Name:
Age:28
Country:Belarus
It’s worth
to begin with the fact that I am a front man of a music band “OPEN SPACE”,
which since December, 2011 performs as the Goodwill Ambassador of Y-PEER
Network in Belarus. Moreover, it is very amusing for me not only to be the
Goodwill Ambassador of youth peer education but to try it myself as a youth
peer educator on HIV-prevention during the activities of Belarusian Association
of UNESCO Clubs. My social activity
started a few years ago when the United Nations Population Fund proposed the
band “OPEN SPACE” to take part in a range of chargeless performances devoted to
the prevention of family violence. The successful cooperation resulted in a
proposal for the band to become the Goodwill Ambassador of Y-PEER Network in
Belarus for a period of two years. That was very beneficial for us as youth
peer education Goodwill Ambassadors to become a part of the process in some
sense. We were involved in a training course on HIV-prevention which was held
under the aegis of Belarusian Association of UNESCO Clubs – a youth
non-governmental organization being an active member of Y-PEER Network in
Belarus. There we discovered how the future youth peer educators are trained and
what knowledge they gain and transmit. The training course was very important
as it opened a new sphere of social activities. Being prepared as a youth peer
educator on HIV-prevention I took a chance to try my new competences.
During these
days, I am supporting in conducting of trainings and seminars on HIV-prevention
and youth reproductive health being held for school, college and university
students from different parts of the Republic of Belarus. In April, 2012 the
band wrote a song “Do you remember” in three languages that became a so called
anthem for its strong cooperation with United Nations Population Fund. In May,
2012 the band “OPEN SPACE” initiated and effectively participated in the II
Republican Youth Automarathon Devoted to the World Day of Remembrance of AIDS
Deaths. The activeness led to a surprising but pleasant result for me. I was
chosen as the best Y-PEER volunteer of the Republic of Belarus in May. The next
step was that I became the best Y-PEER volunteer of the 40 countries of the
International Y-PEER Network in June. And I would probably say that this is not
the end. The world around me still needs to be changed for the better.
«Never put
it off for tomorrow if you can do it today»
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