MUMBAI, DEC 19, 2018: Around 70 people, including migrant workers, factory owners, and resource people attended the awareness sessions on addiction, tuberculosis, and HIV/ AIDS conducted by Don Bosco Balprafulta Suraksha Migrant Desk (DBBP)at Baiganwadi, Govandi on December 16.
There were different speakers invited to address a host of issues. Doctor Sangeeta and Aarti from Niramay NGO spoke about addiction, Ankush from Saksham Jan Urja (TISS) discussed tuberculosis (TB), and Eliyaz from Apnalay NGO created awareness about HIV/AIDS.
The session on addiction began at 10:30 am, wherein Doctor Sangeeta, with the help of a PowerPoint presentation and a video, explained the ill effects of drug use and how one can stop an addiction.
In the second session, Ankush from Saksham Jan Urja (TISS) showed those present a video on tuberculosis to raise awareness and later had an interaction with the migrants to address their queries.
In the third session, Eliyaz from Apnalay NGO spoke about HIV/AIDS where he began with a story and then informed the migrants about the disease. Aarti, from Niramaya NGO, also informed them about the difference between TB and HIV.
In the end, the DBBP staff thanked the resource persons and migrants for their presence and collected their feedback.