professional guidance to cadre men and different sections. In Jan 31,the red light group held a symposium on outdoor On-site Education Experience.<br>
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4.AIDS prevention and controlling education aimed at MB<br>
“MB (Money Boy), protecting themselves and caring about the others<br>
The people who provide sex service are always in lack of sexual knowledge, exposing themselves in high risks. Consequently, they are more easily caught by AIDS or STD on one hand, while on the other, they are more easily become the carriers of the virus. Taking into account the severe situation, the DRW held several educational activities among MBs.<br>
In Feb, 7,2005, we conducted a training on AIDS/STD prevention with MB as target people. We employed the lottery-attached Q&A section to publicize the MSM health and AIDS prevention knowledge, combining the health believes and knowledge with entertainment, which have achieved the educational and recreational goals with less time and expense.<br>
During the training process, we found that the MBs are vulnerable to AIDS/STD with the lack of necessary sexual knowledge. <br>
According to the specific circumstances, we publicized the disease prevention knowledge to their questions. The MBs improved a lot in the knowledge of AIDS/STD, enhancing the awareness of sex-security and self-protection, which laid a stable basis for the afterward MBs health education. <br>
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5.Popularizing the STD and AIDS knowledge in the divided group<br>
In Feb 2005, under the demands of our intense work, our group has been subdivided into several small groups, which work to promote the health education in all different levels. To be effective, our groups have adopted many ways in popularizing the STD and AIDS knowledge, to make the training more meaningful and instructive, the volunteers combined the knowledge with entertain see the attachments ment activities, such as singing and dancing in the gay bar. as a result, the efforts have been highly remarked by the United Nation officers once they paid a visit to Dalian.<br>
6.Hotline training program<br>
Hotline service plays a vital role in counseling and helping gay physically and psychologically. So it’s no wonder to put emphasis on the training of the hotline. To make sure this service professional and better, we invite the experts from psychology and other discipline backgrounds to train and educate our volunteers. After training, they commented that the training offers a deep insight to the skills of hotline service and are more confident than before. To connect the hotline, please dial 0411-83033381. And our volunteers are at your service, friendly, kindly and helpful. <br>
7.Peer education in college students concerning their health<br>
MSM health educational training for floating people “Dalian Rainbow Workgroup, walk close to college students”. We planned 30 students to come, actually, 48 students signed up, and there comes more than 60 college students. After the training, more than a half demonstrated their desire to join DRW as a volunteer. And the feedback from the college students is positive and they said that they have learned more from the activities in sexual health and fun as well. (The related materials and report please see the attachment 2 and 3.)<br>
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8.Dalian—Anshan Mutual activities in gay health and friends seeking<br>
Being on intimate terms with gays in the strange land unsociable heart, excitement for pulse of general character two cities of being situated at different places, ending their estrangement by their shaking hands. Dalian rainbow working group, not only can we glance at our region, but also exchange gay health education and health propaganda. By conducting training course with Anshan city, our main idea is to exchange the experience and study the focus of work by communication, and we got too much, and enrich our working experience, it will give us more helpful later. (Related materials please the attachment 4)<br>
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