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3rd Annual Community Christmas Craft Fair 2012 in Vancouver Downtown Eastside
The Community Christmas Craft Fair is a unique experience to support low-income women in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.
Crafts are affordably priced, vendors are part of a supportive community that the public is welcomed into, and the event has no cost to vendors which means all proceeds go directly to the artists. Not only that, but submission to the fair is restricted to low-income residents in the DTES, many of whom are involved in drug and alcohol treatment and employment training programs.
HIV Mobile testing at 62 East Hastings (Empty Lot beside Pigeon Park Savings) in Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES) on Wednesday July 27, 2011
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Together we can radically stop the spread of HIV and AIDS through identifying participants who are positive. The earlier you learn your status and start treatment you significantly lower the risk of transmitting this disease to someone else.
Finding out your HIV status is positive used to be thought of as a death sentence. This is no longer the case because of pioneers in medical research like Dr. Julio Montaner and the BC Center for Excellence in HIV/AIDS who have developed a highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) for people living with the disease that can prolong healthy living for a lifetime and reduces the risk of HIV transmission. Along with this ground breaking research, a Point of Care test (similar to a test a diabetic would take) has the ability to screen for the virus in 60 seconds.
We are initiating a HIV testing, treatment and education campaign in the downtown eastside community (DTES). This program is a pilot project linking peers within our DTES to information and resources that they need and are available to them within the PHS programs that currently exist as well as special summer outdoor events.
Our objectives are to test and educate as many people from the DTES community as HIV screening is an important part of preventative health care for everyone. We also intend to link people living with a HIV positive status to all the resources and support that are available to them in their community.
AHA MEDIA was very pleased to attend the 1st Annual Community Christmas Craft Fair at Interurban Gallery in Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES) on Saturday Dec 18, 2010 12noon – 8pm
AHA MEDIA was very pleased to attend the 1st Annual Community Christmas Craft Fair at Interurban Gallery in Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES) on Saturday Dec 18, 2010 12noon – 8pm
Below are photos and a video of the exciting community event! Thanks to PHS Community Services Society for sponsoring a warm spirited and successful craft fair in the Downtown Eastside (DTES) that benefited many women to earn money for themselves and their families for Christmas
Warm Thanks to everyone who purchased from the artisans and helped make their Christmas Season bright! 🙂
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