10th Condom Day was celebrated with a variety of activities and much fanfare in Nepal with the slogan "Lets use condom, it is our responsibility" on 30th October 2004. Started in 1995 to raise awareness on the use of condom, the Nepal Red Cross Society coordinated the nationwide events to mark the Condom Day as in earlier years. More than 60 GOs, NGOs and INGOs like AIDS and STDs Control Department/ HMG, Nepal CRS Company, the PSI, and CEDPA participated in celebrating the day.

Nepal Red Cross Society organized a seminar on Challenges on Condom Promotion in Nepal on 28th as the first event to mark the day. Five different papers related to condom promotion were presented on the occasion. Speaking on the occasion, Secretary General of the Nepal Red Cross Society Dev Ratna Dhakhwa said that these ten years of campaign to promote condom use have been very encouraging.
More interesting segment of the celebration remained the dohori geet (duet songs) presented at the open theatre in the capital for three days starting 28th of October. Renowned folk singers sang throughout the days imparting message on importance and use of condom.

On the 30th, a rally consisting of social activists, students and Red Cross workers went around the city and gathered at the open theatre for a formal ceremony. Secretary General of the Nepal Red Cross Society, the International Federation Representative Karin Hakansson Furga, and representatives of other organizations working in the field of HIV/AIDS and reproductive health addressed the mass.

Nepal Red Cross district branches also organized various activities to mark the day. Folk songs, street dramas and rallies were performed displaying placards and banners with message on use of condom, HIV/AIDS and related issues.
The public as well as the related activists seemed to be more enthusiastic and involved in this year's Condom Day. Journalists from the neighbouring countries of India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka were present to observe the day. They said the event was quite unique and quite result oriented.

Condom promotion has got an ample priority from government as well as non-governmental organizations for a few years keeping in view the spreading threat of HIV/AIDS and STIs. Nepal Red Cross Society has considered this issue that needs to be further discussed and disseminated. Likewise, Managing Director of the Nepal CRS Company, a social marketing company, Shankar Raj Padey opines that the idea of use of condom in every sexual intercourse has to be promoted. "That is how you can eliminate the stigma attached to condom," he says.