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Central F.C. support hiv awareness event
« on: December 01, 2012, 05:46:04 AM »
Central FC supporting HIV project

Newsday  Saturday, December 1 2012

TT PRO League outfit Central FC will be supporting the VF Ladies awareness project, “One Pass You Don’t Need To Make” at St Mary’s Community Ground in Freeport today.

The project, which has received the financial support of PEPFAR, via the US Embassy, is designed to provide information to pregnant mothers concerning the prevention of the transmission of HIV from mother to baby.

“These are the kinds of awareness projects that Central FC feel very strongly about supporting,” said the team’s marketing manager, Marcelene Toussaint. “Although this is the first of six nationwide events by VF Ladies, they decided to launch the campaign in the Central region to acknowledge the clubs support.”

Toussaint added, “It’s important for Central FC to involve itself in all areas of the community, and this project gave us the opportunity to help promote women’s football as well as providing advice for pregnant women.”

The event begins at 1.30 pm and VF Ladies will be playing against the St Mary’s United women’s team with the kick off at 3 pm being carried out by former World boxing champion Ria Ramnarine.

VF Ladies captain, Christine Rose said, “We felt that we could use football to promote awareness of sensitive women’s issues. We hope the ladies of the Freeport community come out in force to watch the game and attend our female only coaching session next week. But while they are having fun and enjoying the football, they can also obtain vital information on how to prevent the transference of HIV from mother to baby. While the information may not be of use to them, they may be able to inform other mothers who may be concerned in the future.”

PEPFAR is the United States’ Presidents Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief which is the United States of Americas initiative to help combat the global HIV/AIDS epidemic.

Today will be a busy day for Central FC as they are also collecting tinned and packet food outside of JTA supermarket in Couva to make into hampers which will be delivered to needy and deserving people in Central in time for Christmas.

“We’re hoping that the generosity of the community will help to provide some Christmas cheer for those less fortunate than ourselves in the Central region,” said Toussaint.

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Re: Central F.C. support hiv awareness event
« Reply #1 on: December 01, 2012, 06:12:34 AM »
Central F.C. helped Couva East secondary school celebrate their 50th anniversary on Wednesday.


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Re: Central F.C. support hiv awareness event
« Reply #2 on: December 01, 2012, 08:15:51 AM »
Sorry cyah pass through as this down by me but my church team hv the return leg of the knockout and the 1st game was 0-0. Is win or go home time.
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