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Mark Anthony Ross [ Profil ] |
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Re: [harmreduction] Re: REDUCTION IN COST OF CONFERENCE
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Sep 15th, 2009 - 20:01:35 |
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Dear Caitlin,
My name is Mark Ross from Guyana, geographically located in South
America but is considered very much a part of the caribbean and my work with
young people is very broad based and includes addresses issues such as HIV,
Human Rights and of course the co-relation between drugs, substance use and
HIV and more broadly sexual reporductive health and the impact of this on
other youth issues.
i would really appreciate it if i can get a scholarship to attend this
conference i am in the process of preparing an abstract of my work and the
guyana harm reduction situation and what currently exists for young people.
please provide me with more information on how i can access a scholarship
including travel, accomodation and meals im presently a volunteer and i
cannot afford the fees or any expenses at this point
i would greatly appreaciate any form of assistance given to me to attend
this importance event.
kindest regards
Mark Ross
On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 2:03 PM, Caitlin Padgett wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> It's great to see so much interest on this list serve!
> For those of you who do not know me -I'm the former coordinator of Youth
> RISE. I wanted to respond to the emails concerning the cost of the Harm
> Reduction conferences. We completely understand - and are in the same
> position as you! We are an NGO, led-by young people, and many of our
> members
> (such as yourselves) are students, work in NGOs, or are underemployed.
> We are not conference organizers, nor do we have much influence over the
> costs associated with this conference. Each year we have advocated for a
> lower fee for students and/or young people. We agree that the cost is very
> prohibitive, especially for people who have to travel and are from
> countries
> without a dominant currency.
> We try to help young people obtain scholarships to this conference, which
> is
> indeed the only way our staff and International Working Group members are
> able to attend. This is why we encourage you to submit and abstract or
> session idea - because there is more possibilities of getting scholarships
> if you are participating in the conference by presenting your work.
> I also just wanted to comment on Prince AJONG Christian Fotabong's email on
> this subject: "The registration fees for the Liverpool conference is one of
> the highest or most expensive youth event I have ever seen in my life." The
> registration fee IS very high, but this is not a youth event. The high cost
> probably contributes to the reason why there are not more young people
> there
> - however, this event is not designed for or tailored to young people. It
> is
> compromised of doctors, researchers, academics, advocates, drug user
> activists, policy reformers, goverment officials etc etc. And we try to get
> more young people there!
>
> As Chantale said, the theme of the conference this year is "Harm Reduction:
> the Next Generation." We really hope that we can obtain more support for
> young people to attend this conference and that we have a diverse selection
> of young presenters for the panels and workshops. We're very much looking
> forward to your ideas on workshops topics and we can help you with your
> abstracts. As I mentioned earlier, we are not the conference organizers nor
> are in charge of this event, but we are trying to organize for more youth
> involvement and more support for young people to attend.
>
> I hope this clarifies your questions and concerns.
>
> Sincerely,
> Caitlin
>
> On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 10:38 AM, Abdul Karim Koroma
> wrote:
>
> > Dear Chantale,
> > I am writng in support of motions submitted by collegues in ralation to
> the
> > cost of the registration for this important event to be held in Liverpool
> in
> > 2010. Actually it is a fact that most of us are students and we work as
> > volunteers with local NGOs in our communities. Whiles regarding the event
> as
> > an opportunity to showcase our various contributions in making the world
> a
> > better place by reducing harm, we also want you to take note of our
> > different challanges.
> > Looking forward to seeing your positive response.
> > Abdul Karim Koroma
> > Cordinator
> > Youth Awareness Club
> > 35 Kissy Road
> > Freetown
> > Sierra Leone
> > +23233545106
> > E-mail: abdulk1982 (at) yahoo.com
> >
> > --- On Mon, 9/14/09, chantale kallas wrote:
> >
> >
> > From: chantale kallas
> > Subject: [harmreduction] Abstracts for the IHRA conference -- Deadline
> > October 2nd
> > To: "Abdul Karim Koroma"
> > Date: Monday, September 14, 2009, 9:14 AM
> >
> >
> > Dear All,
> >
> >
> >
> > We are getting closer to the IHRA 21st conference on harm reduction and
> > along with it the deadlines for the submission of abstracts. As the Youth
> > RISE network we hope that there will be several sessions related to youth
> > and harm reduction. The theme for this years conference is: Harm
> > Reduction: the Next Generation; Hence the importance to include harm
> > reduction vis-à-vis harm reduction and their work.
> >
> >
> >
> > We encourage you all to present your work and achievements in your
> > perspective fields. The Youth RISE team is ready to help you while
> writing
> > your proposal or planning your session.
> >
> >
> >
> > You should bear in mind that the presenters will get discounts on
> > registrations and hotel booking.
> >
> >
> >
> > Dates you should remember:
> >
> >
> >
> > October 2nd, 2009: Deadline to submit a proposal for the youth plenary
> > (session topics)
> >
> > November 2nd, 2009: Deadline to submit abstracts
> >
> > 26th-29th April: Conference in Liverpool
> >
> >
> >
> > For more information refer to the conference website at:
> > http://www.ihra.net/Liverpool/Home
> >
> >
> >
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> Caitlin Padgett
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