The Kite Festival – 14th January, 2012

The Kite Festival was held on 14^th January 2012 from 3-6pm at the ground opposite Basho’s restaurant, Koregaon Park in partnership with Santulan.

Santulan had a registration desk and entry fees were 150 rs which included 3 kites, ‘Manjaa’(The …

Fundraising and Awareness Event at Suzlon Energy Ltd.

On Thursday 15th December, a group of four Wake Up Pune volunteers went to Suzlon Energy Ltd. in Maggarpatta for a fundraising and awareness event.  We arrived at 11 AM and set up a table at the back of the …

Bootcamp for Women’s Empowerment Project Vishrantwadi, Pune

On Wednesday 14th December, Wake Up Pune volunteers conducted an HIV/AIDS bootcamp at the Green Tara Foundation’s Women’s Empowerment Project in Vishrantwadi, Pune.  Dr. Manda Mune, the accomplished and strong leader of Vishrantwadi’s Women’s Empowerment Project in the slums of …

HIV Bootcamp For New Volunteers!

On Sunday, 11th December, Wake Up Pune hosted an HIV Bootcamp for new volunteers.  It was held from 3-5pm at 13 Tadiwala Road, Pune.  The bootcamp provided an informative session for people to come and learn basic information about HIV …

Celebration of Life

The beautiful ladies of DISHA

Hosted by Wake Up Pune and DISHA, the annual Celebration of Life festival was a great success!  Held on Friday the 9th in the Panchshil Mandal, the event featured a cultural program of music and …

World AIDS Day Rally

Wake Up Pune once again marched through the streets of Pune to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS and reduce stigma this World AIDS Day.  The theme of World AIDS Day 2011 was “Getting to Zero”.  Zero new HIV infections, zero discrimination …

Conga FLASHMOB!!!

Join the Fight (17th Nov – 11th Dec)

In the run up to World AIDS day on the 1st December, Wake Up Pune are organising 2 weeks of awareness activites across the city. We’ll be conducting bootcamps, street plays, fundraising events at malls and restaurants, a flash mob, …

Documentary Film Competition: DEADLINES EXTENDED

Deep Griha’s DISHA and Wake up Pune projects had a HIV/AIDS documentary film competition. For the competition, small groups of people created a documentary film 10-20 minutes in length, which aims to raise awareness and reduce stigma and discrimination …