Poster Design on HIV/AIDS Awareness:
Senior Students, College of Arts & Crafts lend their talent:

YRG CARE arranged a poster design programme for the senior students of Tamilnadu Government College of Arts and Crafts recently. Forty students participated. Mr. K. Chandrasekar (Chandru), Principal, appreciated YRG CARE’s interest in involving students of arts in such awareness campaigns which would encourage them to display their creative talents and motivate them to participate in social welfare activities.

Mr. Malarmannan, Media and Communication Advisor, YRG CARE explained the activities of YRG CARE, its uniqueness as a centre for research and education as well as provider of clinical support to people living with HIV/AIDS. Mr. S.K. Satishkumar, Training Officer, YRG CARE, detailed the salient features of the infection along with methods for its prevention, so that the young artists could conceptualise their visual expression.

Five themes that included reducing discrimination against people living with HIV/AIDS, prevention, ARV therapy, personal care for people living with HIV, and adherence to taking medicines, were given.

Mr.Rm. Palaniappan, Secretary, Southern Region, Lalit Kala Academy, Mr. Chandrasekaran, Principal, College of Arts and Crafts and Dr. Suniti Solomon, Director, YRG CARE selected six poster designs done by students P. Manikandan, M. Sivakumar, R. Wilson David, S. Chthirai Selvan, M. Bhaskar and R. Harikrishnan. Each student was awarded a certificate of merit and Rs. 1000/-. YRG CARE will use the selected posters for its awareness programmes and campaigns.

YRG CARE could successfully conduct the programme, thanks to the sponsorship of poster colour boxes with brushes from Pidlite Industries Ltd and art boards from Sankeshwara Indian Engineering Industries.