Philipsburg:---- Programme Manager Suzette Moses-Burton, HIV/AIDS yesterday presented the calendar of events to Leader of government Sarah Wescot Williams, Commissioner of Health Care Affairs Maria Buncamper Molanus and Lt. Governor Franklyn Richards.
Moses Burton said the calendar of activities that has been presented is for World Aids Day which is on December 1. She also presented a poster and the special invitation to members of the executive council for the highlight event which is the "Red Fashion Extravaganza". This event will be held next Saturday where a special outfits that were made exclusively by condoms. She said that the outfits will be for display for a one month period to highlight the amount of creativity there is on St. Maarten.
The calendar of events began yesterday which will run until December 30.
Moses Burton said that there are several sponsors who would be taking part in the planned activities. She said this is the first year they are having some joint activities with their French counterparts which will be highlighted during a press conference to be held later this month.
Leader of Government Sarah Wescot Williams called on the community of St. Maarten to come and support the events which is for a worthy cause. The island leader said this is just a matter of keeping the promise, she also thanked Moses Burton and the teams for the role they play in making sure that these activities are in place to help battle the epidemic.
Commissioner of Health Care Affairs Buncamper Molanus also congratulated the team for the amount of work they do to make awareness on HIV/AIDS. She said if the team was not dedicated they would not have been as successful as they are. Buncamper Molanus also said that the HIV/ AIDS team already got some international recognition during the Caribnews Conference which was held on St. Maarten last week. "An attendee of that conference went around and took stock to see exactly what St. Maarten is doing in creating awareness, that person she said also met with Moses-Burton and was also shocked at what is done on the island with regards to awareness and the epidemic."