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Rotaract Club of Rubaga recently sensitised people with hearing impairments about HIV/AIDS at the Uganda Society for the deaf Vocational Training Centre, Rubaga.
Assisted by facilitators from TASO and the AIDS Information Centre, 90 students were taken through sessions of HIV/AIDS, its effects and prevention.
The theme of the workshop was Let the Deaf also Know. Martin Wamai, a counsellor with AIDS Information Centre, said most HIV programmes focus on people who can see and hear. "As long as this gap is not filled, it is impossible to fight HIV/AIDS," he added.
The centre trains youth with hearing impairments in vocational skills including computer, building construction and home economics for three years.
Rotaract Club of Rubaga recently sensitised people with hearing impairments about HIV/AIDS at the Uganda Society for the deaf Vocational Training Centre, Rubaga.
Assisted by facilitators from TASO and the AIDS Information Centre, 90 students were taken through sessions of HIV/AIDS, its effects and prevention.
The theme of the workshop was Let the Deaf also Know. Martin Wamai, a counsellor with AIDS Information Centre, said most HIV programmes focus on people who can see and hear. "As long as this gap is not filled, it is impossible to fight HIV/AIDS," he added.
The centre trains youth with hearing impairments in vocational skills including computer, building construction and home economics for three years.