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AfA Website Team
Volunteers are needed to review the existing AfA website, to help design the new website, and to help monitor/ evaluate it from time to time. Contact Person: Benedict @ 90037566 and afa@pacific.net.sg.

HIV Education and Outreach

Read the latest issue of The Act, published by AfA covering the scientific, medical, socio-cultural, ethical, legal and economic dimension of AIDS and HIV infection.

Chinese-speaking volunteers who can help give talks/presentations during office hours are needed. Contact Person: Roger @96952144 and pdafa@singnet.com.sg.

AIDS Hotline
Volunteers, especially Chinese-speaking ones, are needed to get this programme going. There will possibly be some changes in the way the programme is run. Training will commence in January 2005. Contact Person: Benedict @ 90037566 and afa@pacific.net.sg.

Safer Sex Material Team
Volunteers can help research for and design new material for distribution - especially for English and Chinese material aimed at general audiences. Contact Person: Roger @96952144 and pdafa@singnet.com.sg.

Media Watch and Research Team
Volunteers in this team have to
- look out for and compile media coverage on HIV-related issues,
- research and develop official stands/positions/responses on issues,
- organise media workshops (in Sep/Oct)
- help to organize a Media Awards gala, to recognize accurate, honest and non-discriminatory reporting of HIV-related issues
Contact Person: Roger @96952144 and pdafa@singnet.com.sg.

COORDINATOR NEEDED
We need a new coordinator to head the Women and Girls Outreach Programme, which has been low key for a while now. The coordinator can expect significant input and support from AWARE and possibly other women's groups. Contact Person: Roger @96952144 and pdafa@singnet.com.sg.

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PART-TIME STAFF NEEDED - PAID POSITIONS
Contact Person: Roger @96952144 and pdafa@singnet.com.sg.

Youth Outreach
A youthful coordinator (below 30?) is needed to launch this new peer outreach programme, aimed at young adults between the ages of 17 and 25.

Proposed activities include:
- identification and training of youth peer leaders
- planning of sexual health talks/workshops together with peer leaders
- development and distribution of print/audio-visual electronic material that is attractive to youth
- running of sexual health talks/workshops
- training and deployment of internet outreach volunteers to relevant chatrooms

The coordinator can work with various youth groups and agencies (such as Red Cross, etc), youth-related media (MTV, Juice, Go, SPH publications, etc) and youth venues (Heeren, Orchard Cineleisure, Zouk, etc)

High Risk Heterosexual Men Outreach
The coordinator for this programme has to reach out to the target group by developing and distributing safer sex print material together with condoms at relevant venues. Some outreach, together with Indonesian NGOs, may be needed in the Riau Islands.