Volunteer Organizations Will Get Together at the Fair in Kyiv

During January 18 – 20, the first Fair of Non-Governmental Organizations Positive Life will take place in the museum “Kyiv Fortress”, with the guests from non-governmental volunteer organizations, representatives of government agencies and international foundations.

The first NGO Fair will bring together organizations working with HIV / AIDS, representing various communities and working to protect human rights.

The first NGO Fair will bring together organizations working with HIV/AIDS, representing various communities and working to protect human rights. The event will be held at the initiative of the public organization Small Heart with Art with the support of the US Embassy in Ukraine and the East European and Central Asian Association of People Living with HIV.

“Over the past two decades, the public sector in Ukraine has gained unique experience in providing critical social services to vulnerable groups of the population without government support and participation. Therefore, the idea was up to create an open space for self-presentation, so that successful experience stimulated the emergence of new volunteer organizations and projects. The NGOs that participate in the Fair have unique experience and will share their innovative approaches to support HIV positive people – regardless of the form in which their innovations are presented. The level of trust towards volunteers in Ukraine is rather high, so public organizations are still more effective especially in communicating with key communities affected by the HIV epidemic,” said Vladimir Zhovtnyak, The President of the East European and Central Asian Association of People Living with HIV.

Events of the Fair are opened to all visitors. Together with presentations, discussions and trainings, during the Fair there will be free rapid HIV testing.

Positive Life is a social and cultural campaign dedicated to World AIDS Day, launched in Kyiv on December 1, 2017. Two large-scale events are held in its program – the exhibition “B Positive” and the Fair of public organizations.

The purpose of the Fair is to promote activism and social mobilization to ensure the responsibility of leaders and governments, to increase their obligations to the fight against HIV/AIDS with the help of proof and explanations of human rights.

The fair promotes the creation of innovative partnerships with business, community, government and science to strengthen HIV prevention and treatment.