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Boxers are always told by the trainers and fans to ‘put your guards up’ to avoid punches that may lead to one being knocked out. On the other side, the fans yell at the top of their voices to the boxers saying “DON’T PUT YOUR GAURDS DOWN”. We have used this analogy about “guards” to name the project “DON’T PUT YOUR GUARDS DOWN” because in our efforts to end HIV, TB and STIs by 2023 we need to ensure that no one let their guards down.
About Us
Show Me Your Number
Show Me Your Number HIV Prevention Project aims to fight HIV and TB, tackle stigma, and promote social unity through sports, arts, and culture. It began as a project under SAFPU, later becoming an NPO and NPC in 2010. SANAC, led by the Deputy President, coordinates national efforts against HIV, TB, and STIs, fostering collaboration between government, civil society, and business. SANAC, established in 2002, operates through the SANAC Trust, comprising government, civil society (SANAC CSF), and private sector (SANAC PSF).
About us
Boxing South Africa
Boxing SA is a true custodian & curator of South African Boxing since 2001. Boxing SA is South Africa’s leading boxing authority of which strives to be professional, diverse and accountable. Boxing SA upholds the strong South African boxing heritage by giving equal opportunities to everyone that partakes in the sport. We have rating analysis, tournaments’ information, rules and policies and licensing that’s all related to the sport of boxing.
WEBINAR AT INTERNATIONAL AIDS CONFERENCE
DON’T PUT YOUR GUARDS DOWN: Boxing has the power to change the world.
Sunday, 21 July 2024 - 13h00
Monday, 22 July 2024 - 07h00
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DON’T PUT YOUR GUARDS DOWN
Boxers are always told by the trainers and fans to ‘put your guards up’ to avoid punches that may lead to one being knocked out. On the other side, the fans yell at the top of their voices to the boxers saying “DON’T PUT YOUR GAURDS DOWN”. We have used this analogy about “guards” to name the project “DON’T PUT YOUR GUARDS DOWN” because in our efforts to end HIV, TB and STIs by 2023 we need to ensure that no one let their guards down. Whether you are HIV, TB and STI positive, you need to know that science has advanced with medicines to provide you another opportunity to live a healthy life. Most important, this concept of not letting your guards down speak to those who are HIV, TB and STI negative to do all they have to protect themselves by not getting infected whilst at the same time the message is sent to those who are positive to stick to their treatment so that they can live longer and healthy. When the two approaches work in tandem, we ALL triumph, we defeat HIV, TB and STIs.
Sports for health is a ground-breaking initiative spearheaded by Show Me Your Number (SMYN) as part of contributing to the aims and objectives of the South African National AIDS Council (SANAC) Civil Society Forum (SANAC CSF) as outlined in the National Strategic Plan on HIV, TB and STIs 2023 – 2028. Using sport for health means engaging and partnering with bodies like Boxing South Africa (BSA) and others in sport to make giant strides to serve society and humanity globally. These partnerships are enhanced by the strategic and technical support provided by institutions line UNAIDS that use their global mandate to ensure that the world move with speed to end pandemics like HIV, TB and STIs amongst others. In terms of DON’T PUT YOUR GUARDS DOWN project, the Joint Unted Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) in South Africa has facilitated the engagement between Boxing South Africa and Show Me Your Number on behalf of the Sport, Arts & Culture Sector to collectively come up with a project that aims to harness the power of boxing as a vehicle for promoting holistic health and empowerment with a particular focus on addressing HIV awareness, psychological support and economic empowerment.
INTERVENTIONS OF DON’T PUT YOUR GUARDS DOWN
The DON’T PUT YOUR GUARDS DOWN project will have interventions that will be implemented through various activities that will be agreed between Boxing South Africa and Show Me Your Number on behalf of the SANAC Sport, Arts & Culture Sector which are as follows:
- Sports for Health
- Undetectable=Untrasmittable (U=U)
- HIV Testing Services at Bong South Africa events
- Mental health
- Economic Empowerment
- Community engagement
- Media & profiling of HIV testing during the events of Boxing SA
- Monitoring, Evaluation, Research & Learning (MERL)
DON’T PUT YOUR GUARDS DOWN EVENT IN GERMANY, MUNICH
We will be taking the ground-breaking work done under the banner of DON’T PUT YOUR GUARDS DOWN in South Africa to international audiences through an activity we are hosting at the International AIDS Conference in Munich, Germany. This event will take place on:
Sunday, 21 July 2024 from 13h00 – 17h00 (EVENT 1)
Monday, 22 July 2024 from 07h00 – 08h30. (EVENT 2)
The activities will be hybrid, with audiences and speakers in Germany and others joining virtually. The programmes for the 2 days are as follows:
| Sunday, 21 July 2024, 13h00 – 17h00 |
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| FORMAT: PHYSICAL at THE RING BOXING CLUB in MUNICH, GERMANY at Landsberger Street 344, Munich and streaming on Zoom for those attending virtually. |
Monday, 22 July 2024, 07h00 – 08h30 |
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FORMAT: PHYSICAL at THE RING BOXING CLUB in MUNICH, GERMANY at Landsberger Street 344, Munich and streaming on Zoom for those attending virtually |