SGAC-Ug FAQs

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What is SGAC-Ug?

The Student Global Aids Campaign- Uganda (SGAC-Ug) is a non-political, interdenominational student movement that brings the students and young people together to take action to end the AIDS pandemic. We join with the young people across Uganda and around the world, who are committed to fighting AIDS as a global crisis. SGAC-Ug is a branch of the Student Global Aids Campaign in USA, based in Washington.

We pledge ourselves to the struggle against AIDS, the crisis of our generation. This struggle is a fight against apathy, against indifference and against injustice. We will not accept the myth that any of us is powerless, no excuse for inaction. By forming the global youth movement, we will rise to the challenge of our time, and we will halt this pandemic.

What is the mission of SGAC-Ug?

We seek to mobilize a multi-racial student movement, in partnership with students internationally, to make action against AIDS by making claims upon Governments and civil society, through education, Leadership training, informed advocacy and direct action. We demand for sufficient resources, effective utilization, prevention, accessibility of treatment and care as a matter of urgency.

What is the vision of SGAC-Ug?

We envision a world in which AIDS is no longer death sentence, in which every man, woman and child has knowledge, means and rights to protect him/her from infection. To achieve this world:
(i) We must remake our institutions to reflect a shared commitment to our common humanity.
(ii) We must confront the underlying causes of the AIDS plague - poverty, ignorance, inequalities of race, gender and class; sexual stigmas, and a politics that allows us to deny our responsibilities to and for each other.
(iii) Our global economy must be matched with a global conscience. We have the tools to fight AIDS: Prevention, treatment, supports for orphans and families, which must be utilized to save lives.
(iv) We must summon the sociopolitical and economic will to end the global AIDS crisis.

What are the aims and objectives of SGAC-Ug?

(i) Providing information to students especially at Makerere University and other young people about what HIV/AIDS is, how it is acquired and how it can be prevented.
(ii) Educating students at Makerere University and other youths about the global AIDS crisis and urging them to play their role in halting it.
(iii) Providing HIV/AIDS counseling to students especially at Makerere University and other institutions of learning.
(iv) Encouraging voluntary HIV/AIDS testing among students so that relevant help can be given.
(v) Encouraging students especially at Makerere University who are HIV/AIDS positive to use the Anti-retroviral Drugs (ARVs) for increased lifespan.
(vi) Advocating for increase in Government budget to fight AIDS and ensuring that these funds are effectively used at the grassroot level.
(vii) Being a channel through which Government and non-government Organizations can reach the people especially the youth in the fight against AIDS, and providing care to the people infected and affected, who need help.

How does SGAC-Ug achieve her objectives?

The major ways through which SGAC-Ug will achieve its objectives shall include:
(i) Educating students about the global AIDS crisis and their role in fighting it, by:

On Campuses especially Makerere University, other higher learning institutions, schools and public places.
(ii) Lobbying, writing letters to and holding meetings with the policy makers, people's representatives, and heads of organizations; about the global AIDS crisis.
(iii) Utilizing the media and direct action by holding rallies and press events to galvanize public opinion in the fight against AIDS.
(iv) Raising money for and partnering with organizations fighting AIDS in Uganda and abroad

Where is SGAC-Ug located?

SGAC-Ug has the headquarters at Makerere University, the biggest in Uganda,but it operates nationwide.

How can I contact SGAC-Ug?

You can contact us on:
Tel: 256-77-431577 (Director) 256-77-821254 (Patron)
E-mail:sgac_ug@yahoo.com

How do I become a member of SGAC-Ug?


Membership to SGAC-Ug is open irrespective of nationality, race, political opinion, or color to all students in Universities in Uganda, both public and private, Colleges such as National Teachers' colleges, Primary Teachers' Colleges, UCCs, and other Tertiary Institutions, in Secondary Schools- private and Government-aided.
SGAC-Ug requires a commitment fee of Ush 5000/= from every individual member in order to run her activities.


Read our constitution and register on-line to become a member.

I am a student at a University/College outside Uganda and would like to join SGAC-Ug in the fight against AIDS.

SGAC-Ug works hand in hand with other students internationally to advance a common cause. We believe if we form such a student global network, we will be able to achieve enormous victory. Our objectives must be streamlined in global policies, and we have the capacity to do this. To become a partner, send E-mail to: sgac_ug@yahoo.com

What other organizations are working with SGAC-Ug?

Currently, SGAC-Ug is working with The Student Global Aids Campaign (SGAC), our mother organization in the United States. Visit www.fightglobalaids.org


We will soon join with other student and non student Organizations to achieve our objectives.

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