Scarlet May for SUPACA: Cervical Cancer, HIV/AIDS & Anti-Child Labor Trafficking Advocacy

SCARLET MAY LANTERN WALK FOR CERVICAL CANCER AWARENESS - May 5, 2018 at the SM Seaside



The SUPACA youth advocates participate in the Lantern Walk for cervical cancer awareness parading from the San Pedro Calungsod Chapel to the SM Seaside, with obstetrician-gynecologists and cervical cancer advocates to improve awareness on cervical cancer prevention and screening to save women's lives.  They may be young, but they know at an early age that they need to take care of their health and prevent cancer.


INTERNATIONAL AIDS CANDLELIGHT MEMORIAL: Reflecting the Past, Preparing for our Future - May 20, 2018 at the Cebu City Hall

The SUPACA youth advocates attend the International AIDS Candlelight Memorial at the Cebu City Hall, listening to testimonies of people living with HIV and the challenges of dealing with stigma and discrimination, access to healthcare, treatment, care and support.  This activity is done in remembrance of those we've lost to AIDS and point to future movements to help improve awareness, to enhance understanding and compassion.  What people living with HIV want is RESPECT, and teaching the youth about HIV 101, the mode of transmission and how to prevent HIV infection will make an impact on how society treats people with HIV.  

SUPACA youth advocates confidently recite how HIV infection can be prevented:

A - abstinence, wait for your one true love!
B - be faithful, be mutually faithful!
C - check your status, get tested!
D - don't do drugs, spread the love - not the virus!
E - educate yourself and others!

"Ipakatap ang kaamguhan kabahin sa HIV/AIDS.  Atong supuon ang HIV/AIDS."


CHILD LABOR TRAFFICKING PREVENTION - May 24-25, 2018 at the Citi Park Hotel



 Back to the drawing room of reviewing children's rights, The Share A Child Movement, Inc teams with World Vision to train SUPACA youth advocates on the rights of the child, allowable working hours for the child, difference between child work and child labor, appropriate age that children are allowed to work, indicators and elements of child trafficking.  Invited lecturers include representatives from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Department of Education (DepEd), Philippine National Police (PNP), and International Justice Mission (IJM). 

Elements of Child Trafficking

Acts - the way a child is manipulated to work
Means - may be excluded if the victim is a child
Purpose - to exploit the child for personal gain

GABII SA KABILIN: Balangay - May 25, 2018 around Cebu City

Spending a night of heritage, the SUPACA youth advocates go around the different heritage sites and museums in metropolitan Cebu.  Despite raining cats and dogs, SUPACA youth advocates visited University of San Carlos main campus, University of Visayas Gullas building, Rizal Museum, St Therese College, Fort San Pedro, and CAP along Jones Avenue.  Sponsored by the RAFI Inc, this is an annual activity that espouses nationalism and protection and promotion of national culture and heritage.

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