Ryan International School, Rohini

Rohit Goel - VIII E
Shaurya Gupta VIII G
Dhriti Aggarwal VI J

G. D. Goenka Public School, Vasant Kunj

Manoj Kumar VI D
Ayushi Garg VIII D
Aishwarya Jain VII C

Delhi Public School, Sushant Lok

Yasharth Menon VII D
Swati VI C
Shantanu Lakhotia VII C

Delhi Public School, Dwarka

Laxmi G Kamath XI E
Dhruv Narula X A
Ishita Jain X

Modern Public School, Shalimar Bagh

Prateek Sharma X B
Komal
Shyam Rashiwasia VI A

Tagore International School, Vasant Vihar

Anuja Gopidas XI
Palak Arora IX C
Shefika Yadav VIII B

Mount Carmel School, Dwarka

Varsha Singh VIII A
Panini Priyesh Pandey VI A
Purnima Mehta X D

Venkateshwara International School, Dwarka

Aryan Kotwal VIII D
Pratiksha VIII D
Mrinalini Verma VIII

Bal Bharti Public School, Dwarka

Surabhi Bhatia IX D
Rishabh Mishra VIII D
Mugdha Goyal IX D

Bal Bharati Public School, Rohini

Karnika Singh IX B
Kanika Bansal VIII B
Niharika Gupta VIII A

Delhi International School, Dwarka

Anu Rana IX
Shweta Rana IX A
Mahay Naresh K VII A

St. Mary’s School, Dwarka

Nandini Chaudhary VI C
Parul Suraya X B
Radhika Mahajan VII B

Paramount International School, Dwarka

Bhrigu VIII
Deven Garg VI
Rahul Yadav VI

Mount Abu Public School, Rohini

Akansha Jain VIII B
Vivek Shareen IX A
Navdha Malhotra VIII B

Montfort School, Ashok Vihar

Shwetadri Ghosh VIII D
Venupriya VII C
Dwij Prakash IV D

Kulachi Hansraj Model School, Ashok Vihar

Arushi VIII B
Nancy Goel VIII E
Akshit VII E

Sriram School, Gurgaon

Priyanka Tampi VI H
Ananya Mittal XI S
Tara Isha XI H

St Rosary Public School,, Radio Colony

Rohan Bansal VI B
Hansika Anuragi VIII C
Reny John VIII B
Amity International School, Gurgaon

Prakrit Jain VI A
Anjali Gupta XI A
Kopal Chandra XII B

Bal Bharti Public School, Pitampura

Ananya XII G
Akanksha Bhatnagar IX E
Vasudha Aggarwal XI G

DAV Public School, Dwarka

Riva Yadav X A
Prerna Mukhija VIII C
Renu Sharma VII B

Bhatnagar International School, Vasant Kunj

Pranav Nanda XI A
Shivangi Gupta VIII D
Anshika Aggarwal VIII C

Sri Sukanto Biswas
Master of Graphics,
Indira Kala Sangeet Vishwa Vidyalaya, KhairaGarh
Specialisation in Print Medium

Samiran Majumdar,
Master of Fine Arts,
Indira Kala Sangeet Vishwa Vidyalaya, KhairaGarh

We are Greatful to Lokayata:Mulk Raj Anaand Art Gallary, Hauz Khas Village and Planet Art ,Hauz Khas Village for providing help and support to produce result of Painting Competition.

I hope you are well. Haven't heard from you in a long time but I always am thinking about you and your family and the time that we spent together last year in India. How is your work? This year I have been continuing some of my work related to HIV treatment access activism but also I have been back at home in the United States with my family, who are moving to another city - to Boston in two weeks, so I am trying to help and to enter the university to study in graduate school next year. I hope some day soon I can return to India and see you again or else that you can come here to visit. I just found this article about HIV/AIDS in Bihar - which must be a small problem compared to the floods this year and overall levels of poverty, sickness, and education - but from the article it seems the situation for people with AIDS has not improved very much since our visit last year. please send my regards to your family and send me a way to reach you, by cell phone or another way. un abrazo, -Eugene 1-312-731-6652 (cell phone) ecsx2000 - Skype eugene.schiff@gmail.com (email) Families of HIV patients ostracised- Bihar Posted by: "Diwakar Tejaswi" diwakartejaswi@yahoo.com Thu Oct 18, 2007 6:39 am (PST) Families of HIV patients ostracised By Amarnath Tewary Bihar Rabinder Paswan spends all his time at home after he was infected (Photos: Prashant Ravi) Eleven years ago, doctors told Kailash Bhagat that he was infected with the HIV virus. He was working as a cook in Bangkok. When he returned to his native village of Sitamarhi in India's eastern Bihar state and told his family and friends about his condition, they immediately shunned and abandoned him. Dejected, the thirty-something Kailash twice tried to take his life in 2000 with sleeping pills. He recovered and joined an organisation networking people suffering from HIV/Aids. Life, clearly, did not change much for Kailash - abandoned and ostracised, he took his life in April, in what was his third attempt at suicide. Kailash's case is not an isolated one for people affected by HIV/Aids in one of India's poorest and most backward states. Hellish life Consider these examples: In June, Pramila Devi, 40, jumped into a village well in Rohtas district, after her husband Sunil died of Aids. Her family had been ostracised because of Sunil's disease. The villagers do not come to our house, and they don't invite us to village functions Bisheshwar Paswan When Surendra Singh, 50, of Darbhanga district's Khaira village died of Aids in March last year, his wife, Asha Devi, dragged his body to her backyard and cremated her husband. Nobody, including the village priest, wanted to touch the body. Rampati Devi of Chaima village in Saran district led a hellish life in isolation, shut inside a room after she was diagnosed with the infection after her husband, a mechanic, died of Aids. Family members and neighbours feared that her breathing in public would infect others. Rampati died in July 2005, leaving her five-year-old infected daughter. When Ramesh Kumar of Dudahi village in Madhubani district died of Aids last year, his family simply abandoned the body. Ramesh was living on the fringes of the village after he was diagnosed with the infection. Finally, some neighbours buried his body in the backyard instead of cremating him. 'Highly vulnerable' These days the family of Bisheshwar Paswan of Jagannathpur village in Gaya district is going through similar trauma. Bisheshwar's two sons, Mahendra and Ramashish, and eldest daughter-in- law Sahadevi have already died of Aids. Both men worked as truck drivers. Low literacy levels lead to Aids victims being ostracised Bisheshwar says that Sunita, his younger daughter-in- law, had fled to her parent's home to remarry. Now his third son, Rabinder, who was working in a factory in northern Haryana state, has also been diagnosed with the infection, and spends his time at home. The fourth son, Ranjit, who works in a metal factory in the capital, Delhi, has stopped visiting his village home, and the villagers shun the family. "The villagers do not come to our house, and they don't invite us to village functions. What can I do?" says Bisheshwar. There is so much fear of the disease in the village that his neighbours Buddhan and Butali Paswan say that every time someone falls ill in the village, there are fresh fears of the infection. "Aids is dangerous and it kills. Anyone can get infected. So it is better to avoid people having the disease," says Buddhan Paswan. India's National Aids Control Organisation (Naco) has described Bihar as a "highly vulnerable state". There are 1,500 cases of Aids in the state, while another 15,000 people are infected with the virus, according to the Bihar State Aids Control Society. The first case of infection was reported in 1992. But experts say this figure cloaks a much bigger number because of the appalling state of the public health system and the consequent under-reporting of the disease because of inadequate detection facilities. "Unofficially, not less than 100,000 people are infected with the HIV virus in Bihar," says Dr Diwakar Tejaswi, a leading physician who works with Aids patients. The rise of HIV infection in Bihar is attributed to a large number of workers who migrate from the state in search of work - about four to five million, according to an estimate - and get infected after having unprotected sex with sex workers. Dr Tejaswi says he gets one or two new cases of people infected with the virus at his clinic every day. He says that people suffering from the disease face ostracism in Bihar because of widespread "lack of awareness, misunderstanding and illiteracy". New figures show that the number of people living with HIV/Aids in India is somewhere between two and about three million people.

Circulation to schools : Completed
COMPETITION : Completed
Collection : Completed
Evaluation 10th – 20th May 08
Publication of Brochures, Certificates, Entry passes etc. 15th – 30th June 08
Announcement of winners 1st July 08
PRIZE DISTRIBUTION 20th July 08 (India Habitat Center)

'Oral' and 'Visual' presentation in the community of 'Rohini' , Delhi
Date of Event : 16 Nov 07
Time of Event : 07.30 p.m to 09.30 p.m.
Co ordinator : Anke Boone , 91 - 9868 - 4754 - 19

Signature Campaign is on
To 'Participate' or 'volunteer' Kindly contact :
PATH, B -2 / 20, Ground Floor, Sector - 16, Rohini Delhi - 110085
91 - 11 - 2729 - 7938
Anke Bbbne (Campaign Co ordinator) : 91 - 9868 - 4754 - 19
Nathalie Koefer (International Secretary) : 91 - 9999 - 5648 - 15

Demonstration - II
March against Climate Change
8th December 2007
10.00 a.m. onwards......
Venue : Jantar Mantar, New Delhi
For vehicle contact Arpita Choudhary
on 91-11-27297938

Demonstration - I
Demonstration at India Gate
25th November, 2007 at 10.00 a.m.