A non-governmental organization, Pakistan Village Development Program (PVDP) observed a week-long awareness campaign against HIV/AIDS in the flood affected union councils of district Nowshera.
The organization with the assistance of an international relief agaency, TROCAIR organized the concluding function of the week in Camp Koroona village of the one worst affected union council of the devastated flood of July 2010.
The concluding function of the HIV/AIDS awareness week, beside, chief of PVDP, Haris Zaka, Manager Operations, Ziaullah Khan and Project Coordinator, Imran Iqbal was also addressed by local teachers and students. A large number of the elites and youth of the area attended.
Addressing the function, the officials of the organization expressed concern over the growing number of HIV/AIDS patients and attributed it to the lack of awareness in the province. Expressing sympathies with the patietns, he assured all possible cooperation and support in the treatment of the patients on behalf of the organization.